Results 481-500 of 23,551 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: This week we heard about the case of a school in Dublin which has a facility for a special class for autistic children but lacks the necessary therapeutic staff to allow it to open. The Minister is wrong to say it should open anyway and provide an education to the children. This clearly indicates that the Minister â thus the Government â is approaching the issue with a very narrow idea...
- Seanad: Special Educational Needs: Statements (Resumed). (21 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator. Legislative advances have done little to inspire confidence among parents in the ability of the Department of Education and Science to meet the needs of children with autism or other special educational needs and their parents. The Education of Persons with Special Educational Needs Act and the Disability Act have not received uniform support or endorsement from the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: That is right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Where is the Bill?
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He is the real Minister for Kerry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Alex White in paying tribute to my County Cork colleague, the Deputy Leader, Senator Dan Boyle, on his conversion to his position as stated on the radio.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It is.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Given that Senator Boyle was one of the chief midwives to the birth of the Governmentââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I raise the matter in this context. Given that Senator Boyle was a midwife at the birth of the Government and that he has asked for a timeline regarding the Taoiseach's tenure in office, has the Leader managed to procure a date from the Taoiseach regarding a visit to the House? Given the Taoiseach will appear before the United States Congress in March and given the Deputy Leader's comments...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: An urgent debate is needed on the HSE itself and with regard to the pharmacy dispute. Senator Glynn, for whom I have great respect, spoke of the middle ground, but that cannot be achieved by the Minister hiding behind the HSE, which is bullying and instilling fear in ordinary people in rural Ireland. I ask the Leader, at this late stage, to invite the Minister to the House this week to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Interest free.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: A few of us could join the Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Go on, Senator.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The honeymoon period has ended.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I hear the Senator is very good at delivering babies.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has changed it again. Has he done a flip-flop again? Is he changing his opinions again?
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is like Lanigan's ball â changing his mind and coming in and coming out.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: His party cannot make up its mind.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Feb 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's knuckles were rapped; he was a bold boy and shame on him.