Results 1,101-1,120 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: ââthe banks, the Government and the big developers, those who Senator Feeney and her ilk have supported at the Galway Races for many years.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The 21st century Ireland has been given a very valuable lesson during the past 12 months. There has been the failure of accountability by Government, loss of morale by our financial institutions and large developers and the failure of the Government to govern and act in the national interest on behalf of the people. We should represent the people, which we have not done. The Government has...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The tent at the Galway races was a good example.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has been caught out and is rowing backwards.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It was reactionary.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister said Fine Gael did not want the support of developers, builders and bank staff. We have their support. One of our core values is the reward of enterprise. There is merit in the amendment. I support the notion that a job should be done well and I am sickened by the attitude that it does not matter. I have received ten telephone calls today from people concerned about others...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Under section 2(2), does the Minister intend to report to the Committee of Public Accounts and the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service or set up a separate banking sub-committee? This Bill gives the Minister major powers so there needs to be ministerial accountability.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: A good job was done last Tuesday.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What about the taxpayer?
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Committee Stage. (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He claims he did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Will the Leader facilitate a debate next week on employment and the employment strategies the Government may have? Last night the Minister for Finance said that the banks of this country were orphans that had nowhere to go but to the State. It is time that the Government began to mother its people. The Irish need to be mothered now and they need a Government to show leadership. It is back...
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: However, he has a vote for the Presidency.
- Seanad: Order of Business (2 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Leader should play ball. Joe Duffy is fair.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of information, last Thursday matters on the Adjournment submitted by Senators were deferred. I understood the Cathaoirleach rightly deferred the matters from Wednesday to Thursday on the understanding that those for Thursday would be taken today.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: They must be resubmitted.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (7 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: That is okay.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Talk to the Minister.
- Seanad: Order of Business (7 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I wonder if the Minister is anxious about it.