Results 5,041-5,060 of 24,308 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne, to the House. I pay tribute to her for the commitment, work and vision she has shown in her role. I thank her for being here this morning. As Members will know, there has been a significant increase in certain types of drug use in many parts of the city. I sit on the joint policing committees for both Cork county and Cork city. We have heard...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I acknowledge the significant investment and I thank the Minister of State for her personal intervention on the issue of Cuan Mhuire. She has been very supportive. Much good work is being done, although there are deficits and gaps that must be filled. We need more detox beds to ensure people have the ability to get clean, before moving to the halfway house and on to reintegration into the...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed ten minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed six minutes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Next week.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the seven Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. I welcome Ms Róise Nolan from Carlow in the Public Gallery who is here on work experience. Senators Leyden and McDowell referred to the debate on transport. It is a pity they did not contribute to the debate yesterday when the Minister, Deputy Ross, was here to discuss transport. The debate was adjourned not...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Good, so we will have that debate at stage 2.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I invite Members if they have sincerely held views on issues to participate in debates.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not speaking to the Members here but to the wider Members of the House who do not.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It would be worth looking at the level of contributions of people who come in and call for debates on A, B and C -----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We did not, actually. The Senator is wrong.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We did not.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I am only sorry I did not see Senator Craughwell on his bike around Dublin, it would have been some sight. Senator Leyden referred to the importance of security on the Luas and the distressing incident that had happened to him. We need to look at dedicated transport security and continued investment in CCTV. The Minister for Justice and Equality, to his credit, has been very proactive with...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is not yet. We are heading to the season of Advent which is the preparation for the season of good will.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We are being prepared, we are getting ready.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I would be very happy to have a challenge with the Senator on the streets of Dublin or Cork.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I would welcome Senator McDowell to come and canvass for a very fine candidate in Senator Colm Burke in Gurranabraher next weekend, if he is available.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator is available he is more than welcome to come along and canvass.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell mystifies me sometimes. He came in on Tuesday seeking a debate, having had the Minister here that day on a Commencement matter on the emergency aeromedical support service, EAS. He then won his vote and had the debate and he is still not happy.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is extraordinary.