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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has a very fine record in the Department of Health, not least his legislative achievements and his willingness to embrace change. The Government has made a serious commitment to the implementation of Sláintecare in the budget. One of the mistakes made in the health system was that the old health boards were got rid of. We now have no political accountability, and I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----are a waste of time. There is no open and transparent accountability for officials. I mean that in a respectful way. Mr. O'Brien is correct in that the language and behaviour of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, whether in the Joint Committee on Health, the Dáil Chamber or in the Committee of Public Accounts should be respectful and probing rather than sinking to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not even Senator Craughwell's Machiavellian mind could make that leap.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have read many of the Senator's theories on Twitter and this is the best one he has come up with yet. I have to give him credit for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Hopkins made an important point about the state of preparedness of the winter service plan. The HSE should act with a sense of urgency in order to have that plan ready and to outline it as soon as possible. There are added pressures, but she has made an important point and made it well. Senator Gavan raised the issue of the poppy and the whole issue of commemoration. Rather than...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: This issue was debated on the Order of Business before the mid-term break by a number of Senators, including Senator Bacik. The killing of Mr. Khashoggi is to be condemned forthrightly and there can be no equivocation about it. One cannot put a price on upholding human rights and that applies to everybody in all parts of the world. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 1st June, 2018.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Lord Mayor of Belfast: Motion (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that, in accordance with Standing Order 57(2) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, be invited to address Seanad Éireann on Thursday, 8th November, 2018 and, unless otherwise ordered, the following arrangements...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fíor-fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. I thank the Tánaiste for being here this evening, for making himself available to the Seanad so regularly and for his address to the House this evening. Senator Feighan referred to the suggestion we have heard from Senators McDowell and Marshall that the world we live in today is volatile and deeply divided. We are at a crossing...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on agriculture, to be taken at 1.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 3.15 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given not less than five minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 –...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot hear the Senator.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is not here to defend himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join the Cathaoirleach and Senators Gallagher, Feighan, Boyhan, Richmond, Mullen, O'Reilly and Coghlan in expressing to the nephews and nieces of the late Seymour Crawford our deepest and heartfelt sympathies. He was an extraordinary person and a gentle but firm man who was very passionate about Monaghan, his faith and the farming community that he was a member of and represented. He was...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It would have been some journey. Senator Gallagher is right, in that he was a decent and honourable man who was sincere, forthright and open to diversity and inclusion. I pay tribute to him. Unfortunately, I could not get to his funeral. He was a wonderful mentor to the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and was proud of her elevation to Cabinet. One of my most enduring memories of the former...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Tá fáilte romhat.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we as parliamentarians reach across to and engage with other parliamentarians. Post Brexit, the need for the assembly to be strengthened and the meetings to be held more often will be evident.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The need for it to be expanded, perhaps to include younger, female and diverse Members of the House, should be considered as well. We should embrace all sections of-----

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Good.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am nearly making a fist of becoming a member of it myself.