Results 22,561-22,580 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to answer the question. Why can we not have a debate on the fundamental question?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Give us the answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Give us the answer.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's throat was blessed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, on the basis of the Leader's remark, can I ask him whether the Minister will be in the House for tonight's Adjournment debate on this matter. If not, why not?
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Could I ask the Leader to reply to my point of order, a Chathaoirligh? I have a matter on the Adjournment and I would like to know whether the Minister will be in the House, and if not, why not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (3 Feb 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole and Alex White in appealing to the Leader to have a debate today on both the economy and the talks with the social partners. Were the Leader to make a case for the abolition of the Seanad, by not having a debate, he would be doing so today. Members must be relevant and must have a voice on behalf of those who put them in here. By not having such a...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I am in favour of it because it is most important. During his reign, the Minister might also look at the issue of spending between elections. In my humble opinion, that is a joke at the moment. There is nothing to stop a candidate spending thousands or hundreds of thousands of euro up to the day the election is called. When an election is called, however, we bring in a spending limit but...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could take the bus.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: All the buses are gone now.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House. This side of the Chamber embraces the principle of an independent electoral commission. As the Minister said, the commission is composed of eminent and suitably qualified people. I thank the members of the commission for their diligent work. It is not an easy task to represent the people by reviewing, redrawing and planning electoral boundaries. Those...
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I will explain my position. We have 19 weeks to the local elections in June.
- Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) Bill 2008: Second Stage (29 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Minister will bring that in. My party may not be in favour of it, but I am.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle has forgotten where he was a few years ago. He was better off a Deputy.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He has lost his soul since he lost his seat.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: He cannot cope with being in Government.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Ask Chris O'Leary.
- Seanad: Economic Issues: Motion (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: I will waive my time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Jan 2009)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.