Results 23,761-23,780 of 24,376 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ormonde is trying for transfers.
- Seanad: Sustainable Residential Development: Motion (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire. While Opposition Members welcome the publication of the guidelines and their general thrust, the Minister's bona fides are not questionable and I accept he will put the needs of communities ahead of those of developers. This must be done now and Members must see real action. As the Minister is aware, there has been a litany of bad planning decisions, which...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator McFadden is in trouble now. Senator Walsh is speaking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil is all bluster and no delivery.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Leader would have them voting if he could.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It sounds like dancing at the crossroads.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What will Mr. Joe Lennon cost?
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, and in short pants.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator McDonald's Minister is blocking it. It is Government policy.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Leader should speak to his own party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Close all the hotels.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Of what is the Leader afraid?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I support Senator Fitzgerald's call for a debate on the means by which the Oireachtas can take action to enhance community life. The Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs has not come to the House since the Seanad convened last summer. The Government has lost its authority on the matter of quality of life for citizens. Murder is commonplace and has begun to be accepted as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We will get the real story from Senator Leyden.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Only when it suits.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Well said.
- Seanad: Protection of Employees (Agency Workers) (12 Mar 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Conor Lenihan. The motion before the House is timely, given that we are in a period of economic uncertainty and there is a question mark over the competitiveness of the economy. I attended a SIPTU meeting recently in Cork which was very enlightening. I commend the Labour Party on the Private Members' Bill. There are two issues to be considered,...