Results 23,321-23,340 of 24,340 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: A man rang me this morning whose father is affected by dementia. A service changing the father's nappies has reduced the changes from six to four per day. The man is in his eighties. A woman who rang me this morning told me it takes courage to grow old in this country today. That is a reality. The Minister should come out of his State car to listen to the ordinary people. The Government...
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State has a driver.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: If he does not, he is on the bike. Perhaps the Minister of State is the first to feel the pay freeze, which I welcome. Never before has a Government drunk champagne and spilled it. The ordinary people, our neighbours, are suffering. The Minister of State may think I am being dramatic and throw his eyes to heaven but the reality is the Government and its cuts are affecting people. I hope...
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Where is the public transport development?
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: That is the Senator's cant for everything. He should give Members the facts.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He should give Members the facts.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We have no rail links.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He is merely waffling.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Teachers of what? On a point of order, teacher of what?
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I am a school teacher. Senator Butler should tell me where the Government has improved in regard to teachers.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It has not.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Government will be cutting services tomorrow.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The last of the summer wine.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: What is the cost of living now?
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should desist. This is a joke.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Fine Gael handed over an economy in perfect order.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should go back to Jack Lynch's Government, or to that of Mr. Haughey. He should consider the examples of 1977 or 1981.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I have the facts about who wrecked the country's economy.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Butler is highly selective.
- Seanad: Economic Policy: Statements (Resumed) (9 Jul 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The present Government squandered a surplus of â¬2 billion.