Results 5,221-5,240 of 24,571 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----in this House when we are talking about China.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The same Government in which Senator McDowell served as a Minister was part of the EU-China human rights forum.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Nov 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will come into the House and criticise China, as I am doing now. I agree with Senators Wilson and McDowell that we should be doing more trade with Taiwan. Are we, however, going to take €6 billion from China and then say "Goodbye" to the market? Are we also going to tell the farming community that we are going to say "No thanks" to the new markets opened up last month? Is that...
- 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...