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Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Dec 2007) See 4 other results from this debate

Dan Boyle: I am especially grateful to be able to respond so soon to Senator Buttimer, who seems very anxious to hear what I have to say in this debate. The Social Welfare Bill builds on the announcements made in the budget, and Senator Buttimer and others are correct in that I have had the opportunity for the past five years of being an Opposition spokesman trying to dissect proposals and make better...

Seanad: Order of Business (2 Dec 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

Donie Cassidy: Senators Fitzgerald, O'Toole, Alex White, Boyle, Coghlan, Ó Murchú, Quinn, Walsh, Healy Eames, Ó Domhnaill, Prendergast, Buttimer, Donohoe, Bacik and Hanafin welcome that the strike has been called off. I welcome the good news and wish the talks and future deliberations well. The majority of people want to see as many jobs maintained as possible. Wages are not the be all and end all...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Oct 2009) See 7 other results from this debate

Donie Cassidy: ...place. I compliment TV3. One of the patients we saw on television two weeks ago has successfully undergone his operation and, please God, will return to full health. Senators O'Toole, Mullen and Buttimer called for the Minister for Education and Science to come to the House for a debate on everything to do with his portfolio and particularly regarding teacher substitution as outlined by...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2018) See 27 other results from this debate

Gerard Craughwell: I do not intend to take much of the Minister of State's time. Like my colleagues, Senators Buttimer, Colm Burke and Lombard, I fully support everything he is trying to do in Cork. The negotiations in Cork were difficult and there are probably still difficulties there. Over time, I hope those difficulties will iron themselves out as they have in Limerick and Waterford. For the most part, I...

Seanad: Business of Seanad. (30 Mar 2010)

Pat Moylan: I have received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer that, on the motion for the Adjournment of the House today, he proposes to raise the following matter: The need for the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism to make a statement on the review and reopening of the sports capital programme. I have also received notice from Senator Paudie Coffey of the following matter: The need for the Minister...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019) See 27 other results from this debate

Michael McDowell: Is Senator Buttimer suggesting that the Council of Europe, which has condemned this Bill, is a vested interest? Is the Senator suggesting that the European Commission, which condemned this Bill, is a vested interest? Is he ignoring the fact, as I think he is, that a memorandum from the Department of Justice and Equality was recently released under the Freedom of Information Act, which...

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010) See 10 other results from this debate

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer was right to defend my colleague's honour but he did something many people have done in the House today. He has argued against points that were not made. I heard people making arguments about the Catholic Church's teaching, for example, as though people opposing the Bill wanted to enshrine the Catholic Church's teaching in the law. It is a fact that marriage under our...

Seanad: Elections of June 2009: Statements (11 Jun 2009) See 9 other results from this debate

Mark Daly: Winston Churchill once said that democracy seems like a bad form of Government until one considers the alternatives. Senator Buttimer said that the people have spoken, but I remind him that the elections in which they spoke were local elections. Tip O'Neill's great quote, "all politics is local", is often used during local election campaigns. It is also used in general election campaigns....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Health Services (24 Nov 2021)

Frank Feighan: I thank Senator Buttimer for his significant contribution to the House on this important topic. I wish to conclude by providing some detail on another important sexual health initiative which is currently in progress. The Department of Health is happy to support the HSE's home STI testing pilot project in Dublin, Wicklow, Kildare, Cork and Kerry through the Sláintecare integration...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Mark Daly: ...on the sign language Bill for the deaf community. I thank her for her support on that and for her kind words. I am going out of sequence but I wish to call my great colleague from Cork, Senator Buttimer, the former Leader, who did outstanding work as Leader of the Seanad. We did not always agree. In fact, we very rarely agreed but we can always agree to disagree. That is what this...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Motion (17 Feb 2009) See 1 other result from this debate

John Curran: ...want to rehearse our previous debates on the issues but I thank Senators for their constructive contributions. We have worked to improve this legislation to the greatest extent possible. Senator Buttimer frightened me when he expressed the hope that we will all be here in five years' time to review the legislation. We do not know who will be here at that stage. Long before the time...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Oct 2009)

Paul Coghlan: ...is due to developers and land owners petitioning and lobbying hard for councillors to rezone. I did not agree with that approach. I fought against it as a member of two local authorities. Senator Buttimer alleged at the end of his contribution that the Minister said something about members of my party taking inducements. In the same way as Senator Buttimer, I never took any such inducement.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Apr 2009) See 7 other results from this debate

Liam Twomey: ...of the current recruitment embargo within the BreastCheck screening programme. This should be put on the record of the House because although Senator Feeney clearly shot down Senators Coffey and Buttimer in this regard when Senator Buttimer raised this issue, it is not the case. I refer to what is going on with the HSE, which is now taking on celebrity advisers to generate PR. The...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (20 Feb 2008)

Pat Moylan: ...Health and Children to clarify the position with regard to the provision of a community hospital-primary care centre in Ballinamore, County Leitrim. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister of Education and Science to make a statement on the urgent need for the provision of a new national school at Ballintemple national...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (14 Oct 2021)

Eugene Murphy: Actually, I have been trying to get in on this issue as well. I will be brief. I endorse what Deputy Devlin said. I see my old sparring partner, Senator Buttimer, is present. He will recall from being on the previous committee that we were anxious to spread the message of what could be a fantastic committee. It is one of the newest committees around Leinster House. Senator Buttimer will...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jun 2009) See 7 other results from this debate

Donie Cassidy: There was no room at the inn on our side that is why Senator Buttimer is over there. Senator Callely welcomed the national bike week this week. I congratulate everyone who has made this possible. We all know that a fit body means a fit brain and that a fit brain gives one confidence and when one has confidence, one can move mountains, as Senator Buttimer will know well. Senators Donohoe,...

Other Questions: National Play and Recreation Policies (26 Sep 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...in the country and now there are 900 spread throughout the country. There is now a much greater awareness of the benefits of such facilities on the part of local authorities. As Deputy Buttimer said, there is a need for joined up thinking on this matter. There is a need to focus on this area and all Deputies can play a part in this regard by highlighting why these services and...

Other Questions: National Play and Recreation Policies (26 Sep 2012)

Frances Fitzgerald: ...in the country and now there are 900 spread throughout the country. There is now a much greater awareness of the benefits of such facilities on the part of local authorities. As Deputy Buttimer said, there is a need for joined up thinking on this matter. There is a need to focus on this area and all Deputies can play a part in this regard by highlighting why these services and...

Seanad: Fifteenth Report of Committee of Selection: Motion (28 Mar 2023)

Mark Daly: ...Doherty and Joe O'Reilly. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senator Regina Doherty to serve on the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications in place of Senator Jerry Buttimer consequential on his election as Cathaoirleach. The Committee of Selection reports that it has nominated Senator Tim Lombard to serve on the Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the...