Results 19,341-19,360 of 24,351 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The point-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----I am making is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The final point I will make, if I can be allowed to finish-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----is that I agree 100% with Senator Wilson. We should be trading with Taiwan.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have never recoiled from my support of Ireland doing trading with Taiwan.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I stand with Senator Wilson 100% on that issue, as he knows well. We should be trading with Taiwan and that is the point I am making.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We are agreed on that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I support fully my friend and colleague, Senator Wilson, regarding the developing of relations with Taiwan. I have never been anything other than clear on that matter. Senator Wilson knows that quite well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Others were and did intimate that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I accept that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Lawless, Conway-Walsh, Ó Donnghaile and McDowell made reference to presidential voting rights and the referendum. I salute Senator Lawless, in particular, for the work he has been doing. He was in Washington D.C. last week pursuing a different matter. He has been working diligently behind the scenes to ensure we get bipartisan support for our undocumented in the United...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Correct.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose that after Private Members' business, we will have a one-hour debate on Cuisle to be followed by a 90-minute debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Ó Ríordáin is amenable, he will agree to defer the statements on crime until next week.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Boyhan and Davitt referred to the leaked Moorhead report. I suggest that the person who leaked the report to RTÉ today did a disservice to everybody. It should not have been leaked at all. I watched the Minister at the committee. I heard some of the proceedings. I intended to have statements on local government today, but now they will be held next week. Senator Devine...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will be happy to have the Minister come back to the House in the near future for a debate on sustainable transport and cycling. I do not have the information that Senator Bacik is seeking on the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (Gender Pay Gap Information) Bill 2017. I will endeavour to get it as soon as I can. I commend everyone involved in this morning's Dress for Success...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have my reply, but I am not going to give it to the Senator. To be honest, if he does not know, he does not deserve to know.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not hear what the Senator said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: All I can say in response to Senator Craughwell's comments is that he should talk to the men and women of the Defence Forces who serve on peacekeeping missions and ask them about the importance of-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell has been around this world for a long time. He has served and been involved in public service for a long time. He knows the reasons better than I do. If he does not, I will be happy to share them with him on another occasion.