Results 441-460 of 562 for speaker:Larry Butler
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: I have read them. The party lives in a fantasy world.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: When Fine Gael was in government, it gave five shillings to old age pensioners. That was an absolute disgrace.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: I want to bring the Senator back to when his party was in power and not delivering.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: That is why the people remember these things at election time.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: If there is a difficulty in the economy, Fianna Fáil and the Government have the people to get us out of it.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: A total of â¬579 million has been put into education. That will benefit children and produce a job creation programme. These are things that were being said before the sos.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: This great investment in education will benefit children. A total of â¬46 million has been invested in science and technology programmes, while â¬141 million has been put into infrastructure and higher education. These are all positive provisions in the budget. We did some things that normally we would not like to do, but we must live in the real world. When one is borrowing â¬500...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: Yes, I am. I am responding to other speakers.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: It would be a good idea for members of Senator Doherty's party to take degrees in economics to enable them to learn how to run the country, even from a Sinn Féin perspective. That would make a pleasant change.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: The country faces a difficulty and the three main political parties agreed public expenditure should be reduced by â¬4 billion. The two main Opposition parties had proposals on how they would achieve this reduction. The Government had to devise a policy and introduce permanent measures as opposed to making short-term decisions, as many people proposed. Short-term decisions would have...
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: I thank the Acting Chairman for her forbearance.
- Seanad: Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: It was so low that he could not cut it.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: I welcome the Minister of State. We have had to put together a very difficult budget. I am sure the Minister spent much time on the budget to ensure we got as fair a one as possible. It is fair to say we were forced to do things we probably should have done earlier. We should have looked at our public sector, which we have now been forced to do. That is the one criticism I have that we...
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: It is aspirational.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: It is very aspirational.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: The party of which the Senator is a Member wanted to tax them.
- Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2009: Second Stage (17 Dec 2009)
Larry Butler: People on the other side of the Border have to live on â¬75 a week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jan 2010)
Larry Butler: I welcome Senator Mooney back to the House. He gave great service to his county of Leitrim for many years and I know he will continue to do so. Leitrim is now very well served with two great Senators. I am delighted to see the Senator back, for himself and his family, and I believe he will be able to make a major contribution to this House. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister for...
- Seanad: Banking Sector: Statements (26 Jan 2010)
Larry Butler: I welcome this timely debate. I note much time has been spent on the investigation into the banks, which is terribly important. Senator Norris is correct that we must ensure our banking system is of the highest standard and has the highest standards the public will accept. It is also important to have international standards in order to have standing internationally. At the time the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2010)
Larry Butler: I support my colleagues who raised the issue about depressed mortgages. Before Christmas I went to the EBS and Bloxhams and they have a report that supports what we are suggesting. We should have legislation across the banking and financial sectors to ensure we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. The banks we control are behaving themselves reasonably well but outside that there is a...