Results 1-7 of 7 for buttimer speaker:Pat Casey
- Seanad: Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (17 Nov 2022)
Pat Casey: I welcome our special guests in the Gallery and the Minister of State. Fianna Fáil welcomes the Bill, which was put forward by my colleagues, Senators Ardagh and Buttimer. It seeks to end the discrimination cancer survivors face when trying to access financial services. Research from the Irish Cancer Society has shown that nearly a quarter of people affected by cancer are unable even...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)
Pat Casey: ...tourism in Ireland. I am concerned that the Department does not fully understand the impact this scheme continues to have on the economy. I am very concerned about the €75 threshold. Senator Buttimer mentioned Blarney Woollen Mills, whose success was based on the VAT refund scheme. We all know of the coachloads of Americans coming through the shop who got their tax-rebate forms...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)
Pat Casey: ...silver and bringing them up to the craft shops to sell. If we take this facility away from that sector we are actually taking away support for those artisan producers. We need to be very careful about this. Like Senator Buttimer, I must ask why we are doing this? I do not understand. No reason is being given as to why we must introduce this measure. As Senator Chambers stated, if one...
- Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)
Pat Casey: ...message that we have had for the last 35 years, that there is tax-free shopping to support our industry, tourism and retail, all the way down. I am disappointed with the word that is coming through. Senators Chambers and Buttimer have suggested solutions but we are being ignored. If we are being ignored, can the Minister of State and Minister for Finance admit that this has...
- Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (22 Oct 2020)
Pat Casey: ...Housing, Local Government and Heritage to allocate urban regeneration funding for the Bridge Street and Linenhall Street areas in Dundalk, County Louth. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter: The need for the Minister for Finance to clarify whether travel agents qualify for the Covid-19 restrictions support scheme. I have also received notice...
- Seanad: Leaving Certificate 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2020)
Pat Casey: Senators Seery Kearney and Buttimer are sharing three minutes each.
- Seanad: Leaving Certificate 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2020)
Pat Casey: I am sorry but that is what Senator Buttimer said.