Results 11,221-11,240 of 24,418 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: There was an unemployment rate of 15.1% when Fine Gael and the Labour Party formed a Government in 2011. We had the courage to go into government and to work for the people. You would have them unemployed. Then you would be outside the gate with a placard stating that nothing is happening.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Do not come in here and talk out of both sides of your mouth. Why not admit the fact that there are more people at work?
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Unemployment has decreased by 12.6% during the terms of this Government and the last Government. More people are at work and fewer are unemployed. It is the 16th consecutive quarter of jobs growth. Surely the Senators opposite could welcome and celebrate that, rather than bemoan the fact.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not begrudge you getting an increase in pay from your party. I hope you welcome that as well.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I have no bother with having that debate.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The bottom line is that the Sinn Féin representatives, if they are honest, should not hand the money back to their party. They should give it to the State so we can invest in employment opportunities for all sectors of society. If they are honourable about that, they should do it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Do not talk out of both sides of your mouth.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Kelleher raised the important issue of dementia and the 55,000 people in our country who suffer from the condition. I commend her on the work she is doing and on the work she did prior to becoming a Member of the House. Tomorrow is an important day and I urge Members to attend the briefing. The Government, with Atlantic Philanthropies, has committed €275 million to the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I will invite him to talk not only to those of us who are gay, but also to our allies, supporters and family members so that he can see the values we uphold and stand for and the progress our country has made. I suggest we are lucky and privileged to be citizens of a country that voted in such numbers in favour of marriage equality, a vote that is now shown to be significant across the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that the Taoiseach, as Head of State, must work with people.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope we can always call out people when they are wrong. The Victory Fund is an organisation that funds and supports LGBT candidates in the US. It is a source of joy that 86 candidates were elected to state or national parliaments in America last week. The new Governor of Oregon, Kate Brown, is the first LGBT governor to be elected. I had the privilege of meeting a young elected...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I said that I asked our Whip’s office about it following "Morning Ireland".
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I just want to put it on record again-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: It is actually because-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Nobody has been in direct contact with me about the appointment of Members of this House to that commission. I made an inquiry regarding its composition. Senator Colm Burke raised the very important issue of housing and the demand for it giving the example of Cork. We can debate that tomorrow with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Coveney. Senator...
- Seanad: Joint Committee on Public Petitions: Motion (22 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the papers of the Joint sub-Committee on Public Petitions of the 24th Seanad, insofar as those papers are, or relate to, public petitions addressed to the Houses of the Oireachtas which were not closed on the dissolution of the 24th Seanad, be referred to the Joint Committee on Public Petitions.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Heritage Bill 2016 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 2 p.m. and to be adjourned no later than 4 p.m., if not previously concluded.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Nov 2016)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ardagh raised the issue of climate change and the Minister will come before the House on 7 December for a debate on the matter. Mental health was raised by a number of Senators and as Leader of the House I take the request very seriously. I try, on Members' behalf, to facilitate debates with Ministers and since the beginning of this Seanad we have had ten cross-departmental debates...