Results 7,501-7,520 of 24,319 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The point-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The point I was going to make in reply to Senator Ned O'Sullivan concerned the article he raised, the fact that we are in the midst of a very tense Brexit negotiation and the need for all of us north, south, east, west, green, white and orange to uphold the Good Friday Agreement and never go back to the days of violence.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I cannot speak for anyone other than myself.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: What I am responding to is-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: In these delicate Brexit negotiations, it is critical that we on the island of Ireland north, south, east, west, green, white and orange understand the importance of the next couple of days and weeks. We can never allow our country to go back to the days before the Good Friday Agreement was brought into being. That is the point I am making. Senator Davitt raised the issue of betting and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am glad you qualified your remarks regarding the resignation of the Government, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 2, motion regarding the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 - referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 3, Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to be adjourned not later than 6 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 4, Judicial...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is right, though.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is a great man to throw stones.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Who?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has the same line all the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He uses the same line all the time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: He uses the single transferable speech the whole time.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: And on the Senator's own side as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator say there was a discrepancy of 15,000 between the two?
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 16 Members of the House who contributed on the Order of Business. The language and tone we use are important.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: What I do not like, and which is becoming part of the daily discourse of politics, is looking for a head or political scalp. In our use of language, we must always be mindful of where we are and what we do in our profession. I would never come into this House to seek a head or the resignation of anybody.It is important to provide context that this afternoon in the Dáíl the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senators and Members of the Lower House were wrong in prejudging the Charleton tribunal and the role of the then Tánaiste, Deputy Fitzgerald. The Charleton report was mentioned by Senators Norris, Conway, Noone, Wilson, Lombard and Marie-Louise O'Donnell. We all accept that the victims in this are Sergeant Maurice McCabe and his family, in recognition of which the Charleton tribunal...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is not a question of challenging.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is not a question of challenging. The question is-----