Results 61-80 of 562 for speaker:Larry Butler
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)
Larry Butler: I do not interrupt Senator Buttimer when he speaks so I ask him to allow me make my contribution.
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)
Larry Butler: Contract cleaning in hospitals should cease and it is time specific people were employed for that purpose. Contract cleaners leave hospitals and work elsewhere. They may then bring serious bugs back into hospitals by moving from one area to another. There is no control in this respect of cleaning services within hospitals. It is also important that management ensures proper health and...
- Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Apr 2008)
Larry Butler: It is a very serious issue and I think it behoves Members to ensure it is publicised and dealt with.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 May 2008)
Larry Butler: I join with previous speakers who wished our new Taoiseach and his Cabinet well. I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Barry Andrews, on his new position in which I am sure he will do extremely well. I wish to raise an issue with the new Minister for Finance. I ask him to examine the inflation basket. Alcohol and tobacco are currently included in it but they should not be. There should be a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: I want to raise the issue of the public private partnership position regarding Dublin City Council and developments proposed in recent years. It is time the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government called in the developer and the people in question regarding that development. This has been going on for four or five years. The public private partnership can play a major...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: That is a reasonable proposal. We cannot change horses in mid-stream when it comes to the PPP and the council changing building regulations. That is what happened in this case. The regulations have changed in terms of bigger apartments, in some cases by 20% to 30%, and we have had the energy increases. How can we have a PPP in place and then change the regulations? The whole process is a...
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: I have not heard any good solid proposals from the Senator or from the Labour Party regarding housing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: When I consider that the Senator's party and the Fine Gael Party have led the city council, it is a poor reflectionââ
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: ââon the regulations they have stood over for many years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: If I were you, Senator White, I would not be so smug. You have not delivered to the people on housing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: He has not delivered to the people on housing in Dublin city. There are 4,500 people on the housing list. I ask that this situation be expedited immediately.
- Seanad: Order of Business (27 May 2008)
Larry Butler: Not only do I want a debate, I want the Minister to get together with Dublin City Council and the developer because I believe this problem could be sorted out. There will not be a problem if a reasonable approach to the PPP is taken. When we consider that the development of Ballymun has an overrun of â¬0.50 billion, it is important we get the PPPs right.
- Seanad: Prison Building Programme: Motion. (29 May 2008)
Larry Butler: I shall be sharing time with my colleague, Senator Ned O'Sullivan, with the agreement of the House. I want to deal with work, training and education within prison. As the Government spokesman in the Seanad on the issue of drugs, I want to emphasise that it is important we have drug-free prisons. Up to now there have been major problems in establishments such as Mountjoy, so there is now a...
- Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: Money will not solve the issue we are discussing this evening.
- Seanad: National Drugs Strategy: Motion (18 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: I welcome the debate, which is long overdue. I agree that it is the job of the Opposition to be critical of various things we do. However, it is important to bear in mind that we are opening up this debate to the public. We are reviewing the current strategy, which is a good thing. I attended some of the strategy meetings myself, and one aspect of the working group was to examine what is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: I support the comments made by Senator Donohoe. The DTA is a new body coming into force. Public representation will be badly needed in that regard. How are we to get the message across in each of the four counties between Dublin City Council and the three other councils unless our public representatives represent us on that board?
- Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (19 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: The Minister must take into consideration the responsibility that each council will have in that regard. There is no better way to have accountability than through the people who were elected to that council. Senator Donohoe has made a very important point. I do not want another HSE created here on a transport system. It is our responsibility, as public representatives, to ensure public...
- Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: I wish to share my time with Senator Ormonde.
- Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: Perhaps the Acting Chairman will notify me after five minutes.
- Seanad: Older Persons: Statements (19 Jun 2008)
Larry Butler: Do I have seven minutes?