Results 4,501-4,520 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I am speaking to the amendment before the House. The Deputy can follow the clár; I will give him a FÃS course afterwards.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Look at the job the last Government made of FÃS.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: We have strayed well away. It is important that those who want to be populist and preach to the Fourth Estate would say if they are against the jobs initiative, a reduction in employers' PRSI and restoration of the minimum wage.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: There are no red lines in this Government. There are no blue lines either.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: We are acting in the interests of the people and we govern for all the people rather than just a section. The Minister is being courageous, as we can see from what she said. I am digressing slightly from the amendment. The Minister has been very strong and clear in her approach and we should support and admire such courageousness. Those opposite should put away their political swords and...
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Withdraw that.
- Social Welfare and Pensions Bill 2011: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: It could not.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I seem to be the Minister.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy McGrath will vote with the Government then.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Water and Sewerage Services (16 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: The debate forces those of us elected to this House to make a decision between being practical and prudent or taking a populist approach that would, ultimately, be of no benefit to the people whom we are supposed to represent. It is important to put on record that what we have, as in Northern Ireland, is a fragmented, inefficient and outdated water supply system which costs â¬1 billion of...
- Departmental Appointments (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: You are right, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Departmental Appointments (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Departmental Appointments (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: He needs a bit of help, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Departmental Appointments (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: He is learning badly. He is a slow learner.
- Departmental Appointments (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: It is, actually.
- Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister's comments stating we will not have a fire sale of assets. It is important we learn from the Eircom debacle and that the legacy of the past 14 years is not just about-----
- Departmental Bodies (21 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: Is the McCarthy report seen now as the only panacea for all our ills? In his reply the Minister stated he hoped to finalise the review group. When does he hope to come back with that? Has the Government looked at means, reports or lines of inquiry other than McCarthy?
- Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: I dtús báire, molaim an Bille seo agus glacaim mo bhuÃochas agus mo comhghairdeas don Rialtas as an mBille seo a chur ar Chlár na Dála. Today is an important day as the Bill under discussion is important. It represents the culmination of many years of advocacy and campaigning and at the outset, I acknowledge and welcome the members of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network, GLEN, who are...
- Finance (No. 3) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Jun 2011)
Jerry Buttimer: They are few and far between indeed.