Results 14,961-14,980 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I reaffirm my support for the Chairman and the work she is doing. I very much welcome the fact that she is an impartial, fair and balanced Chairman. It is imperative that the people who are home watching and listening to these proceedings would understand what is being done in a systematic and deliberate way to undermine the Chairman and all of us who are here, as Senator O'Sullivan rightly...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will, but this is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: No, I am-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator will be aware that we met the former clerk to the Oireachtas Committee, Paul Kelly, to discuss the hearings on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill and the Senator, along with the former Senator Jim Walsh, was a part of those.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I was crediting the Senator with-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I was crediting the Senator with working with that process rather than against it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: This is important.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not doing so.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am trying to defend the integrity of the process of the Oireachtas committee system which works quite well. This committee works quite well. The point I am making is that there is a duty on those of us on all sides of the debate. I very much welcome that. This is a sensitive, complex matter; it is not black and white. Everybody should be in here debating and discussing it. I thank...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Anybody who does not know that-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Dr. Henchion for that. Mr. Behan in his remarks, and if I am wrong on this, I apologise, said there was a shift in services and a shift in the way in which women were interacting or engaging with the IFPA. Will he elaborate on that? My final question is to Dr. Henchion and if I misinterpreted what she said, I apologise. Will she elaborate on her point about having an...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I also asked Mr. Behan a question.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. a1, motion re Fourth Report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business, and No. 1, statements on councillors' conditions, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., with the time allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and the contributions of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Given that this is the third day he has raised the issue, I ask Senator Craughwell to distil and outline his concerns and what exactly is the major issue.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I cannot give him any information unless I know exactly what it is he wants rather than a general-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am trying to be helpful, as the Senator knows. I am not against what he is trying to achieve.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Which colleague veterans?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator mean a representative group or everybody?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: How many are there?