Results 23,921-23,940 of 24,376 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Time after time they have talked out of both sides of their mouths.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Hoctor, and wish the Minister, Deputy Gormley, a speedy recovery. Given that it is St. Valentine's Day, I will not heckle Senator Boyle and will be amorous in my remarks to him. I welcome his continuing opposition to the location of an incinerator in Ringaskiddy and share his concerns. At the beginning of his speech, Senator Boyle asked why so much...
- Seanad: National Waste Strategy: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I know. There is no facility in this Chamber for the use of laptops or other technologies but there ought to be if we are serious about being an e-nation, so to speak, and using modern technology. I hope the Seanad can lead the way by reducing the volume of paper it uses by using laptops in the Chamber to call up Order Papers during the Order of Business, etc. As Senator Norris said, we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the Senator doing now?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the Senator doing now?
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: One cannot have it both ways.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator supporting the amendment?
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: They did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We are asking her to come here because we are entitled to do so. This is the second House of the Oireachtas.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Boyle in asking the Leader to have an urgent debate on the Government's aviation policy. I do so conscious of the fact that I have raised the need for the Government to make a decision on Cork Airport Authority's debt on an Adjournment matter and the Order of Business. Unlike Senators Boyle and McCarthy, I believe it is ridiculous that there has been a complete Government...
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The rainbow warriors.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The rainbow warriors are gone missing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has done a complete U-turn. He is some fellow to talk about U-turns. The Senator's entire being when he was in Opposition was against his Government partners.
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has abdicated the people of Corkââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Where is the Senator's moral compass?
- Seanad: The 70th Anniversary of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (7 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It is with great pride that I stand here in the Upper House of the Oireachtas to pay tribute not only to those who drafted our Constitution 70 years ago, but also to those who have amended it. I refer not to the Judiciary or the Members and former Members of the House, but to the people of Ireland, who are enshrined as beholders of the sovereign power in the Constitution. Like Senator...
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a bit late for that now.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a completely new departure for the Senator, and he knows it. It is important now that it suits him and his party in Government.