Results 1-20 of 22 for waste management speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, on his appointment as I have not seen him since then. I thank Senator Burke for sharing time with me. Section 60 of the Waste Management Act 1996 is very important, but it urgently requires clarity. As Senator Burke has eloquently outlined, a myriad of plastics is used for business, commercial, building and farm purposes. A uniform...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ..., acute hospital beds, timely outpatient appointments and emergency departments in which they do not have to wait an inordinate amount of time to be seen. Some of this is not about reform but about better management of resources. We have all been in emergency departments where people have had to wait not because of the queue but because of the process. I commend the nurses, doctors and...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...efficiency pilot, which will improve carbon efficiency in beef production; €70 million for the targeted agricultural modernisation scheme; and an additional €70 million for the environmental waste management programme. All of these are working.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jun 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator Horkan in terms of the role city and county councils can play. I hope we would have an action plan for litter because it is a blight on our country. If one looked at the edition of "Prime Time" on the waste industry and if one looks at the individual, never mind the collective, attitude to litter, one can see that we need to do something about it because we are actually slipping...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...of education is important for us as a State because if one looks at the figures for contamination of the dry recyclable bin, it is around 38% or 28%, which is a huge figure. The principle behind the Waste Reduction Bill is one we all subscribe to but I am happy for the Minister to come to the House to have the debate the Senators require. I join Senator Craughwell in condemning the...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...that discussion next week as part of the economic statement. When it comes to the summer economic statement and our economic strategy, the Government's key aims are to ensure that we have sound management of our economy and our public finances. We must also see to it that public expenditure ensures valuable return for the taxpayer and that we have targeted public investment. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to Senator Mulherin. I missed her by mistake yesterday in my reply to the Order of Business. She raised the issue of food waste, which, as she rightly said, is a very important social and environmental issue. In her remarks yesterday, she referred to the fact that 60% of the waste we use is food waste. It is important that we have a debate on that and I welcome her raising the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...been work done, to be fair to the previous Minister of State, Deputy Harris, and he worked with councils in many parts of the country in developing policy and the Catchment Flood Risk Assessment and Management. Senator Lawless spoke very convincingly about gun control and the events in Orlando. I welcome him to the House. His is an important voice not just for the diaspora but for...

Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jul 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...While I understand we live in different economic times from when we started on the journey of reform of the health service, we still spend billions of taxpayers' money every year, some of which is wasted. While I may be in a minority in this belief, with political representation on the old health boards there was accountability and answers were being given because people had to report....

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (2 Jun 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...for the past decade or more so that we can provide ministerial accountability, responsibility and oversight. If we see that, the taxpayers will respond. They have paid for years for the waste of inefficient Governments. The new Department provided for under this Bill will not only focus on the public service but on the elimination of waste and reform of practices to ensure...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...because it seems that Senator Boyle and members of the Government, when it is convenient, can ridicule an independent body that has provided excellent reports to Government for a generation. The management of waste and the whole issue of the environment needs to be debated, but it is disingenuous of members of the Government to accept a report when it suits them and to cast it aside when...

Seanad: Banking Sector: Statements (26 Jan 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the impotent bank inquiry being the product of a castrated Dáil. Is he right? He might not be far wrong. This is not about distant individuals but about the operation of the State in not being managed properly. The banking system in Ireland has managed to inflict significant damage to itself, as Senator Donohoe said. It did so by abandoning the rules governing the availability of...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Dáil]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: ...points about distance, geography and so on. We need to put a stop to people spending exorbitant amounts of money on elections, and I include the political parties in that. Much of what we do is a waste and is irrelevant to people. We all need to look at how best we can manage resources and how we can get our message into the homes of the voters. I have serious concerns about the time...

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2009 [Dáil]: Second Stage (24 Mar 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: ...is a bad person, which is not the case. Earlier, Senator Hannigan referred to the need to address the issue of the register of electors. In many cases the register is a shambles. Money is wasted in this area of managing elections because certain sections of the register bear no resemblance to reality. It is time we got rid of the e-voting machines. We must draw a line in the sand,...

Seanad: FÁS: Statements (2 Dec 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: .... It is not about personalities, hair cuts and washes, foreign travel or the appointees of Government to State boards; it is about leadership. In this case, it is about lack of leadership, bad management and lack of accountability and transparency. As Senator Healy Eames asked, have we heard an apology to the Irish people for the abuse of taxpayers' money and the lack of accountability?...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Nov 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in asking the Leader to facilitate a debate on public service reform. Yesterday, an announcement was made in regard to a fifth review in five years of the public service. We are all aware of waste, duplication and inefficiencies in this regard and of bad leadership by Government. I ask that the Leader provide time for such a debate as a matter of urgency. I would like also if the Leader...

Seanad: Cancer Care Services (22 Oct 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to Cork University Hospital? The hospital is already at straining point and, in my opinion, having lived in that area all my life, can no longer cope. In this economic climate it makes no sense to waste valuable resources to make this transition. In Cork we have established a renowned centre of excellence. To close it is regressive and makes no sense economically, socially or medically....

Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...without joined-up thinking. This is a Government, as Senator Ross said, that lacks foresight and planning. It is arrogant and has treated the people with contempt. We welcome action, reform of waste and a recognition that the Government needed to address the direction in which it was headed. We were on a train-wreck and, in many ways, we still are. Despite the comments of others,...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...on the Government side of the House breathlessly defend the Government's economic policy over the past 11 years. It is fair to say that the boom and bloom is over and the champagne days have been wasted by the Government. The human consequences are clear. Senator Boyle will raise on the Adjournment the matter of the staff of the Freescale Semiconductors Ireland Ltd. in Cork. Quality...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects (4 Mar 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...toilet from 8:10 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. It is also very cold in the toilets. We cannot even be a green school because of the rat problem. We started recycling but had to stop as rats were eating the waste. The prefab buildings are also falling apart. The floor had a hole in it and the roof has fallen in endless times. Why did Rochestown get their school in two years and we have been waiting...