Results 301-320 of 23,482 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the publication today of the report by National Suicide Research Foundation Ireland. I accept we had a debate on mental health in recent weeks but I urge the Leader to arrange to have another debate on this issue. People are under pressure coming up to Christmas and the report has many interesting findings. I commend all concerned with the report. As Senator Frances Fitzgerald...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Harris did a good job himself in the Sunday Independent.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should withdraw that remark, a Chathaoirligh. That is a very unfair comment.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should withdraw the remark.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, could Senator Harris withdraw his unfair remark? What he said was unparliamentary. Will the Cathaoirleach ask him to withdraw his remark?

Seanad: State Airports (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I, too, welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John McGuinness, to the House and congratulate him on his appointment. The issue of Cork Airport is important and needs to be resolved. In simple terms, a promise that Cork Airport would be debt free was made by the former Minister for Transport, Deputy Brennan. It was agreed that the board of the Cork Airport Authority would be a separate...

Seanad: State Airports (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Can it be assumed the original commitment made by the then Minister, Deputy Brennan, is worthless and there has been a rowing back on the promise that Cork Airport would be debt free?

Seanad: State Airports (4 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Will Cork Airport be debt free?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The dog probably votes Fianna Fáil as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: What is the Government going to do about it?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: I join those who have asked the Leader to facilitate a further debate on the drugs strategy. When he speaks to the Minister of State at the Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs with responsibility for this area, he might ask the national forum on drugs to convene to gain the consensus on the issue which exists across the House. There is a malaise in our society. More and...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: What about the budget deficit?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: What about cutbacks in community care packages?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Oh come Holy Spirit.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Come on, Marc.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Send in the clowns.

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Where did the surplus go?

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: Where did the surplus go?

Seanad: Budget Statement 2008: Statements (5 Dec 2007)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government squandered it.