Results 16,321-16,340 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I agree with the Senator, if she will do me the courtesy of listening to me. I am not against her but for her.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am saying that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: There must be competition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: There are two parts to the argument and that is the bottom line.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not. We cannot debate a report that has not been published. I gave a commitment in my response that as soon as the report is published, I will have a debate on the issue in the House. I cannot debate a report that is not published. To be fair to the House, I think it would agree with that. I am not trying to stop the debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not have that. I have the reply from a parliamentary question on 14 June. I made inquiries with the Minister's private secretary and all I can do is act as an honest broker. I do not come in here to obfuscate or deny debate. I have come here to give the facts as I have had them presented to me. I will endeavour to get a date. I will give an assurance to the House that as soon as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He is not responsible for it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He is not in charge of-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Can I just clarify-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is her prerogative. I inform the House as a matter of courtesy so that it understands-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Let me bring clarity to the Members so that we can understand where I am coming from. The Minister for Rural and Community Development-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and the Department of Finance have been working together to investigate the feasibility of a new model of community banking for our country. That includes the German Sparkassen model for the development of local public banks. The Department has engaged in a process of public consultation to seek views about the concept of the community banking model. The report has been completed....
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is the Minister, Deputy Ring, in consultation with the Minister for Finance, who has responsibility. Historically, the Minister, Deputy Naughten, would have been responsible but that is not the case now. I will keep going with the reply to the Order of Business.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I was.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I will reiterate my cast iron guarantee to Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell. As soon as the report is published, I give a commitment to the House that we will debate the report in this Chamber. I cannot publish the report. I cannot have a debate until the Government publishes it. The Minister will come in to talk about nothing until the report is published. I agree with the Senator that we...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have every confidence-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have every confidence-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have every confidence-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 Jun 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The State Examinations Commission is an independent body which operates and is responsible for the running of our State exams. It appoints examiners to correct junior certificate and leaving certificate papers. It behoves all of us as public representatives to uphold the integrity and not to create fear or scaremonger about the process and outcome of the leaving certificate results. The...