Results 21-40 of 41 for buttimer speaker:Rónán Mullen

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer is just mouthing. He is completely mixed up.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer claimed there was money being pumped into it. He should withdraw that.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: There was not. Senator Buttimer should withdraw it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I will attend to this tomorrow and I hope Senator Buttimer will apologise to the pro-life campaign in due course.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer has no right to bring into disrepute-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I will give Senator Buttimer the address of the pro-life campaign if he wants to apologise.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Rónán Mullen: I might surprise Senator Buttimer some time.

Seanad: Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second and Subsequent Stages (15 Jul 2016)

Rónán Mullen: ...and the need to ensure transparency. It is important that the means by which each member of the assembly is to be sourced, invited and selected can be known in a transparent fashion. Senator Buttimer had much to say about how genuine people were at the Constitutional Convention. I have no problem saying they were all nice people. I have no problem saying they were all out to consider...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Rónán Mullen: ...Cathaoirleach who very much deserves this appointment. His expertise, knowledge of the Standing Orders of the House and courtesy show that it is not his first time in the Chair. Everybody realises he is eminently fit for the position he now holds. I congratulate him and all of his family. I also congratulate the new Leader of the House, Senator Jerry Buttimer, who was one of the best...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 May 2013)

Rónán Mullen: ..., the chairman of the Labour Party for having the courage and independence of mind to make his position on the Government's proposed abortion legislation very clear. I pay tribute to Deputy Buttimer for the way he chaired the hearings of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children last week.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Whose speech was Senator Buttimer listening to? Had he headphones on?

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Senator Buttimer must not have been listening to what I said.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

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: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: Nuair a dhéanann an Seanadóir Buttimer botún, is gá domsa dul isteach le míniú eile le go mbeidh mé in ann an rud a shoiléiriú dhó agus do dhaoine eile le go mbeidh tuiscint níos fearr againn.

Seanad: Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage (Resumed) (7 Jul 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...labhairt ar an Chéim seo de phlé an Bhille. I ask the Leas-Chathaoirleach to bear in mind we are not limited for time. It was necessary for me to bring in some clarification because Senator Buttimer clearly misunderstood-----

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 May 2010)

Rónán Mullen: ...two issues involved - how the tribunals have been conducted based on the recent judgment of Mr. Justice Hardiman, in particular, and costs. Who is auditing the cost and expenses sheets? Senator Buttimer has said the Government sets the fees, but it does not complete the claim forms. We need an examination of that issue. Senator Walsh is to be commended, as it is certainly within the...

Seanad: Monageer Report: Motion (27 May 2009)

Rónán Mullen: ...Ryan commission report. However, I caution against giving too much attention to the blackening out of elements of the report. Notwithstanding the comments made by my esteemed colleague, Senator Buttimer, if genuine legal issues exist there is a danger that our attention will be diverted away from the key issues raised by the Monageer report. This report clearly demonstrates the lack of...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Report and Final Stages (11 Dec 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...They are not necessarily Irish people and are in foreign lands. As is well known to people in the church, one can see mass cards on sale in many shops and post offices in the country. If Senator Buttimer has a comment, he might address it to the Chair because I cannot lip-read. There has been a purported sale of mass cards and very often what one sees on them is a name that is hardly...

Seanad: Charities Bill 2007: Committee Stage (4 Dec 2008)

Rónán Mullen: I rise to support what Senators Buttimer and Hannigan have already said. I do not intend to repeat their points but instead to note that I was in this House when the Broadcasting Bill was debated and I remember clearly that much was made by the Government of the fact that there would be measures to prevent the advertising of junk food at certain times. There was a very obvious reason for...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Committee Stage (4 Jun 2008)

Rónán Mullen: ...something we should celebrate nor does it justify inaction on our part. That this is an idea, the time for which has come, was highlighted in the comments of Senators O'Reilly, Norris, Walsh and Buttimer. I thank those Senators for supporting these amendments and particularly the amendment providing for the heritage channel. I thank them also for their very kind words. Other...