Results 5,341-5,360 of 24,308 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh raised the issue of carers and the protest. I agree with the Senator that no carer should have to protest. We do not take carers for granted. They are providing a service to people across the country. I refer the Senator to the changes made in the budget in terms of the 15 to 18.5 hours work in respect of which 1 million extra care hours were provided. As I said...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We will have statements on tourism later. As Senator Gavan knows from my record, unlike others, I believe in consensus and talking and reaching out to everybody. There has to be engagement by all sides. Senator Byrne referred to St. Vincent's special school, which is an important facility in Lisnagry, County Limerick. Like Senator McFadden, Senator Byrne has been a strong champion of...
- Seanad: Sustainable Tourism: Statements (16 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, for coming to the House and commend him on his stewardship of the Department in the areas of tourism and sport. His speech was a very realistic one. Notwithstanding the growth in tourism and the record numbers we have seen, the high spend and the tourism action plan, which has been put in place, it is a challenging time for the tourism sector....
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, the Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Report Stage (resumed) and Final Stage, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to adjourn at 6.45 p.m., if not previously concluded.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Report Stage, resumed, and Final Stage.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that speech is from the third floor?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Who wrote the script?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator against vetting?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: For how long?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator want more vetting now?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: What is No. 12?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 12 Senators who contributed to the Order of Business. The issues of Brexit and the DeSouza case were raised by Senators Daly, Craughwell, Conway, Nash and Feighan. All of us in this House stand united in the twin declaration of the need to ensure there is no return to a hard border on our island and to protect our place in the Single Market. Rather than add to the rhetoric, as...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----the hiring of staff. The Government is committed in the capital plan. Senator Gavan is party to the regime that proposes to spend its way out of everything.That does not often work.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: That poses the question as to how we view our health system. That is especially the case, give the highest ever expenditure announced in the budget last week. There is also the question as to why the accident and emergency department is our first port of call. Where is our primary care system? Why is that not functioning to the level and capacity needed to have people perceive it to be...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will explain. It is very simple-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The fiction section of the library is the one that we see the-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a bit like the "Buy and Sell"-style magazine that Fianna Fáil produce. Here is our budget-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----but how are we going to pay for this? I remind Members opposite, many of whom were public representatives from 2007 to 2010, what happened then. I will leave things at that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: What we need-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Oct 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: There are no points of information in reply to the Order of Business.