Results 3,861-3,880 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He should also respect the Chair.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator O'Toole in welcoming the decision of the Government to introduce a voluntary redundancy scheme in the HSE. I remind Senator O'Malley that the Government is making it up as it goes along. The Government has been in place for 13 years and has shrunk from and funked every opportunity to have real reform of the public service. I ask the Deputy Leader to send a message today to...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: There is the reverse as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: What has the Deputy Leader's party done during the past four years when it has been in government?

Seanad: Irish Language: Motion (2 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire agus gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Seanadóir Ó Murchú as ucht an obair a dhein sé mar chathaoirleach ar an bhfo-choiste. Chuala mé a bhí le rá ag an Aire agus oráid an-maith a bhí innti. Tá muintir na Gaeltachta faoi bhrú agus tá ár dteanga faoi bhrú. Ag an am gcéanna, má tá na fadhbanna ag méadú tá suim an-mhór i gcúrsaí Gaeilge agus i...

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: And the girls.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (3 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Alex White in calling for a debate on the role of Government. The mid-term elections in America indicated a very clear feeling among people, which I believe would be replicated here, that they want a debate on what it wants Government to do and on its role. Cutting expenditure must not be the sole job of Government. We must have a debate on what Government should do, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: He has a very good past record.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Harris in condemning the thuggish behaviour of a small few yesterday who were supposedly protesting in the name of a legitimate cause. It is not good enough that young gardaí and members of the security forces must endure that type of loutish behaviour. I am all in favour of people having the right to protest, but it is about time that the people who are on our streets...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach as ucht cuidiú liom an rún seo a chur ós comhair an Tí agus cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Deputy Mary White. The motion before us is a simple and practical one regarding the sports capital programme. Rather than entering into a long speech, I will pose a simple question. Will there be a new sports capital programme and will it be...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for her reply and I thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise the matter. I appreciate that the Minister of State is not at the Department but given that she stated in her reply that it is a common misconception that the programme has been discontinued, where does the €48 million go and why have the clubs been told by the Department that no sports...

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I know. I accept that. There is a direct quotation in the newsletter and the Minister of State has given a reply. Who do we believe? Is there a fund? Has it been reopened?

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: However, we are being told one thing and then told something else here. Is a sports capital programme available?

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us not tell people untruths. I am not stating the Minister of State is doing so but she has stated here-----

Seanad: Sports Capital Programme (4 Nov 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: -----that there is no sports capital programme and we are told in the newsletter that there is.