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Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Sinn Féin Party would prefer to have no broadband so its members can keep coming in here and berating the fact that while we have made significant improvement, we have more to do. Senators Norris and Feighan made reference to the issue of the Hauntings Soldier monument located near the Fusiliers' Arch in St. Stephen's Green. The desecration of the monument was a disgrace. I...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome to the Gallery the students from Christian Brothers College, Cork. They are wonderful representatives of the school.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Surely the Senator is not confused.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is present.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: May I propose that the section stand part of the Bill?

Seanad: Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire, go mórmhór ós rud é gurb í seo an chéad uair dó Bille Airgeadais a chur os comhair an tSeanaid. I welcome the Minister to the House on the first occasion he has appeared here with a Finance Bill. We recognise the important progress we have made in the economic fortunes of our country. As the Minister rightly said in his...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (27 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: And from Deputy Heydon. He may arrive late as he is attending another meeting.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you for allowing us to speak on this, Chairman. We will keep the petition open and go back to the petitioner. The decision of Dublin City Council not to have an official Christmas lights ceremony in the capital city is unprecedented. I was in Cork last Sunday when we had 20,000 people at an event. It was well-managed, policed and stewarded. There were no issues of public health or...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: In Dublin, our capital city, we have the Pride parade every June. The Dublin team has had four homecoming events in a row in Smithfield, a cobblestoned area, where the council has held the celebration of Dublin coming home with the Sam Maguire cup. We have had the Dublin Pride parade in Smithfield. It is a wonderful space and it could be used. Like Deputy Ryan, I think the response of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Could we include my suggestion that the council use the space in Smithfield as an alternative to O'Connell Street, notwithstanding the difficulties it has highlighted in its reply? Could we invite council representatives to come to Cork next year to look at how we successfully managed 20,000 people last Sunday?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not yet.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to convey my apologies as I will be unable to attend that meeting as I will not be in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations, referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, European Investment Fund Agreement Bill 2018 - all Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn no later than 2 p.m. if not previously concluded, with contributions from group spokespersons on Second...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. On my behalf, on behalf of the Fine Gael Party and on behalf of the House, I join Senator Norris in extending our deepest sympathies to the daughters, brother and sister of Sandy Harsch. Coming here from Rhode Island, she brought an encyclopaedic knowledge of country music to our airwaves. Like Senator Norris, we were...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is the answer Senators are getting, although they may not like it.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will be very happy to have a debate on the sports capital programme and we will go through the record entirely. That would be no problem at all. I am quite happy to make representations on behalf of the sporting and community clubs in my area as the Senator does in his.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am very proud of the fact that my Government reopened the sports capital programme at a time when there was little money in the country.