Results 18,341-18,360 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: It requires political courage to make decisions that will in five and ten years give people hope and allow my nephews and godchildren the opportunity to live in this country, be educated, find a job and raise their families here. That opportunity has been lost for the past 14 years. If one wishes to consider the voodoo knowledge of Sinn Féin, one should look at its propaganda leaflets...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin is full of hypocrisy.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: You not want to hear the truth because you were scolded-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Government has increased spending on carers by almost €20 million. This year we are spending €780 million on carers, €520 million on carer's allowance; €23 million on carer's benefit; €132 million on the respite care grant and €104 on domiciliary care allowance. Some 52,000 people are in receipt of carer's allowance, whereas in 2001 there were 20,000....
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that Deputy Willie O'Dea sat at the Cabinet table for almost 12 of the past 14 years.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is full of hypocrisy. Thanks to the mandate of the Government the country will have its sovereignty restored. It will create jobs and is doing so now. More and more people are seeking to come to invest in the country. That is about a Government and the people working together. The budget will have an impact on the economic spend of the people. However, it has been framed with...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Every day I meet people from all walks of life who tell me that we should get the country back on track and not to allow a situation to continue where we have to see our loved ones move abroad where there are jobs.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Every day the Government rectifies the mistakes made. It is committed to the task of rebuilding Ireland. It does not have one eye on the opinion poll and the other on the ballot box.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: There were 14 years during which we saw this happen. There were greedy cuts and today there is this gargantuan hypocrisy. I understand the triviality and jocoseness of Deputy Willie O'Dea because I, too, would be ashamed of that record.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: As a Government, we will prioritise the national housing strategy. We will look at the report on child benefit in order to see how we can change the body of social welfare payments.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to share my time with Deputy Dara Murphy. I will allow him to speak first.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate the Minister on the publication of the Social Welfare Bill, for the provision of 10,000 new places on employment programmes and for the maintenance of core social welfare benefits for those who need them. This Government will spend €22 billion on social protection. It went to Europe to achieve an increase in the expenditure ceiling. The hypocrisy of the Members...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: -----to speak after what they have done. I hope their callous attitude to the Irish people will never be forgotten. The party opposite fiddled and bankrupted the country. Now, they prey on the fears of vulnerable people in a mockeyah way. Shame on them. This budget is difficult and it will, unfortunately, affect every household and every citizen. None of us on this side of the House...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is what we are doing.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Jerry Buttimer: We are dealing with the Supplementary Estimates; this is not Question Time.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Jerry Buttimer: A division has been called in the House.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Jerry Buttimer: The Minister, without interruption.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy had his opportunity. We have a division in the Dáil. I propose that we adopt the Supplementary Estimate and attend the House.
- Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2012
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (11 Dec 2012) Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister, his officials and the select sub-committee members for their work. I wish everyone a happy Christmas.