Results 10,181-10,200 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: How does one follow that, a Leas-Chathaoirligh? I thank the 19 Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. I agree with Senator Ardagh on the issue of homelessness and that reform needs to continue in this area to address the availability and supply of social housing, as well as affordability. I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House on this issue. The issue of...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: There is a need to ensure the impact is limited, that there is a whole-of-government response and that the people in small and medium enterprises mentioned by Senator Ardagh have access to support. I will be happy to work with her in that regard. Senators McDowell and Lawless raised the Good Friday Bill proposed by Senator Lawless. I hope the Bill will be back before the House as soon as...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes the Senator's form of drafting could be open to misinterpretation.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I would prefer independent draftspersons to do it. However, as I said-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----I am endeavouring-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Craughwell is in government some day, I perish to think that he will take advice from anybody. I look forward to that day, although not really. However, I am working with Senator Lawless and the Department to bring the Bill back before the House. It is subject to events, but both I and the Minister, to be fair, are endeavouring to have it back here. Senator Conway-Walsh spoke...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes it is good to listen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Paul Daly is agreeable, I am happy to have the Minister, Deputy Creed, come to the House next Wednesday, 24 May, to discuss the issues to which he referred rather than the wider, narrow focus that is in the Sinn Féin motion. It merely seeks to play politics with farmers. I commend Senator Daly on his work and the approach he has taken.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: There are school students in the Public Gallery. What they would like to see is us working together for the betterment of our communities, which is why later I will accept the motion from the former Minister of State, Senator Ó Riordáin. In this case it is the farming community, rather than the narrow prism through which Sinn Féin comes to everything. Sinn Féin is for...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: They could well have got what they wanted, but they choose not to.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The love bombing from Sinn Féin gets to me sometimes. It is unbelievable.
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is right there. On GMIT, I join Senator O'Mahony in again asking about this issue. The Government is committed to a multi-campus provision in all institutes of technology. As Senator O'Mahony rightly said, there has been engagement with GMIT in a genuine attempt to make the institute economically sound and put it on a firm financial footing. An independent adviser has been...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not quite sure it is about fear. To be fair, I know from my own city council that different interventions take place. Those interventions do not necessarily involve evictions or throwing people out. There can be other points taken in that regard and it is a matter to which we can return. I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House to discuss that matter. Senator...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----particularly in the context that there has been no offer. The Senator should listen to the remarks made by Dominic Daly on local and national radio today. Mr. Daly is a very eminent Cork-based agent - the Senator mentioned Cork in his Commencement matter earlier- and an expert in that area. There is speculation around the whole cost of the vessel. Let us deal with the facts. On the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The issue the Senator has raised regarding members of the Defence Forces living in poverty is one of which the Minister of State and many of us are acutely aware. There has been a reduction in terms of the FEMPI legislation and there has been a suite of other measures. I am not sure that the concept of members of the Defence Forces or gardaí being able to go on strike is something I...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I know. That is a different issue but we will have the debate next week. Senator Devine raised the issue of today's conference. I join her in commending the Chief Nursing Officer. The previous Government was the first to appoint a Chief Nursing Officer. The Senator also raised the issue of the campaign in respect of rents previously. I wish Liam Doran well in his impending retirement...
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we recognise that the purpose of this campaign is to ensure-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----that there is reporting of social welfare fraud so that-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: ------money can be saved and invested by the State. That money can be invested in different Departments. Every €1 that we save can be given to a person who genuinely needs intervention or support. The Senator may huff and puff-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Department of Social Protection has an annual budget of €20 billion. The campaign is designed to ensure that people do not abuse the system and that the money saved is spent on people who need it. It suits the Senator to use the rhetoric he has today but it does not serve the purpose of the campaign.