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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It has.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I listened to the Senator.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator. There are fewer people waiting for home help hours now than there were this time last year. All of us, in our offices, deal with people and recognise that there are challenges, but €8 million per week, giving a total in excess of €400 million per year, is being allocated to people for home care supports. I do not need the Senator to tell me what is and is...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I am sure Senator Leyden is well able to manage his own financial affairs. With the indulgence of the Cathaoirleach, I wish the Senator a belated birthday. It was his birthday yesterday, but he did not tell us.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I was happy that we were able to participate in part of the celebration last night.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Céidigh is the author of a very fine report from the Seanad Public Consultation Committee which was chaired ably by the Leas-Chathaoirleach. It is a very important report and I intend to have the Minister come before the House in the coming weeks to discuss it. Senators Coghlan and Ó Céidigh raised the issue of aviation. The Copenhagen Economics report has...
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin is going back to its roots.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: That did not take long.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator can give it, but he cannot take it.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: She wants no gardaí in Carlow.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Gospel of Micheál.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We know what Deputy Micheál Martin was like when he was in government.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I was going to begin from a different perspective but I will pick up on Senator Ó Ríordáin's point. This is something that I have considered. A model is already in vogue called the community safety and policing forum and the joint policing committees which I believe can be revamped and rethought to accommodate some of the things Senator Ó Ríordáin has spoken...
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Those opposite come to the House, as they have done for the first six months of this year, and promise €24 million every day.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I can tell Senator Murnane O'Connor that we have the highest ever number of people at work and Templemore is being reopened.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We have more gardaí on the streets and a new community policing model unfurled. The legacy of Fianna Fáil was bust and it robbed the country of its future.
- Seanad: Crime Policy: Motion (2 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: As much as €167 million per week or €725 million per month is the promised spend by those opposite. They bankrupted this country once and I assure them that we will not let them bankrupt it again. I welcome the specialisation of An Garda Síochána in many cities and areas around the issues of sexual and domestic violence, crime, drugs and criminality. Creating...