Results 15,901-15,920 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister, Deputy Bruton, as I said yesterday, is committed to coming to the House to discuss the Action Plan for Education. Senators Warfield and Ó Donnghaile raised a very important issue around the enactment of the Children and Family Relationships Act. To be fair, Senator Warfield outlined to me before today that he was going to raise the matter. I was in touch with the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am as anxious as the Senator to get the matter resolved. That is why I took his request as seriously as I did.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to work with Senator Warfield. I am as anxious as he is to get the matter resolved.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I will put in a request to have the Senator meet the Department and I will go with him if he wants. I have no problem with that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Warfield. It is a very important, sensitive matter and the lives of people are being discommoded in a variety of ways.
- Seanad: Fodder Shortage: Motion (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for digressing. I am not asking this question in response to the specific petition. Given the response from the Department, in terms of allowing for flexibility for people to work from home or from a remote location, can we perhaps look at encouraging and promoting the idea of tax incentives? I am aware that the tax incentives are a matter for the Department of Finance. We all...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I agree with the approach.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am hanging a hat loosely on the Central Bank. I do not mean nationalisation. We should promote the issue of literacy around financial products and in dealing with financial institutions. Can we put that in the agenda for a future meeting?
- Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (18 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for interrupting.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting this matter and the Minister of State is welcome. I wish to raise the matter of Ballintemple national school, better known as Crab Lane, and a new school building project. This is a co-educational school with a current enrolment of around 215 children, eight mainstream class teachers, four learning support resource teachers and a very active and...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I also thank the Minister. It is encouraging news. I hope we can put timelines in place in terms of the development and delivery of the project but it is a good news story and again, is a further recognition that the Government is investing in young people in Cork, particularly those in Ballintemple national school in the Crab Lane and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Today's Order of Business is No. 1, statements on public service broadcasting and social media regulation, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to be adjourned at 2.05 p.m, with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is wrong and should correct the record. It is build, acquire and lease.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is being selective.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 15 Members of the House who contributed to the Order of Business. I am happy to take Senator Mark Daly's amendment to the Order of Business, which he articulated yesterday. The Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, will be in the House after the Order of Business. To be fair, let us be clear, the Minister is a person of probity. He is a man of great integrity. The matter is before...
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He was.
- Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, and if he reads-----