Results 10,001-10,020 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Empty rhetoric.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 17 Senators who spoke. Senators Ardagh, Conway-Walsh, Bacik, Humphreys and Wilson raised the sale of shares in AIB. The Minister has outlined that it is his intention, on behalf of the Government, to sell some of the shares in AIB. It is extraordinary to listen to some of the Members of the House today, some of whom have been in government, some of whom were in the Government...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The treaty committed us to certain terms and conditions. As Members know full well, the benefits of the sale of AIB shares can only be used for debt write-down. In an ideal world we would all love to take the money from the sale of the shares in AIB and spend it on our pet projects. I assure the young people in the Gallery who are present today that the Government, on behalf of the people,...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is easy to be for nothing and against everything in the Chamber every day, Senator Norris.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The reality, as Members will know,-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The irony of it all is that the hypocrisy of Sinn Féin knows no bounds. It was in Greece with its flags and posters standing side by side with Syriza and Mr. Varoufakis, saying that they would not surrender.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: And what happened? Mr. Varoufakis has gone off on his bike. Greece and the poor unfortunate people-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The poor mistreated-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The poor people of Greece-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----today have an unemployment rate of 23%-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----when our country has a rate of approximately 6.4%.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Our country is on the road to recovery-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----because of the Fine Gael-Labour Government and the present Government. I, on behalf of the Government side in this House, will not allow Sinn Féin to wreck our country further.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will take my chances, Senator Humphreys.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: As Senators know full well, including Senator Humphreys, who was a Minister of State, the sale of AIB was going to happen. As to the brave commentary of Senators Gavan and Conway-Walsh regarding the nationalised or non-private banks, they should consider their history and records.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senators are doing people a disservice by claiming that there is no accountability or regulation of the banks. There is now. The previous and current Governments have ensured that there will be no more light-touch regulation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The good news-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: As Members know full well-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is about time that people got real about certain things in the House. Our responsibility as Members means that we must be objective in how we run the country and govern. On behalf of the young people in the gallery, we must ensure that we have a country to hand back to them, one in which they have a future and can learn from us and our mistakes. This and the previous Government have...
- Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The sale of AIB was always going to happen.