Results 4,801-4,820 of 24,571 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I was not referring-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: A Chathaoirligh-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Sure, absolutely.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not my point, a Chathaoirligh. I have no issue with that. I accept that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, but I am making-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: But, a Chathaoirligh, you are the custodian of the position of Cathaoirleach, and there is an element of unfairness, however it happens, where Members cannot make a contribution to debates on legislation but predominantly on statements. If we go back to last week, some of us had to either share a minute and a half or two minutes each, or we could not get in at all.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate the element of Covid-19, but Senator Boyhan's fundamental point is right. We are the Upper House of a Parliament and we need to look at how we can ensure that the way we do business is changed to adopt to the new way of doing things in a Covid-19 world, but it is unfair. I am sorry that I am aggrieved about it. Many of us are trying to make an effort to contribute and we...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise if you think I am having a go at you, a Chathaoirligh. I am not having a go at you at all. It is the system I am having a go at.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: You are missing the point.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not have a Whip.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: No, I will do it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Do you want me to reply, a Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for clarifying the matter I raised earlier and I appreciate that. I assure the Cathaoirleach he will hear no further remarks from me on it. I appreciate the job he has and it is not an easy one. I do not mean anything personal by it at all. Senator Pauline O'Reilly raised an important issue this morning on the report of the Dublin Well Woman Centre research that...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Bill 2019: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Ar dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. This is important legislation and I am pleased to speak on it as a former member of the board of supervisors of a credit union in Bishopstown. The credit union movement has gone through gargantuan change in the past decade, some of which I would question in terms of its progress or lack thereof. I listened to Senator...
- Seanad: Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for being here to take this very important legislation. It is a pity that the backdrop to this debate on the proposed reform of the credit union movement is Covid-19.The explanatory memorandum to the Bill speaks about the provision for the holding of certain meetings of the credit unions by remote meeting. I pose my question in terms of the audit committee, the...
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: We were very inclusive.
- Seanad: Seanad Bill 2020: Second Stage (18 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of information, must we conclude today? Can we not roll the debate over because more speakers have offered?