Results 1-20 of 31 for destroyed speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (31 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the allocation of funding to support the rural communities in north Louth that had their roads destroyed by flooding in October 2023. Senator Gerard P. Craughwell - The need for the Minister for Health to make a statement on the funding allocation to support the treatment of head and neck...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (30 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the allocation of funding to support the rural communities in north Louth that had their roads destroyed by flooding in October 2023. Senator Fiona O'Loughlin - The need for the Minister for Transport to make a statement on the timeline for the implementation of the recently announced...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (23 Jan 2024)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator Erin McGreehan - The need for the Minister for Rural and Community Development to make a statement on the allocation of funding to support the rural communities in north Louth which had their roads destroyed by flooding in October 2023. Senator Martin Conway - The need for the Minister for Health to agree and implement strict protocols between the HSE and Tusla on the provision of...

Seanad: Flood Risk Management: Motion (19 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...this. I accept that some people have a different viewpoint from mine; I understand that and respect it. Nevertheless, I have seen men and women in the Middle Parish who were flooded, their homes destroyed. I have seen business owners, on multiple occasions, having to clean out their businesses. I will not in this House use the terms I could use but Senators can imagine. These are men...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator forgot to tell the people that the Government he voted for regularly decimated the building sector, changed the provision of social housing and destroyed our construction sector. That would never interest him in giving his-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...who perpetrate it on communities, individuals and families are punished. The Senator referred to Longford, which is a very fine town. We all know of people who have had car windows or mirrors destroyed, hanging baskets on their houses ruined and so on. We all know of businesses and properties that have been damaged and of people who have been interfered with and intimidated. This...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...bipartisanship and reaching across the aisle but I will not take a lecture from members of the Fianna Fáil Party on fiscal management and public sector pay and conditions when they were part of a Government that decimated and destroyed the lives of people.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...on the microchipping of dogs. He is correct. Now is a critical time, given that the lambing season is beginning and we will, unfortunately, have tragic outcomes for farmers such as sheep being destroyed, lambs being slaughtered and a loss of income. This can be prevented in many cases by action. I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House. Senator Noone raised the issue...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...but it is an issue that we need to have addressed. I will have the Minister come to the House. I join with Senator Norris in posing the question of why the trees were knocked, demolished and destroyed as part of the building on Molesworth Street. I think it is appalling if it was allowed to happen as part of planning. Trees are our oxygen. They are part of our built environment and,...

Seanad: Order of Business (31 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...a party that wrecks the country. We will be responsible, stand up for the sovereignty of our country and ensure we never go back to the days when the Members opposite were in government and they destroyed the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Ancient East project. During the campaign for the Seanad elections many of us passed through many of the historic sites he referenced. I would not like to see anything happen to the Book of Kells that would destroy it. It is important not just as a tourist attraction but as an historical artefact.

Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Jul 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: ...xd3; Cuív's attitude. The infrastructure being put in place by Irish Water is a necessary one. I will quote the example of the case of Cork city where the lives and homes of thousands of people were destroyed in two major floods in the Middle Parish and in Douglas. 5 o’clock We are putting in place flood-relief infrastructure.

Older Citizens: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (23 Oct 2013)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the premise of the motion. Let us put things in perspective. Under Fianna Fáil and its call to arms, the vulnerable, including angst-ridden elderly citizens, were devoid of services, had their livelihoods destroyed and saw their families forced to emigrate. That was its policy. Deputy Martin might want to airbrush Mr. Brian Cowen and Mr. Bertie Ahern from the history of Ireland,...

Flood Prevention Measures (3 Jul 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: ..., Cork, was devastated by uncharacteristic flooding. In the area around St. Columba's Terrace and St. Patrick's Terrace, a nice row of houses and a new shopping centre were submerged in water and destroyed. My main question is about a culvert in Douglas village put in place last summer by Cork County Council at significant cost. Did the culvert work? If it did, why was there flooding?...

Closure of Army Barracks: Motion (4 Oct 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government of which Deputy Cowen's colleagues were members destroyed this country. They took the soul and the heart out of rural and urban Ireland. He may well smile. Today there are men and women in this country who are suffering as a consequence of the cheap politics Fianna Fáil played for 20 years, and he should never forget it. As long as I am in this House, I will never let not...

Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...insurance industry, all these activities would be curtailed or would cease. Insurers have an important social function which must be facilitated. The flood in Cork city in 2009 caused havoc, destroying homes and businesses. However, it provided an example of the importance of insurance companies. If it was not for insurance cover, people would not have been able to return to their homes...

European Financial Stability Facility and Euro Area Loan Facility (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (21 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the misfortune to be unemployed and I still remember being obliged to go to hatch 4 in the old Cork labour exchange. One went in with one's card every Thursday and got one's money. That was soul destroying and is being replicated today. While the Government has shown leadership, Members of the Opposition who oppose and who shout and roar equally have an obligation to row in behind the...

Situation in Libya: Statements (24 Mar 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: ...of State with responsibility for European affairs, Deputy Creighton, on the work they have done. We must stand with the people of Libya. The weapons Colonel Gadaffi sent to our country to try to destroy our democracy are being used again in his own country against his own people. As Deputy Mathews said, the Libyan people are a very proud and courageous people who are now, like the people...

Seanad: Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Dec 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...policy is the most serious attack on family life today. It has scared husbands, wives and children and they go to bed at night too frightened to talk about the future. Family life is being destroyed and a wedge is being driven between husbands and wives and parents and children. Parents are being forced to make choices and people are being condemned to a level of poverty they should...

Seanad: Compulsory Retirement from the Irish Army of Lieutenant Dónal de Róiste: Motion (10 Mar 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...lady of immense stature. She has become a beacon of hope and offers a vision for many, of what one should aspire to be as a citizen and a Christian. While an election campaign is one matter, to destroy someone or to do what happened to her was wrong. This issue must also be addressed. The Fine Gael Party will be happy to support the motion and the amendment before the House. Were the...