Results 7,541-7,560 of 24,319 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: EU Regulation on Co-Operation Between Courts of Member States: Motion (11 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed...

Committee on Public Petitions: National Orchestras: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I dtús báire, cuirim fíorfháilte roimh an Uasal Ó Dubhghaill, an Uasal Horsman agus an Uasal Coveney. In welcoming the presentation, I wish to say that we greatly value the RTÉ orchestras. I had the pleasure of being in Philadelphia during the summer, where I visited the Kimmel Centre for the Performing Arts. A friend of mine, John Cohen, is a cellist with the...

Committee on Public Petitions: National Orchestras: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We have a low rate of collection.

Committee on Public Petitions: National Orchestras: Discussion (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not want to disagree with the Chair, but it is important to understand that it may have an implication for what we are discussing. I take the point and I-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 a.m. and to adjourn not later than 2.30 p.m. if not previously concluded, with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes; No. 2, Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018 -...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Did Senator Leyden build them himself?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Just like Charlie McCreevy.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure whether I am in the Abbey, the Gate or pantomime season.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the eight Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. As Senator Norris said, it is important that we commemorate the crew and passengers of RMS Leinster. On this day 100 years ago, 564 members of the ship's crew, civilian passengers, postal sorters and military medical personnel lost their lives in the worst maritime disaster in the Irish Sea. It is important, as...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I was almost going to say “Hear, hear”.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I loved the figure Senator Conway-Walsh shared with us about a 258% increase in the numbers on housing waiting lists over 14 years under Fianna Fáil's watch.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Are you including me in that, a Chathaoirligh?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am disappointed Senator Murnane O'Connor did not congratulate her constituency colleague, Deputy Deering, on bringing the National Ploughing Championships to Carlow. It was a wonderful news story for Carlow.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The issue of housing should not be politicised. It is one on which we all collectively must put forward solutions and ideas in order to build more houses and give people a roof over their heads. That is why the Government committed €2.4 billion on housing spend in the budget. Up to €146 million will be spent on homelessness and €310 million on affordable housing...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators Norris, Lombard and, my good friend, Humphreys raised the issue of carbon tax and climate change. Nobody is in denial about the importance of the need to have our country take its climate change responsibilities seriously. The Government is committed to that. I will cast the Senator's mind back to the Minister's speech yesterday. I replied to the matter on yesterday's Order of...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ----- ours is a tax on diesel, petrol, coal, home heating oil and other fossil fuels. The Government is encouraging people to change their behaviour and move towards cleaner alternatives rather than penalising those who have no option but to use their cars at a time when the price of diesel has risen by 20 cent per litre. It is okay for Senators Humphreys and Norris, both of whom live in...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What the Government has done in the budget is place a 1% VRT surcharge on new and imported diesel cars, invest €30 million in supports for electric vehicles and extended tax reliefs for hybrid and electric cars. This year, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, who is criticised in this House almost weekly, will spend more than €780 million on public...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----which will link us what is envisaged by the Climate Change Advisory Council, a matter to which Senator Humphreys referred. Under Project Ireland 2040, €22 billion will be invested to tackle the issue of climate action. This is in addition to the €8.6 billion being put in place for climate sustainability in terms of mobility. What does this mean in simple terms? It means...