Results 20,601-20,620 of 24,376 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: As a matter of fairness-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: We need to call out untruths.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, but they are not entitled to say the Minister for Health is signing away our sovereignty when the Cathaoirleach knows-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach is an avid institutionalist. He knows the Minister is not doing that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: But the Cathaoirleach knows he is not.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Well said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the students and staff and thank them for being here. Democracy and politics are very important in every aspect of their lives. I wish them well in being here today. I seek a debate on vaccines beyond Covid. This is World Immunisation Week. Ireland spends 0.2% of its health budget on immunisation. That figure would alarm and amaze all of us. If it does not, it should because,...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: All of us are acutely aware, as members of the committee, of the importance of this Bill. It should be put on the record of the House that there has been extensive consultations on this Bill. I thank Michael Kingston for his engagement with us. I ask Members to read the report on pre-legislative scrutiny and the heads of the Bill from the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications....
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Next Tuesday.
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: How does one follow that? "Whispers informed strangers" is one of my favourite lines from Heaney. I commend the ambassador of Poland on the wonderful generosity of the Polish people and their government in the ongoing horrific Ukraine situation. I thank the ambassador who is very welcome to Ireland. I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on the national development plan 2040.The...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome our witnesses and thank Mr. Justice MacCabe for his contribution. I thank GSOC for the work it is doing. Indeed, I pay tribute to the work done by members of An Garda Síochána during the Covid period, when they were at the forefront of our State's response to Covid-19. Very often they had to perform tasks that in ordinary times they would not dream of doing. I thank...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: There seems to be a theme recurring because the director of administration, Ms Healy, has been in correspondence with the Committee of Public Accounts. Mr. Justice MacCabe has spoken today about the complexity and the resourcing issue. If we asked a question on the level of resourcing, and it may not be a fair question or Mr. Justice MacCabe might say it is not pertinent to today's...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Are there 1,700 cases still open? Am I wrong in that?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Is it a combination of time and a lack of resources that matters not concluded?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Okay.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: How is the local intervention initiative working out?