Results 7,081-7,100 of 24,447 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is why it is important that we pass the Bill.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He is in Stepaside, at the Garda station.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: We call it filibustering.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Is Sinn Féin back in bed with the Progressive Democrats?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I remember that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh is just jealous that she was not invited. It is the best party in town.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Other than the bondholders, to whom did the Senator refer?
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the joint sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas on 21 January 2019, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the terms of reference of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to be taken on the conclusion of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the tenth report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, Appropriation Bill 2018 [Certified Money Bill] - all Stages, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, with the contributions of group spokesperson on Second Stage not to exceed six minutes, all other Senators not to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has to go to the Dáil for a Topical Issue matter so rather than suspend the House and reconvene, it is more appropriate, in the interest of the Minister and the House, for us to conclude at 5.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is the problem. The Senator is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 13 Members for their contributions on the Order of Business. I begin by agreeing wholeheartedly with Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee on her fine contribution as well as with Senator Bacik. The story of baby Belle in Balbriggan is one we have all been upset and moved by. I listened yesterday morning to members of An Garda Síochána making an appeal to the mother of the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That we know of, yes. I agree. The Senator referred to a study. There is also a PhD thesis by Dr. Murphy Tighe which speaks to issues around psychology. There is a major need to have that debate, not least because it may help women to realise they are not on their own and to offer them support. It is also about looking after the health and welfare of that young mother today. I will be...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I know but Fianna Fáil cut numbers, pay and services and now comes to the House seeking to be all things to all people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The recovery is happening. More people are back at work, income levels are up and poverty is down. Will I keep going for Senator Murnane O'Connor? This is a better Government and a better country than it was the way Fianna Fáil left it in 2007.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should read the report-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have not told any lies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I know it is upsetting for some Senators that the Government is doing a good job and that income levels have risen. I urge Senators to look at the CSO survey on income and living conditions which contains the facts. It does not contain fake news but facts. It does not contain the spin from the fifth floor of Leinster House 2000 but real facts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Dec 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: No, we are on the fourth floor.