Results 14,601-14,620 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It was not a rant.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Devine is excused. The Senator is all right but-----
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----the facts hurt too.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The one-dimensional speech, is it?
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government to the House to debate this very important matter. I shall begin by discussing the last point made by Senator Humphreys and his claim that there is not just one solution but many solutions to this problem, which is what this Government is committed to. I am not a landlord and own my house. Senator Grace O'Sullivan claimed...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Under a Fine Gael Government, Senator Gavan. Seven sites await development to a tune of €37.6 million. That shows social housing is being delivered by a Fine Gael Government.Please tell the people who are now housed in the two places I just named, in particular in Sheridan Park, who have moved in and are delighted to be there, that a Fine Gael Government is providing them with social...
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to propose an amendment to the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Norris, Dolan, Reilly and Gavan have yet to speak.
- Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose to extend the sitting until 3.30 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re sectoral employment order (construction sector) to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; and No. 2, statements on budget 2018, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 6.50 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes - time can be shared - all other Senators not to exceed...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the reason for that?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Who created the HSE?
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Who created the HSE? It was Deputy Micheál Martin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Micheál Martin is the Senator's party leader.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Who created the HSE? It was Deputy Micheál Martin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's party leader created the HSE.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 18 Members who contributed on the Order of Business. I join the many Senators who paid tribute to the memory of the late and great iarThaoiseach, Liam Cosgrave. Like many others in the House, I attended the funeral last Saturday afternoon and was struck by the simplicity and humility of the occasion which reflected the man he had been. As Monsignor Wilson said, he was a man who...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Bacik referred to health and Sláintecare. The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is very much committed to Sláintecare. He is of the view that an implementation group will be appointed by the end of the year. He is very much committed to the report of the overarching body, which unfortunately did not contain Members of the Seanad, but in the budget we are seeing an...
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It was raised on the Order of Business. I know the one line Sinn Féin gets every day is that we cannot praise good news. Sinn Féin does not like to hear good news.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I remind Senator Murnane O'Connor that on this occasion in the budget the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, is allocating €209 million to new initiatives where the Government will inform the HSE of what the funding can be spent on. She should remember that it was her party leader who conceived and brought into being the structure of the HSE, the Health Service Executive.