Results 19,661-19,680 of 24,361 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and congratulate her. I thank the former Minister, Senator Doherty, and welcome the extension of the pandemic unemployment payment to April. It is a matter of social solidarity. The employment wage subsidy scheme allows for businesses to open or to remain open, but it is also about keeping jobs through the winter. Everything we do should be to protect people and to...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: His political party hawked itself around the country recruiting members rather than showing social solidarity with the people.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we work together collaboratively. Your party took a very Punch and Judy approach to going into government. The truth is that you really do not want to be in government at all because you cannot make decisions.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I understand that.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Sure.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us get real in here. The Sinn Féin Party-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: -----speaks in here but does not want to be in government. It prefers to give out on social media and throughout the country. That is its modus operandi. This Government is working to protect people in social solidarity with employers and employees. That is what this Bill is about. I welcome the measure regarding the cycle to work scheme. We in Government must reimagine how people travel...
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is section 8 agreed to?
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 4 in the name of Senator Higgins is deemed out of order as to its relevance to the subject matter of the Bill.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, we can.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I concur in respect of community employment schemes, which are an important element.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Amendment No. 6 in the name of Senator Higgins has been ruled out of order.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I wish to clarify that we are discussing the proposed new section 13.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Definitely not Galway or Cork.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: How stands the amendment? The Minister has said she-----
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to sit again?