Results 10,361-10,380 of 24,326 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I accept the points made by Senators Craughwell and Mulherin that cuts should be implemented in a uniform manner. In my opinion, the workers have disproportionately taken a hit. Senator Craughwell has made the fair comment that management should not be immune from cuts. Senator Ardagh mentioned the Garda Síochána. The Garda Commissioner is attending an Oireachtas joint committee...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is correct, I did. There was an absolute need to do so because the Senator's contribution was very disappointing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us make it quite clear. The details of the meeting were put in the public domain. May I ask the Senator whether she has read the minute of the meeting?
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: What did it say? I would say the Senator did not read it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: There was also a minority report. To be fair to the Minister, due process was not given to him. At all times-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: He did not.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: At all times he co-operated with the Committee of Public Accounts, providing all documentation-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----providing all information.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: He refutes all suggestions of inappropriate meetings with Cerberus. He was not invited by the Committee of Public Accounts to discuss this and the Minister has no role-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has no role. The Senator might understand this if she goes back and reads-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Let me quote from the Minister's speech in the Dáil last night. He stated: "The Committee of Public Accounts has accepted my long-standing position derived from law that in these circumstances, it was not within the powers of the Minister for Finance to direct NAMA to halt the sale process." Let us make that quite clear. Let me repeat, the minute of the meeting with Cerberus is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the new found Sinn Féin probity about how our country is managed and governed. I keep smiling. Sinn Féin is a high tax and high spend party - a tax and spend party. It does not believe in responsibility in government-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The reality is that it heard the hooves in Tallaght of Deputy Paul Murphy and it needs its P60. Ever since then it has been running for cover.
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Fine Gael Party has always been a party of probity, responsibility and fiscal management in government. We have always wanted to ensure that we would have a fair, robust and multilateral approach to the future funding of domestic water. I want to join with all the Senators who commended Senator Ó Céidigh for his chairmanship and stewardship of the committee and to commend the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not quoting from the water report, but the Cathaoirleach is correct. Senators Dolan, Ardagh and Colm Burke also raised the issue of disability. As Senator Dolan knows quite well, Ireland is committed to ratifying the UN convention. There is a number of pieces of legislation that must be dealt with first. What we must do, and we should find a common approach, is in the context of...
- Seanad: Companies Act 2014: Motion (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2017,a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 9 February, 2017.
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: In light of the voting block in the Dáil continuing, I propose that we suspend until that concludes. I apologise to Members of the House and to members of staff for the inconvenience. We thought we had an agreement that there would be an arrangement with regard to the voting block in the Dáil on a Thursday. Seemingly that has broken down, so we must, perhaps through the Committee...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: We will resume as soon as the voting block in Dáil is over.
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Heritage Bill 2016 – Committee Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 9.30 p.m., if not previously concluded by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government, with the debate to be interrupted at 5 p.m. and to resume at 7 p.m. on...
- Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 24 Senators for their contribution to the Order of Business this afternoon. Senators Ardagh, Bacik, Ó Donnghaile and Richmond raised the issue of Brexit. It is a monumental day in the history of the European Union and our country. I reassure all Members of the House that the Government is not just paying lip service. It is not just rhetoric by Government but absolute...