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Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a much better proposition.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State. Dr. Henry Cloud wrote:We change our behaviour when the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of changing. Consequences give us the pain that motivates us to change. This time last year, Dr. Aodh Quinlivan included that quote in an article he wrote for theIrish Examiner on this proposed local government Bill. It is quite clear the status...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, it is important. I am very passionate about my city.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I support wholeheartedly a plebiscite on a directly elected mayor but we must get it right. Mackinnon did not articulate or advocate that but I give the Minister of State a commitment that we will have a debate on this matter in the House in the new year. Cork city and county are very proud and we stand on the cusp of playing a bigger part not just in Ireland but in the world, and I commend...

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Tomorrow.

Seanad: Local Government Bill 2018: Second Stage (18 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Mar fhocal scoir, bronnaim mo fhíorbhuíochas agus mo chomhghairdeas ar an Aire agus a fhoireann as ucht an Bhille seo a ritheadh san Oireachtas. Is lá an-stairiúil agus an-tábhachtach é seo. I congratulate the Minister on his leadership and courage. I acknowledge on my own behalf and as Leader of the House the staff who have worked with the Minister in the...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Now.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: When the Bill is passed.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Bhí mé ag breathnú air.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I concur with the Minister. I have not spoken on the Bill at any Stage up to now. I was involved with the Acting Chairman, Senator Noone, and other Members in the work of the health committee dealing with the legislation on the protection of life during pregnancy. For us, it is now important to reflect on what the Minister said given what the amendment could bring about. I genuinely...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh na daoine ó chlann Spain, go mórmhór Jean Spain, ata i láthair don lá an-tábhachtach céiliúrtha seo. As Senator Norris said, it is extraordinary that we actually excluded women and that they were precluded from voting. We celebrate this very important day with our colleagues. I genuinely and wholeheartedly commend all of our...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a wonderful moment in history, as Senator Higgins said. Despite the intemperate remarks of Senator Leyden, we remember-----

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We remember-----

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We remember all of the women who contributed throughout history. In my own case, I remember the late Ms Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party, who was the first woman Member elected from Cork to be a Minister. We also remember people such as Ms Nuala Fennell who was appointed, if Members can remember, as the Minister of State with responsibility for women's affairs and family law. People are...

Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We do not have an Order of Business this morning, but before we begin the next item of business I ask that we stand to remember Mr. Tony Groves, the brother of the Clerk of the Seanad. Mr. Groves passed away and is being interred today. I send the sympathies of all of the Members of the Seanad to Mr. Martin Groves and his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Thursday, 13 December 2018 and Tuesday, 18 December 2018, to be taken without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the fifth programme of law reform - referral to joint committee, to be taken without debate; No. 3, Central Bank (National Claims Information Database) Bill 2018 - Second Stage, to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope my optimism is shared.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There are more people in work.