Results 41-57 of 57 for buttimer speaker:Denis O'Donovan

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask our esteemed Leader, Senator Jerry Buttimer, to outline the Order of Business of the day.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney (5 Oct 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader of the Seanad, Senator Jerry Buttimer, to make his contribution and I thank Mr. Cooney.

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Buttimer, without interruption.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (21 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: ...for the Minister for Health to outline how his Department intends to deal with the serious concerns being raised by the Psychiatric Nurses Association which have led to planned industrial action. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make a statement regarding the ongoing talks between...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Air Services Provision (21 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: The Minister, Deputy Shane Ross, is taking the final matter. I welcome the Minister to the House. Senator Buttimer has four minutes.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: ...O'Donnell of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the current plans for the funding and construction of the M20 Cork to Limerick motorway. I have also received notice from Senator Jerry Buttimer of the following matter:The need for the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to make a statement regarding the ongoing...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (15 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: I ask the Leader, Senator Buttimer, to propose Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., Aidan McCarthy, a supporter, Kevin Murphy, Kathleen Lane and Tony Lane. Unfortunately, due to the restrictions today, only some - I think, seven or eight - could get into the House. We are in a totally new Seanad and I congratulate all the new Senators. I congratulate, in particular, Senator Jerry Buttimer, the new Leader of the House, a very prudent appointment by the Taoiseach, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Jan 2015)

Denis O'Donovan: I am deeply concerned about the deterioration of Cork Airport over the past number of years. During the previous Seanad from 2007 to 2011 the former Senator, Jerry Buttimer, who is now a Deputy, raised this issue on, at least, a monthly basis. The airport has deteriorated rapidly since then. When travelling to Dublin in 2007, 2008 and 2009 I had the option of flying to Dublin Airport with...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: ...down anyone’s throat. As a former member of the all-party committee on the Constitution in the late 1990s, chaired by the late Brian Lenihan, and a precursor to the one chaired by Deputy Jerry Buttimer recently, I was present for all hearings regarding abortion. Subsequently a referendum was held on the matter in 2002. I also studied what doctors, experts and politicians had to...

Seanad: An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (Resumed) (11 Jul 2013)

Denis O'Donovan: ...on puzzles me. Some of the tribunals that cost hundreds of millions of euro with little or no results could very well have been dealt with in this Chamber. Just as with the committee chaired by Deputy Buttimer, this Chamber could have been put to greater use for work on that area. The report also states:The net result could well be an Irish political system that was more transparent and...

Seanad: Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse: Statements (27 May 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: Senator Buttimer should raise it with the Leader on the Order of Business tomorrow morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...will emanate from the committee this evening or it will agree with the direction in which the Minister is moving. The forthcoming report on hospitals in Munster, to which my colleague, Senator Buttimer, referred, is predicated on outdated practices and ideas. I have criticised the HSE and the Minister for Health and Children in regard to Bantry hospital which is close to my heart....

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Report and Final Stages (12 Mar 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ..., and they are pleased with this outcome. We should move forward in a positive fashion. Again, I thank the many colleagues from all sides of the House who supported me on many occasions. Senator Buttimer called a quorum on one occasion which allowed me to draw my breath, which I appreciate as well. As a sidekick to all this action, Senator Ned O'Sullivan from the Acting Chairman's...

Seanad: Legal Services Ombudsman Bill 2008: Committee and Remaining Stages (3 Mar 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: I concur with Senator Buttimer that a six-year term is lengthy. Our experience of the ombudsman system, while relatively recent, has been a major success. As a practising lawyer and paid up member of the Law Society, I believe the establishment of a legal services ombudsman must be broadly welcomed as an extremely positive development. The role will be one of overseer and the ombudsman...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (resumed) (11 Feb 2009)

Denis O'Donovan: ...ConocoPhillips and its predecessors in the past 12 years or thereabouts have spent well over €150 million on upgrading the storage at Whiddy Island. With all due respect to my colleague, Senator Buttimer, Whitegate is obsolete. I believe it would cost €1.2 billion to replace Whitegate whereas constructing an oil pipeline from Whiddy Island to Dublin would have huge potential. I may...

Seanad: Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008: Committee Stage (Resumed) (20 Nov 2008)

Denis O'Donovan: ...deficiencies to 2007 and beyond, and would establish whether the ports see these being funded from their own resources or in partnership with the private sector. My learned colleague, Senator Buttimer, might be interested in how this relates to Cork Port, which is in courtship with Bantry or, should I state, like an angry father seeking a shotgun marriage. The major proposal which I...