Results 5,181-5,200 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator McDowell is becoming an election candidate already. If he wants to declare, he should just do so now, put the white flag up and go out of the traps altogether. Let us be fair. Do we want the Government to do everything? Where is our sense of responsibility at local level? Members of Dublin City Council voted to reduce property tax and there is a deficit. That €12 million...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: There is the deficit plugged already. Let us have a real debate about the issue of local government and-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Does the Leas-Chathaoirleach want to reply to the Order of Business?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I would be happy to sit down.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will quite happily facilitate the Leas-Chathaoirleach to do that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Leas-Chathaoirleach wants to be fair in his ruling, I have been here since 11.30 a.m. and until 12.23 I had to listen to 16 Members-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Surely the Leas-Chathaoirleach will let me have the opportunity to reply to them-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and to highlight the inaccuracies in their contributions that I see fit to reply to.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: That is the fundamental point. If we give financial powers to local authorities and members, then let them have responsibility. Let us be fair. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell made the very good point that because of the gross mismanagement of the country by the banks and the Fianna Fáil-led Government, we are all paying USC. That is a tax imposed by those people over there on all of us.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We reduced it in recent budgets.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have a balanced debate on the whole thing.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Ardagh and Ó Domhnaill-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have a balanced debate and let us not be all populist and let us not try to be all things to all people.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Many of you were in government and we know some of you just could not wait to get out of government.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Let those of us who want to govern govern.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: These are the facts, Senator Wilson. When you left government, there was 15% unemployment-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We are now below 5% unemployment in our country.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Ó Domhnaill and Ardagh made reference to the banks. The remarks of the deputy governor of the Central Bank, Ed Sibley, are worth noting with regard to how the banks behave and treat their customers. The point he makes about the hollow promises made and banks being forced by the Central Bank to bring in reform is one on which we should have a debate in the House, and I would be...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----when we can do other work on other days. That is why next week we will sit three days and will do so between then and Christmas. Last week we held a very good international conference that made international headlines. It put a spotlight on the role of the Oireachtas and I do not make any apology for it. As Senator Norris knows as father of the House, and as those who have been...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We will. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 will be discussed in the House next week and I look forward to the resumption of that debate.