Results 23,781-23,800 of 24,447 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It is more management.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: It is more management.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Correct.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We do not have that.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (Resumed) (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: There is.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: In the Acting Chairman's eloquent remarks he said we should accentuate the positive. Let us do this. The Minister, Deputy Harney, has had great success. She has billions of euro at her disposal, a committed staff and frontline services run by excellent people who work around the clock on our behalf. However, these people feel let down. They are worried and frustrated but, more...
- Seanad: Patient Safety: Statements (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: ââto be held to account as they are equally as guilty as the Minister, Deputy Harney. The Fitzgerald report on the HSE paints a poor picture. In 2004 the Minister, Deputy Harney, said that it was "a-once-in-a-generation event ... our generation's chance to put patients first in the design of the management of health services". Who will accept responsibility? The former Minister for...
- Seanad: National Skills Strategy: Statements (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. This is an important debate because the national skills strategy is of paramount importance to the nation, not just for the short or medium term but also for future generations. As the Minister of State said, our competitiveness is at stake and it is essential we succeed in upskilling the workforce. The Opposition side of the House supports the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate Senator Cannon on his election and I wish him well in his endeavours. I echo the calls of Senators Fitzgerald and Regan on the Leader to clarify the record to show that we in Fine Gael are extremely pro-active with regard to the Lisbon treaty. I have been canvassing door to door for the past two weeks with Colm Burke, MEP. As Senator Norris stated, there is a great chance the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle should read that script when in Opposition.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He has changed his tune and is flying on one wing again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyle has changed his tune again.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should withdraw the remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He called them shop stewards.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is lucky.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: We are all Irish.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: He did not say that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (10 Apr 2008)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.