Results 161-180 of 904 for speaker:Ray Butler

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: -----as a direct result of the Cromwellian wars in Ireland. The Book of Kells was safely kept in Kells for over 600 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: The Book of Kells belongs to the people of Ireland-----

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: -----and not to Trinity. It belongs to the people of Ireland.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: I would like Senator Norris to thank Trinity College and its librarians for taking good care of the book. Let us remember that the people of Kells took care of it during the 600 years it was in the Columban monastery in Kells.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: We want it back.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: It is just one of the gospels.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: Will the Leader ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, to condemn the killing of certain family members in cold blood by the Assad regime in retaking Aleppo? What I watched on CNN this morning was heart wrenching. The Minister should ask the Russian ambassador to Ireland, Mr. Maxim Peshkov, in the strongest terms not to allow the Russian army to stand by...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: I welcome last week's report from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment on the impact of a potential nuclear accident at Sellafield. The report outlined four scenarios with an estimated loss to this country of between €4 billion to €161 billion. In the worst-case scenario, the impacts would extend to 60 years, though the most substantial economic...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Dec 2016)

Ray Butler: I wish to address the mystery of the stamp people pay through the social protection system. From time to time, we all get our P45s and P60s. You would need to be Mystic Meg to look into the corner to see the little section that might be lightly glazed over with a piece of ink and marked class K or class S stamp or whatever class of stamp you pay. However, that piece of paper does not tell...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Nicola Sturgeon (29 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: I welcome the First Minister. I was delighted to hear her quoting from the Book of Kells. I am a born and bred Kells man and we have looked for one of the gospels to come back to the people of Kells. Maybe she might support that. When Scotland voted in its independence referendum, it voted to stay. Since the Brexit vote, has the First Minister seen a change in that position? If there...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: Budget 2017 is fair and prudent and it contains modest increases for everybody. Recovery benefits all, there is a new deal for the self-employed and it makes work pay. The pensioners have received a modest increase of €5 in their pensions but the Minister did not forget them. There has been a €5 increase in benefits for all people under 66 years. Some 840,000 people will...

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (29 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: I would like the Minister for Justice and Equality to look into legislation regarding prankster stunts that draw on the resources of the Irish Coast Guard, local gardaí and the emergency services and waste valuable time, finances and essential resources that could be required at the time to save lives in a real emergency. Yesterday evening in Trim, an individual was spotted entering the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: Yesterday Senators, including myself, spoke about the Remembrance Day ceremonies. I read with disgust one of today's newspaper headlines. It read: "Sinn Féin Senator has urged caution when discussing Remembrance Day ceremonies." In response, I want to give our Sinn Féin friends a little bit of history. My great uncle, Peter Laffey, who joined the American Army, was killed in...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: That is what Sinn Féin is trying to say.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: My family were silenced for long enough.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: The families of people who fought in the First World War were silenced for long enough. No Sinn Féin Senator from Belfast will tell me to be cautious.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: We must remember the people who gave their lives in the First World War.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2016)

Ray Butler: I will not succumb to bully boy tactics from anybody like that Sinn Féin person when remembering these people.