Results 6,001-6,020 of 24,330 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I would be embarrassed. In its last two budgets before it left office Fianna Fáil slashed core weekly payments on which citizens relied. In our case, as a Government, we restored the minimum wage, maintained core weekly payments and have a plan to restore the country's finances. That is why there is positivity regarding the 2,500 places available on the Tús scheme, which will...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: I know what the Deputy did; he should not worry. If we want a true sense of republicanism, let us have parity on the island.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Those of us who want to see an Ireland of equals are trying to achieve this.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin's mentality and attitude is that it does not want the country to succeed in order that it can grab its supporters and wave its little flag. That is the reality.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is for nothing and against everything. Her little fancy world was-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The budget is one that many of us in the House would never wish to introduce because it impinges and impacts on people. Some €3.1 billion is not small change. However, the Government is committed to the renewal of the country. It is about creating a new Ireland, whereas the party on the opposite side which promised clever politics practises the same clapped-out type it has practised...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That was Fianna Fáil's way. For 14 years it led the people a merry dance. The problem is that they now recognise it is preaching more of the same.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil's record in government is that it got rid of the Green Party, buried the Progressive Democrats and could not cope with the Labour Party. Now it has nobody with whom to coalesce.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: This is recognised by the people. I am out and about every day. I knock on doors and listen to people. Their message to me is:"You have been given a mandate to get the country back."
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: That is what we are going to do and it requires tough decisions.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: It requires political courage to make decisions that will in five and ten years give people hope and allow my nephews and godchildren the opportunity to live in this country, be educated, find a job and raise their families here. That opportunity has been lost for the past 14 years. If one wishes to consider the voodoo knowledge of Sinn Féin, one should look at its propaganda leaflets...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin is full of hypocrisy.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: You not want to hear the truth because you were scolded-----
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Cheann Comhairle.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Government has increased spending on carers by almost €20 million. This year we are spending €780 million on carers, €520 million on carer's allowance; €23 million on carer's benefit; €132 million on the respite care grant and €104 on domiciliary care allowance. Some 52,000 people are in receipt of carer's allowance, whereas in 2001 there were 20,000....
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that Deputy Willie O'Dea sat at the Cabinet table for almost 12 of the past 14 years.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is full of hypocrisy. Thanks to the mandate of the Government the country will have its sovereignty restored. It will create jobs and is doing so now. More and more people are seeking to come to invest in the country. That is about a Government and the people working together. The budget will have an impact on the economic spend of the people. However, it has been framed with...
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Every day I meet people from all walks of life who tell me that we should get the country back on track and not to allow a situation to continue where we have to see our loved ones move abroad where there are jobs.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: Every day the Government rectifies the mistakes made. It is committed to the task of rebuilding Ireland. It does not have one eye on the opinion poll and the other on the ballot box.
- Social Welfare Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2012)
Jerry Buttimer: There were 14 years during which we saw this happen. There were greedy cuts and today there is this gargantuan hypocrisy. I understand the triviality and jocoseness of Deputy Willie O'Dea because I, too, would be ashamed of that record.