Results 9,301-9,320 of 24,338 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Irish people voted. The last I heard - I was a victim - the Irish people are sovereign and their decision rests in the ballot box. I would be happy to have that debate in the-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State in his reply was quite clear when he said the legislation setting out Ireland's approval process for PESCO was published in advance of the vote and enacted in November 2009. However, we will have that debate again because-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I understand Senator Higgins' sincerity. It is important that the Minister of State's reply be circulated to all Members of the House because it addresses some of the issues Senator Higgins raised. We will have that debate. I welcome the European Pillar of Social Rights. Irrespective of our political ideology, we all will work and are working to make our society, our country and our...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: One could have a different viewpoint to him, which many of us did, but he was a gentleman. I do not want the trolls to come after any of us, and I probably should not have to say that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Certainly, those who hide behind pseudonyms and anonymous profiles on social media do not deserve to be listened to anyway. They do not have the courage of their convictions to put their names forward, unlike many of us in this Chamber. I am worried about this. I join with Senator McDowell in actively condemning the editorial decision by Newstalk to ban journalists from The Irish Times. It...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: No-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: No, what I said-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Donnghaile should read or listen back to what he said.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will answer that in a second.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will answer that as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Sinn Féin Party is very sensitive this afternoon.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: They must have had a bad weekend.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Their chosen candidate must not be out of the traps too well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important, as Senator Feighan said, that there is a voice of Ireland, North and South, heard in the European Union, and we cannot make any distinction on this.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will answer that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Leyden for his complimentary remarks about the approach of the Ministers and the Government to the European situation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am sure Mario Rosenstock will continue to do a very good job on Senator Leyden.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: If he has contributions such as that which the Senator made last week he will get to do them very quickly and very well. The European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority are linked to the Senator's remarks, and the issue of the future of financial services is a debate we should and could have in the House and I will be happy to facilitate it. I thank the Ministers of State,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: As the Senator knows, I group contributions on a themed approach to the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am tempted to tell Senator Gavan that is some coalition of names but I had better not as I might get another comment. What the Senator referred to is not necessarily about Seanad reform. It is about the nature of the discourse and the debate we have here. Under the Constitution we do not mirror the Dáil and should not follow the Dáil. We set our own rules and our own criteria...