Results 3,641-3,660 of 24,308 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: However, it is important that we have a debate on higher education in the context of the new model unveiled by the Minister yesterday. It is exciting. Not everybody has to go to college but we cannot have barriers to people doing so. That is the important point about yesterday's plan. I will conclude by saying that everybody should be able to access to higher education. Not everybody has...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to accept that correction.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to take it. I am sorry for interrupting Senator Wall.
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I second the amendment.
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House. I will be brief. Like Senator Dooley, I am a member of the transport committee, which has engaged in an inordinate amount of informed debate and consideration of this issue. Senator Dooley referred to the issue of architecture and to Michael Kingston whose testimony and evidence are to be commended. This is a technical Bill. It is about protecting...
- Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Dé Máirt ar leath-uair tar éis a dó a chlog.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Deputy Leader to arrange a debate on the future of the pharmacy sector. Next week the Irish Pharmacy Union, IPU, will hold its annual general meeting, AGM. I want to take the opportunity on the floor of Seanad Éireann to pay tribute to the outgoing general secretary, Mr. Darragh O'Loughlin, for his professionalism, commitment, advocacy and drive, along with so many others in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Do not forget me Acting Chairman. I have joined the meeting as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Can I not participate then?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes but can I participate now as a non-member?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: My overarching comment is that in learning from the Dublin area transport plan, in the context of Cork, in terms of BusConnects and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Chairperson will let me finish-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: ----- as a valued member of the committee-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Region: Discussion (4 May 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: ----- and Ms Graham will understand fully where I am coming from. This morning I received my copy of the BusConnects Cork - Sustainable Transport Corridors Report. I appeal to Ms Graham today, in the context of the Dublin transport plan - and I have had extensive engagement with many councillors and was quite happy to have Senator Seery Kearney attend the committee today - that we would...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: How does one follow that? "Whispers informed strangers" is one of my favourite lines from Heaney. I commend the ambassador of Poland on the wonderful generosity of the Polish people and their government in the ongoing horrific Ukraine situation. I thank the ambassador who is very welcome to Ireland. I ask the Leader to facilitate a debate on the national development plan 2040.The...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome our witnesses and thank Mr. Justice MacCabe for his contribution. I thank GSOC for the work it is doing. Indeed, I pay tribute to the work done by members of An Garda Síochána during the Covid period, when they were at the forefront of our State's response to Covid-19. Very often they had to perform tasks that in ordinary times they would not dream of doing. I thank...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: There seems to be a theme recurring because the director of administration, Ms Healy, has been in correspondence with the Committee of Public Accounts. Mr. Justice MacCabe has spoken today about the complexity and the resourcing issue. If we asked a question on the level of resourcing, and it may not be a fair question or Mr. Justice MacCabe might say it is not pertinent to today's...
- Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Are there 1,700 cases still open? Am I wrong in that?