Results 13,201-13,220 of 24,348 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that the Taoiseach, as Head of State, must work with people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope we can always call out people when they are wrong. The Victory Fund is an organisation that funds and supports LGBT candidates in the US. It is a source of joy that 86 candidates were elected to state or national parliaments in America last week. The new Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, is the first LGBT governor to be elected. I had the privilege of meeting a young elected...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I said that I asked our Whip’s office about it following "Morning Ireland".
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I just want to put it on record again-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: It is actually because-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Nobody has been in direct contact with me about the appointment of Members of this House to that commission. I made an inquiry regarding its composition. Senator Colm Burke raised the very important issue of housing and the demand for it giving the example of Cork. We can debate that tomorrow with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney. Senator...
- Seanad: Joint Committee on Public Petitions: Motion (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the papers of the Joint sub-Committee on Public Petitions of the 24th Seanad, insofar as those papers are, or relate to, public petitions addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas which were not closed on the dissolution of the 24th Seanad, be referred to the Joint Committee on Public Petitions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., to adjourn at 4 p.m. and, if not previously concluded, to be resumed on conclusion of No. 2 and adjourned no later than 9 p.m.; and No. 2, Private Members Business - Micro Plastic and Micro-bead Pollution Prevention Bill 2016 - Second Stage, to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The motion will be debated before the House. I talked to the Minister this morning. He is prepared to speak to the Senator before the debate. I will explain in my response to the Order of Business. The motion is being put to the House. There is no attempt on the part of the House to deprive the Senator of the opportunity to debate the motion, and we are happy to do it. I will talk to...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Wilson himself did not jump out of the warm bed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: We are not debating Report Stage tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 21 Senators who raised matters on the Order of Business. I join Senator Ó Clochartaigh in paying tribute to the late Pádraig Ó Méalóid. He was a wonderful orator on television in his presentation of the news trí Ghaeilge. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family. Last night, I was shocked to hear news of his death. Many of us grew up...
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Absolutely. There were Members-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: There were Members-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: They were Members-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: They were Members-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: They were Members-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: There is no point of order.
- Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I can give the Senator the evidence.