Results 4,961-4,980 of 24,308 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will repeat what I said.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will repeat what I said and Senator McDowell can edit it to his own delight.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: What I said was that people on this side of the House support a sustainable beef sector. We understand-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----the frustration of the farming community and we stand with them. As Senator Marshall stated, it is not by producing soundbites and trying to get attention-grabbing headlines that we will solve this matter. We will solve it with collaboration. That could include the Department, the farming organisations and MII. My position is clear. I stand with the farmers and I understand their...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: That is the point I am making and Senator McDowell will not try to colour my words in any way, shape or form.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If Members in this House really want to state to the Department that we are not going to take up the opportunities of new markets in China and €6 billion in trade, then that flies in the face of what Fianna Fáil did in government for 20 years.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The point-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----I am making is-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The final point I will make, if I can be allowed to finish-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----is that I agree 100% with Senator Wilson. We should be trading with Taiwan.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have never recoiled from my support of Ireland doing trading with Taiwan.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I stand with Senator Wilson 100% on that issue, as he knows well. We should be trading with Taiwan and that is the point I am making.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We are agreed on that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I support fully my friend and colleague, Senator Wilson, regarding the developing of relations with Taiwan. I have never been anything other than clear on that matter. Senator Wilson knows that quite well.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Others were and did intimate that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I accept that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators Lawless, Conway-Walsh, Ó Donnghaile and McDowell made reference to presidential voting rights and the referendum. I salute Senator Lawless, in particular, for the work he has been doing. He was in Washington D.C. last week pursuing a different matter. He has been working diligently behind the scenes to ensure we get bipartisan support for our undocumented in the United...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Correct.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose that after Private Members' business, we will have a one-hour debate on Cuisle to be followed by a 90-minute debate on the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Ó Ríordáin is amenable, he will agree to defer the statements on crime until next week.