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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Hold on. It was €3 billion. Eir said yesterday - and the Senator can make all the faces she wants - that it was going to be €1 billion. How did that change? Why did Eir withdraw from the tender process? These are the questions it should be asked. We all want to have broadband. Eir referred to a separate company. It was part of the process that every applicant would have...

Seanad: Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019: Referral to Joint Committee (27 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (Specified Bodies) Regulations 2019,a copy of which was laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 24th June, 2019, be referred to the Joint Committee on Employment Affairs and Social Protection, in accordance with Standing Order 71(3)(k), which, not later...

Seanad: Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019: Referral to Joint Committee (27 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Animal Health Levies (Pigs) Regulations 2019,a copy of which was laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 10th June, 2019, be referred to the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, in accordance with Standing Order 71(3)(k), which, not later than 9th July, 2019, shall send a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, and thank him for his courtesy in attending the House. The issue before us is a very important one concerning the provision of a primary care centre in Douglas. Given the importance we, as a Government, place on primary care in our health policy, I hope the Government will prioritise the location of a primary care centre in Douglas. There are...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State's comments and the expression of interest. As he noted, there is now a clear need for a primary centre to be located in Douglas, where there is no accommodation for other community services. I hope the matter will be progressed today.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Was that Senator McDowell's Government?

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It was Progressive Democrats break time.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I remember it well.

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Is Senator McDowell running again?

Seanad: Summer Economic Statement 2019: Statements (26 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar dtús báire, cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. Senator Dolan's analogy of the high seas is one that we should keep in mind. In welcoming this debate on the summer economic statement, it is now hackneyed, but so true, that Brexit forms the backdrop to this debate but also provides the uncertainty. That means, and I welcome Senator Dolan's remarks, there must be a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Library Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for attending. I raise the need for the provision of a public library in Mahon and Blackrock in Cork city, the only area in the southside of the city without a library service. In light of the city's expansion, there is a need to open a library.The mobile library service has been discontinued. The library offers huge potential to the residents, both young and older, in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Library Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome his support for the proposed library. It is important that, from today, Cork City Council expedite its plans for the provision of a local library in the Blackrock and Mahon area. To be fair to the Minister, he outlined a number of sites that are suitable for the provision of a library service in the area. I call on Cork City Council to submit...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to adjourn at 7 p.m.; and No. 2, Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at 7 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 19 Senators who contributed on the Order of Business. I join with all Members in offering my sympathies to the family of the late Manus Kelly on his tragic death at the weekend. The story we read about and saw on the news last Sunday evening was distressing and harrowing. As Senators Gallagher, Wilson and Horkan eloquently said, the news was received just before the Ulster...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure the Senator has the capacity to write to the Minister himself and he can put a Commencement matter down on the topic as well as a matter-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I have given the Senator the answer. Senator Ó Céidigh raised a number of important points and I should have included him in my remarks about Irish Water. Bhí an ceart aige mar gheall ar chúrsaí uisce. Tagraím don FAI agus an tuarascáil a d'fhoilsíodh. It is an interesting report on corporate governance and it is important that we restore confidence...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Fake news.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Fake news.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator silenced?

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."