Results 21-32 of 32 for buttimer speaker:Diarmuid Wilson

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Buttimer needs to go to Specsavers if he thinks that is the case.

Seanad: Order of Business (1 Feb 2018)

Diarmuid Wilson: One can say St. Job or St. Jude, as Senator Buttimer can attest. The saint in question is the patron saint of hopeless cases. Unfortunately, I am afraid that the announcement by Eir yesterday casts the 500,000 people living in rural Ireland who await broadband, which is a service that has been repeatedly promised, into a state of crisis. Senator Humphreys referred to the fact that some...

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

Diarmuid Wilson: ...'s salary. We also need to pay them proper expenses for doing their job. If not, as Senator Mac Lochlainn has suggested today, we will end up with hobby councillors who can afford the office. Senator Buttimer said that our councillors focus on service, community and people. It is true that they do all of those things. They have to be able to live, however, and we are not affording...

Seanad: Public Health (Alcohol) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Nov 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: I invite Senator Buttimer to speak on the section.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: It is a mathematical lesson that Senator Buttimer needs.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Buttimer should try looking in the mirror. That is an embarrassment.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Senator Buttimer should check his facts.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: Is Senator Buttimer saying the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for the Department of Defence?

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Apr 2017)

Diarmuid Wilson: If Senator Buttimer wants to have that debate, I am quite willing to have it.

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (8 Jun 2016)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Cathaoirleach, Senator Paddy Burke, who was very fair, balanced and impartial. I wish him well in his many years ahead as a Member of the House. I also congratulate the Leader of the House, Senator Jerry Buttimer, or as some former colleagues used to refer to him, Senator Butterfield, on his appointment. I have known Jerry for many years. When the Cathaoirleach and Senator O'Sullivan...

Seanad: Marriage Bill 2015: Second Stage (20 Oct 2015)

Diarmuid Wilson: I wish to acknowledge the presence of Deputy Dara Calleary and a former Member and colleague of this House, Deputy Jerry Buttimer. Both gentlemen are very welcome to the Upper House. I call Senator Mac Conghail.

Seanad: Restructuring of Vocational Education Committees: Statements (19 Oct 2010)

Diarmuid Wilson: ...Education Committee since 2005, will retain his position. What will happen to teachers' contracts? Teachers are employed by a particular VEC, but what will happen after amalgamation? Senator Buttimer referred to grant applications which are being processed successfully by local VEC committees. It is easy to check the progress of an application at local level. What is proposed in...