Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is about time the party manned up and took its responsibilities seriously. I will not be accepting the proposed amendment to the Order of Business.

In response to Senator Boyhan, I would remind him that I have asked the Taoiseach to come to the House. We are in the process of finalising that and I hope he will be here before Christmas. If he cannot come before Christmas, he will come to the House early in the new year. It is our desire to have him come in before Christmas.

Senator Grace O'Sullivan raised the issue of the regeneration of Waterford and the North Quay development but the Senator neglected to mention that it was the former Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government, now Senator Paudie Coffey, who set up the strategic development zones which will enable this development to go ahead.But like Senator O'Sullivan-----