Results 17,041-17,060 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is incorrect. Some of us who have worked on direct provision, both in this House and the other House, have been working hard with the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton. More than 140 of the recommendations of the McMahon report have been accepted and worked on. I fully concur with Senator Warfield and I also agree with Senator Gavan. We need to move people out of direct provision...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not asking for an adversarial debate because my record, as I think Senator Gavan will agree, is one of promoting and upholding human rights, as is his own.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Hopkins and Gallagher raised the issue of IDA Ireland visits. I remind both Members that last year the number of jobs created by IDA Ireland increased by 5% in the west and 4% in the Border region. That is to be welcomed. Senator Gallagher will also welcome that Monaghan is the county with the lowest level of youth unemployment in the country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I know the Senator does not want to hear good news. It is anathema to him. However, he might do me the courtesy of listening.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator will not do me that courtesy, he should do IDA Ireland the courtesy of listening to the facts. First, in 2017, there were 11,169 IDA Ireland jobs in the Border region, which is a 4% increase. That is a fact, not fiction. Second, Monaghan is the county with the lowest level of youth employment in the country. That is also a fact, not fiction.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Senators do not want to have the facts, that is fine and we will not have a debate. They should not, however, come in here criticising when our country has the lowest number of people unemployed ever. We are at full employment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I would remind the Senator to go back to Charlie McCreevy's - what was it called? - decentralisation. That worked out well for them, all right.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Ned O'Sullivan on one point about Brexit. There is no such thing as a good Brexit; he is 100% right on that. It will have ramifications and repercussions for us as a country, for our relationship with Europe and for our relationship with the UK. We must certainly work to overcome that. Senator Humphreys raised the issue of the licence fee and I will be happy to have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal. It is Hungary. As a member of the EPP, as a Christian Democrat and a Social Democrat, I say there can be no condoning of the mistreatment of people and the denial of human rights. Senator Dolan also made reference to the issue. There is no toleration of the mistreatment of people on this side of the House, ever. The issue of people with disabilities referenced by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Senator could go back and look at Venezuela and Colombia and his own party's relationships with people in those parts of the world, if he wants to go down that road. I do not choose to go down that road.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have that debate if they want.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have given my reply to Senator Gavan as a Christian Democrat. That is what I believe in. That kind of behaviour has no place in a democracy. Regarding the work Senator Dolan is doing on disability, I point out to Senator Murnane O'Connor that it is not just Government work but work on his own behalf, to be fair to him. From long before he came into this House, he has been a very strong...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor might be best placed to put down a Commencement Matter to the Minister. I do not have the answer to that. If she has any particular issue, I suggest she raise it with the Minister or else raise it as a Commencement Matter. With regard to Senator Davitt, rather than again provoke the ire of Fianna Fáil, I note that Garda resources have been increased, Garda...
- Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: noting the publication of the third interim report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters; bearing in mind the modular approach to be adopted for the inquiry so that the work of the Tribunal could be continued and concluded, namely, as the second module, the matter at...
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 12.45 p.m.; No. 2, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at the conclusion of No. 1 and adjourned at 5 p.m., if not previously concluded.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: After more than 41 hours of debate I would certainly love to see if we could conclude the debate on Committee Stage and have the Bill passed and move on to something else. That would be a wonderful gift. It is in the Senator's hands.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: As the Senator knows, we are in a minority.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is also in the hands of Senators Humphreys and Bacik. In a spirit of good will-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not fair.