Results 1-19 of 19 for sligo speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Gael and first overseas official to be elected to the office; an Irishman living in New York who is involved with the club and with the GAA across North America. Anybody who watched the victory over Sligo in New York a couple of weeks ago could not but have been taken by the photographs of Conor and his dad, the president of the GAA, celebrating the joy and ecstasy of that victory. It...

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (29 Mar 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: Before we commence the next item, I welcome the students from the civic, social and political education, CSPE, class from the Ursuline College, Sligo. They are all very welcome to our proceedings here in Leinster House today. Tá fíorfháilte romhaibh go léir.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022: Report Stage (28 Mar 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the staff and students from the Atlantic Technological University Sligo.  They are all very welcome to Leinster House today and I thank them for being here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and image is about service provision: Eir TV not working, calls dropping, and services not being strengthened. I believe Ms Lennon needs to clarify again and apologise to the people of County Sligo regarding her comments this morning and last night. I do not believe Sligo is the problem, it is the structure within Eir. I am told that Abtran is in Sligo and it is working. I am told...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Lennon for her clarification on Sligo. It is important because people are incensed about it. I have had contacts from councillors from Laois, Cork, Leitrim, Dublin, Tipperary and Kerry just about Eir and customer relationships. I appeal to Ms Lennon: the staff when one gets through are phenomenal people, they deserve our thanks, but we, as citizens and customers, should not...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (21 May 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...from 13,000 in 2014 to 31,000 today. I would be happy for the Minister to come back to us in June for a debate on the matter. Senators Boyhan and Lawless raised the issue of the Famine commemoration in Sligo last weekend. In his very fine contribution, Senator Boyhan spoke about celebrating diversity and the need to have empathy, as the Taoiseach said, for those suffering today. I...

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

Jerry Buttimer: ...the Marine, Deputy Creed, is very much aware of that. I would be happy to have him come to the House. Senator Feighan raised the issues concerning Roscommon hospital and Gurteen post office in Sligo. I will not be accepting Senator Leyden's amendment to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (29 Mar 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: .... Since 2013 there are now 8,900 more teachers working in schools. I accept there are issues that need to be addressed. We have seen educational establishments offer more places, for example, St. Angela's in Sligo, in terms of home economics. The teaching conferences are coming up next week and it is a very important time for teachers in terms of debating their conditions. I am sure...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (28 Mar 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...earlier this spring to address issues in science, home economics and the Irish language. Senator Lombard raised the issue of home economics. The number of places in St. Angela's College in Sligo has been increased. The Minister, Deputy Bruton, has convened a specialist group dealing with teacher supply which had its first meeting this week on the matter. We have forthcoming conferences...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the Minister set up with the working group. The Minister of State, Deputy Doyle, met the president of the IFA, Mr. Joe Healy. As Senator Paul Daly, who I commend on his role, will be aware, the task force is working with Teagasc and different stakeholders on the provision of information on fodder supply and shortage. Its first meeting was last week in Sligo. It is important that it is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Apr 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator O'Sullivan raised the issue of the Irish horse racing industry. It is important that we congratulate young Fox, the jockey, on his great ride in the Grand National last weekend on One for Arthur from Sligo. He is an Irish jockey. The Senator is right that the Turf Club needs an examination. It seems to be a law unto itself when some of its decisions are mystifying from afar. I...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: .... Tusla is providing funding for 147 family units of emergency non-refuge space and it includes eight additional family units; six additional family units of emergency accommodation in Dublin and Kildare and two in Sligo. In Cork, Edel House has been upgraded and renovated. The emergency national violence accommodation spaces in Rebuilding Ireland will be additional. While I accept...

Written Answers — Social Welfare Benefits: Social Welfare Benefits (27 Sep 2011)

Jerry Buttimer: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the estimated waiting time to transfer from carer's benefit to carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Sligo. [26221/11]

Seanad: Announcement on Banking by the Minister for Finance: Statements (20 Oct 2010)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the Minister of State that we need a banking system and we need better regulation. I do not have all the answers, but it is an absolute disgrace. He is in south Tipperary, Senator MacSharry is in Sligo-North Leitrim and I am in Cork where the ordinary people are apoplectic with rage. They do not see a Government in charge because the Minister, Deputy Brian Lenihan, has got it wrong at...

Seanad: Mortgage and Debt Support Measures: Motion (4 Nov 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: ...will break down. The debt collection sector must be regulated. What is to prevent me or Senator MacSharry from setting up a debt collection agency tomorrow morning and collecting money in Cork or Sligo at exorbitant interest rates? Private debt collectors are hijacking the role of the credit unions and MABS. As a former member of the supervisory committee of my local credit union in...

Seanad: Supplementary Budget Statement 2009: Statements (9 Apr 2009)

Jerry Buttimer: ...one's way out of a recession was forgotten. The people were asked to let the Government off the lead again. It might be unpalatable but it is the reality. Go to the doors in Cork South-Central, Sligo, Dún Laoghaire and Dublin South and one will hear it from the people, as we heard on Today with Pat Kenny yesterday morning. The budget hammered low to middle income earners with tax...

Seanad: Tourism Industry: Statements (24 Apr 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the Minister and the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism on the role they played in the promotion of the Ryder Cup. Why did we not get value for money as a consequence of it? The rally in Sligo should be used as a model and promoted throughout the rest of the country. The former circuit of Ireland car rally brought people to places all over Ireland. I remember as a young fellow...

Seanad: Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs: Motion (9 Apr 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...completely in the delivery of the health service, as did her predecessor, Deputy Martin. It is time for change. The Minister of State, Deputy Devins, is in the Department. He cannot be above in Sligo saying one thing and here in Dublin saying something else. I respect where he is coming from in that he is a good local politician, but we need leadership. We have not had leadership from...

Seanad: Electoral Commission: Motion (5 Mar 2008)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Leitrim is divided into so many different parts. It should be part of a constituency where it has a chance of having a Dáil representative elected, such as it had with the former constituency of Sligo-Leitrim. Mr. Gerry Reynolds of Fine Gael was a great Deputy but his chance was taken away. The Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Deputy...