Results 1-16 of 16 for buttimer speaker:Michael McDowell

Seanad: Neurology Nurses: Motion (22 Jun 2022)

Michael McDowell: ...and asking our group to make available its Private Members' time to bring it to the fore. The Senator mentioned Senator Maria Byrne having raised the issue in the context of Limerick. Senator Buttimer has also said similar things in the House with regard to Cork. This is a real issue. It is not a party issue but a systemic issue in the health service. In that spirit, I regard it as an...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2022)

Michael McDowell: Hold on. Senator Buttimer will have his opportunity. The Minister of State told me that there was a proposal to establish among the Government parties a group that would come forward with proposals which I would be shown last October. That group has not been established let alone come forward with any proposals. I have come to the conclusion that this is an elaborate smoke screen for...

Seanad: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Statements (30 Nov 2021)

Michael McDowell: Three minutes remain. I ask Senators Buttimer and Lombard to agree to share time.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Michael McDowell: I agree with was said by Senator Buttimer with regard to Taiwan. I support him in that regard. There is a motion on the Order Paper, in my name and that of other Senators, in regard to Richard O'Halloran who is entering another year of captivity in China. I want to emphasise that. Today, I want to raise an issue of volunteerism and, in particular, to ask the Deputy Leader to seek the...

Seanad: European Digital Green Certificate: Statements (7 May 2021)

Michael McDowell: Senator Buttimer is out of order but this kind of antagonistic stuff-----

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (1 Feb 2021)

Michael McDowell: ...with the Bill as long as its provisions will be reasonably enforced. The problem with money laundering legislation to date is that it is not being reasonably enforced in some respects. Senator Buttimer and I have discussed the politically exposed persons provisions on occasion. I qualify on two grounds to be a politically exposed person. The first is that I am a former Minister and the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2020: Second Stage (8 Dec 2020)

Michael McDowell: I agree completely with what Senator Buttimer has just said about FDI and Taiwan. In today's papers, I noticed that the Taiwanese foreign minister has asked for free countries across the world to show solidarity with them, which is so sad, because I visited the country recently and I saw a free democracy working perfectly. The minister said that there was an imminent threat of invasion from...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Sep 2020)

Michael McDowell: I echo Senator Buttimer's comments welcoming the provision of extra funds for a comprehensive winter strategy. However, I have been writing and speaking for some time on one issue, which is that we should have clear indications of what was done between March and now to increase hospital capacity and particularly intensive care unit, ICU, capacity. I agree with Senator Buttimer that this is,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jul 2020)

Michael McDowell: I echo the comments by Senators Dooley, Buttimer and Craughwell in regard to Aer Lingus. It is hugely important that we do not end up reading in the newspapers that it is all over suddenly for the company as a result of a decision made somewhere else. In case people feel that state aid rules are an issue, I would point out that Ryanair has already got £600 million from the UK...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Michael McDowell: Senator Buttimer is forgetting what he actually did say. He talked about vested interests who are opposed to any change.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

Michael McDowell: Senator Buttimer can respond. Is he suggesting that the Council of Europe-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (18 Jun 2019)

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: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Apr 2019)

Michael McDowell: Senator Buttimer voted to abolish the Seanad.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (22 Nov 2017)

Michael McDowell: As the Leader, Senator Buttimer, provoked me into responding I will say that Dublin City Council now has a budget of almost €1 billion.

Seanad: Presidential Voting Rights: Motion (30 Nov 2016)

Michael McDowell: Senator Buttimer did not object.

Written Answers — Legal Aid Service: Legal Aid Service (27 Feb 2007)

Michael McDowell: ...Michael J. 1,543,839.15 Quinn John M. 1,211,921.59 Hanahoe Michael E. 975,367.64 Flynn Aine M. 848,710.88 Bambury Yvonne 772,139.73 Feaheny John E. 736,314.30 Sheehan Garrett 592,621.82 Buttimer Frank A. 580,644.61 Hannon Michael Philip 484,264.64 Kelleher Diarmuid F. 437,543.84 McCarthy Ted 427,901.14 Tunney Kevin 420,211.92 Malone Grainne M. 364,732.02 Hanahoe Terence...