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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Senator could go back and look at Venezuela and Colombia and his own party's relationships with people in those parts of the world, if he wants to go down that road. I do not choose to go down that road.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have that debate if they want.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have given my reply to Senator Gavan as a Christian Democrat. That is what I believe in. That kind of behaviour has no place in a democracy. Regarding the work Senator Dolan is doing on disability, I point out to Senator Murnane O'Connor that it is not just Government work but work on his own behalf, to be fair to him. From long before he came into this House, he has been a very strong...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor might be best placed to put down a Commencement Matter to the Minister. I do not have the answer to that. If she has any particular issue, I suggest she raise it with the Minister or else raise it as a Commencement Matter. With regard to Senator Davitt, rather than again provoke the ire of Fianna Fáil, I note that Garda resources have been increased, Garda...
- Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (14 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: noting the publication of the third interim report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters; bearing in mind the modular approach to be adopted for the inquiry so that the work of the Tribunal could be continued and concluded, namely, as the second module, the matter at...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Not Senator Boyhan but Senator Buttimer.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am slagging. I welcome our cuairteoirí. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Seanadóir Ó Céidigh agus a chairde as an bhfhochoiste seo a shocrú inniu. At this very important sub-committee we are focusing on the lifeblood of the economy. In preparation for the event I took notice of the report, The Future of Business in Ireland: A conversation with SMEs,...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity the Senator does not listen a little more. Part of what we must do is not talk ourselves down but talk ourselves up. There was nothing but positivity in the four contributions made on the far side of the Chamber.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: That is important. If one looks at IDA Ireland client companies, they account for a figure of 5.1%, or 210,000 people in employment. We are near to full employment, but if one closed one's eyes and listened to some of those in this Chamber, one would swear that there was nobody working.
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I want to be very positive because last year the majority of jobs created were outside Dublin. We all accept that we must create a balance. In the context of small and medium-sized enterprises - this cannot be done in Mr. Parlon's sector - and working remotely, we hear talk about improving quality of life. As an economy, how much can we do in support of that objective? For start-up...
- Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend proceedings until 4.15 p.m.
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Chair for allowing me to raise the deterioration of the human rights of the LGBT community in Tanzania. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon. I think we will all agree it is absolutely appalling and shocking that LGBT people are being targeted and arrested in contravention of many international human rights agreements to which Tanzania has signed up. It is important...
- Seanad: Commencement Matters: Human Rights (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State. He will agree that the words of the Tanzanian Government provide little comfort. There is real fear and anxiety among people who want to avoid arrests and forms of discrimination that have no place in any society. The President of Tanzania has form in this area. The Tanzanian Government continues to have the punishment of homosexual acts on its statute...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills entitled, Report on tackling obesity and the promotion of healthy eating in schools, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2., address to Seanad Éireann by Ms Deirdre Hargey, Lord Mayor of Belfast, to be taken at 12.45 p.m.; and No. 3, Judicial...
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator said "cancel Christmas for staff". That is not what the Taoiseach said it all. The Senator should be fair.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Two days-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Two days-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator said she got a letter in two days from Australia. That is fantastic.
- Seanad: Order of Business (8 Nov 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: "He's behind you."