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Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We are well trained in theology, yes. I join Senator Bacik in expressing the view that I hope the legislation, when it emanates from Cabinet to the Dáil and on to this House, will be dealt with in a very positive and expeditious manner-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ----while being debated thoroughly.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It has been very well discussed at this stage by the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution during pre-legislative scrutiny and also in the referendum debate. I hope it happens quickly. I commend the Irish University Association on its briefing in Buswells Hotel yesterday, which I attended. It made a number of explicit asks of Government in the budget in respect of...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend Senator Reilly on his stewardship of the legislation around plain packaging as Minister and I welcome the new regime that will be put in place in respect of plain packaging. Tobacco kills. We should try to move away from smoking in our country. I certainly hope that all of us will promote an alternative to smoking. Senator Gavan raised the very important issue of adult literacy....

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senator Byrne in praising the new apprenticeships app. I know the Minister of State at the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Halligan, is due to come to the House to discuss the issue of apprenticeships. We have an issue with apprenticeships. The Government has taken a variety of initiatives in respect of the national apprenticeship scheme, but also in...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: In saying that, it is important that we are Brexit ready. Equally, I would be happy to have statements on Brexit in the coming weeks because the Senator is right; as the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, has said, we are in the endgame now.I commend the Tánaiste, Deputy Coveney, on his work on and handling of our negotiations on Brexit. We need to see a resolution. As I have said in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: This is the Order of Business, take two.

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join in welcoming the visitors from Roscommon. They had a very good summer on the Gaelic football field until they ran out of steam. I advise Senator Horkan that my office will communicate to the office the Minister, Deputy Ross, the immediate importance of what the Senator has said. I am sure the Minister will take notice of what we have said here. I will endeavour to-----

Seanad: Order of Business (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will endeavour to organise for the Minister to come to the House on Wednesday. As I said, and I apologise for labouring this point, the Minister, Deputy Ross, is in Cabinet as we speak.

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the following proposed...

Seanad: EU Regulations: Motion (27 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose the suspension of the House until 12.45 p.m.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: As a matter of public information, could we ask that an amnesty be considered by Government? I know it was 2006 but public information awareness about the misuse of weapons, guns and illegal firearms could be provided. It might be worth considering.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not proposing a practical solution. I am looking for it to be considered. I know we do not have the full benefit of all the information here but given that the previous amnesty, which allowed for the surrender of significant numbers of firearms and offensive weapons, was a decade ago, would it be timely for An Garda Síochána and the Department to give that consideration?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Agreed.

Committee on Public Petitions: Nursing Home Casebook (Resumed): Minister of State at the Department of Health (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for being here. It is refreshing that we have a Minister of State who is coming in with an open mind and being proactive in his brief and does not come in saying it is his way or the highway. To be fair to him, he has brought innovative change. I welcome his proposition that he would have an open forum with Nursing Homes Ireland because,...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Copyright and Other Intellectual Property Law Provisions Bill 2018 – Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to be adjourned at 2 p.m. if not previously concluded, with the time allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and to all other Senators not to exceed five minutes; No. 2, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 –...

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Come off it.

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I could not hear the Senator. To which area is he referring?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator for real?

Seanad: Order of Business (26 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 14 Senators for their contributions to the Order of Business. I join Senator Conway-Walsh in expressing our comhbhrón le muintir Molloy as ucht bás Tom Molloy, to sympathise with the Molloy family on the passing of Tom Molloy whom Senator Conway-Walsh eloquently described as a wonderful musician and part of a fantastic family. Our sympathies go to the family on its...