Results 23,241-23,260 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We do not know that.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I deliberately avoided getting involved in this debate but Senator Walsh's contribution and the Leader's proposal are fast eroding the consensus on this side of the House which has behaved impeccably over the past 48 hours. It is time we received leadership on this issue from the Government side of the House because the problem is very simple. No information has been forthcoming and no...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not the point.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Feeney is playing politics now.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It was reactionary.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Carry on.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What about President Mary White?
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Mind the chocolates.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Government said it.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator came to the Order of Business every day she would not be saying that.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister had no choice but to act and I commend him for so doing. He had no choice because this crisis is of our making. I advise him to speak with and listen to Joe Duffy because, without him, we would not have had the guarantee raised. He was not the person who caused a run on the banks. The crisis has been caused by three groupsââ
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: ââthe banks, the Government and the big developers, those who Senator Feeney and her ilk have supported at the Galway Races for many years.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The 21st century Ireland has been given a very valuable lesson during the past 12 months. There has been the failure of accountability by Government, loss of morale by our financial institutions and large developers and the failure of the Government to govern and act in the national interest on behalf of the people. We should represent the people, which we have not done. The Government has...
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The tent at the Galway races was a good example.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has been caught out and is rowing backwards.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister only blames Joe Duffy.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Generosity is right.
- Seanad: Credit Institutions (Financial Support) Bill 2008: Second Stage (1 Oct 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He cannot remember.