Results 17,461-17,480 of 24,350 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Hallmarking (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn not later than 2.30 p.m., with the time allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed ten minutes each and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes each; No. 2, Companies (Amendment) Bill 2019 - All Stages, to be taken at the conclusion of No. 1 and to adjourn not...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Anecdotally. Let us base comments on facts.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have a debate on the facts.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator said that nurses receive half the pay.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the purpose of the amendment? I do not understand its purpose.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not understand what the Senator is trying to propose.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The proposal in the Order of Business is quite clear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is very clear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is to be taken on the conclusion of No. 4.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator might do me the courtesy to listen for a second. If No. 4 finishes, then No. 5 runs into it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We have always done that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I also welcome Deputy O'Dea and his visitors to the Gallery. I hope he does not come back as a Minister any time soon but he is always welcome to the Gallery. I thank the 19 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. At the outset I will begin by complimenting the Cathaoirleach and the staff of the Seanad and of the Houses of the Oireachtas on the organisation...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope this will be resolved. It needs to be resolved. Everybody wants to be, and is, supportive of the nurses. The capacity for empathy shown by one side of the House this morning is shared across the House. We are in government. Members of the Fianna Fáil Party were in government for long enough. Sinn Féin has not yet reached those dizzying heights here.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin walked out of government in the North and has not been back in two years.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity the vacuum in leadership in the North has not been filled.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a job for Sinn Féin to do.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Níor chuala mé an Seanadóir Mullen.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The issue needs to be addressed. All of us stand with the nurses in wanting this dispute resolved and in recognising and putting a value on the work they do. I hope that this can be done in the short term because, as Senator Devine said, we do not want to go back to the days when Fianna Fáil was in power and we had nine days of disputes.