Results 1-7 of 7 for buttimer speaker:Eoghan Murphy

Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (11 Mar 2021)

Eoghan Murphy: ...agreements, as we did with regard to other vaccines? If not, is this something the Minister would suggest be done? I would like to bring to the attention of the Minister that Senator Buttimer and I have proposed that the European Ombudsman appear before the new ombudsman and petitions committee to answer in regard to her work and investigation into how the EU has handled the Covid...

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (10 Dec 2020)

Eoghan Murphy: Chairman, I have a proposal that we might hear in public session. I completely support what Senator Buttimer has said about the importance of this committee and the work it is about to undertake immediately on reviewing its terms of reference and petitions that might be considered by it. Public statements were made by you, Chairman. This is not personal at all but it is about the role you...

Citizens' Assemblies Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Second and Subsequent Stages (11 Jul 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: Senator Buttimer did a fantastic job. It was not for one party to win. It was for all of us to win.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (Resumed) (5 Feb 2019)

Eoghan Murphy: ...for families until we get them into their new homes. The figures show that, on average, families are spending less than six months in family hubs, which is very important for those families. Senator Buttimer was right to refer to focusing on affordability. It is incredibly important that the State is directly involved in building social housing homes but it must be noted that the...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...and that will more than double to 7% next year. That means that if landowners have not built on their land by the end of 2019, they will pay a 10% levy on their land but we will do more than that. Senator Buttimer raised this issue too and we are going to intervene directly in the land market by building on public and semi-State lands. We expect that to have a dramatic impact on the...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Eoghan Murphy: ...new way of living for students that has not been seen here before but as we bring that on stream, it must be affordable for them. I am very sorry that I did not get to the points made by Senators Buttimer, Mulherin, Kieran O'Donnell, Dolan or Byrne. Senator Dolan talked about disability which is very important. All of the schemes that I have visited have included some homes with disabled...

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (22 Oct 2014)

Eoghan Murphy: Deputy Buttimer wants a debate but he will not get one because that is not how this process works. I welcome the budget and the presentation of it but I cannot welcome the process around it. Six years ago this country's economy crashed and six years later, nothing has changed when it comes to Dáil Éireann and the way we prepare, debate and approve budgets as a Parliament. Where...