Results 19,861-19,880 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Order of Business (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil is in opposition at last.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: It was agreed today on the Order of Business.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Committee Stage (Resumed) (15 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is only back from Brussels.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin should settle down.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Is this the mockeyah indignation from Deputy Joe Higgins? I hope he makes the headlines for this.
- Leaders' Questions (15 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I am glad the Deputy knows my name.
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy's party has all the answers. Who under-funded the scheme?
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Who created the uncertainty?
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: He is spinning.
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: He never once mentioned the under-funding.
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: This is the first time Deputy Boyd Barrett has made sense.
- Fair Deal Scheme: Statements (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: What about the fair deal?
- Order of Business (9 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is right, I will.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Bill and I commend the Minister on her stewardship of it. I share the Minister's objective that the social welfare system must be focused on those most in need. The job of Government, the State and especially the Department of Social Protection is to protect and assist those who require the help of the State. In keeping with the comments of Deputies Naughten and Catherine...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: There are no red line issues and there are no blue line issues. We will act in Government on behalf of the people. The people have put us into this job to govern and we are here to represent them. We will not pander to friends in the developers' tents above in Galway. We will not be developers' friends.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: We will be the friends of the people. That is what the people want; they want political accountability, reform of social welfare and a Minister who will come to the House and deliver on the programme for Government and the promises made in it. That will happen with this Bill. To be fair to her, in her remarks yesterday and as part of her policy platform the Minister has been strong,...
- Third Level Funding (8 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I praise the Minister for his refreshing remarks. If one were to pursue the ideology of Deputy Boyd Barrett the cuts in education would be much more regressive and there would no opportunity. The Minister is right-----
- Third Level Funding (8 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Deputy would listen he might learn. He does not know everything over on that side.