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Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Of course. How could we forget? Gabh mo leithscéal. I am not getting into interparty rivalry.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: How could we forget Senator Daly? I will not oppose the Order of Business, but I will outline to Senator Wilson and the House that the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy John Paul Phelan, is travelling on Government business this week. This is a fundamental question for the body politic. While Senator Boyhan spoke about the importance of...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome some of the remarks form the Islamic community on the matter. Senator Devine raised the issue of Irish charities and I saw the article by Patricia Quinn on thejournal.ie. I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House to discuss charities. We would all agree that there is a need for transparency in the publication of the accounts of charities. I welcome back Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could have tabled a Commencement matter on it.

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit, Teachta Kyne. Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire, Teachta Naughten, as ucht an óráid ar dtús. This is a very important issue and it ill behoves Members of the House to politicise it or play it as a political football. This is not just about the disadvantage of rural Ireland; it is about all of Ireland. It is about ensuring that...

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes history is worth reading-----

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We should learn from history to judge not where we go but to do things better.

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What this Government is doing is unique among governments throughout the world-----

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is to connect all people and all homes, whether in Connemara, Bishopstown, Ballaghaderreen or elsewhere, to broadband. It is important that we do that. It is about ensuring that it is not just about rural Ireland. I want to give Senator Murnane O'Connor a small history and geography lesson. Approximately 9 km from Cork city, 2.5 km from the airport, is a state-of-the-art business park...

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not. It is about all of Ireland.

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I understand people's frustration, including that of the Minister and the officials, regarding this broadband plan. What we must do is get it right. It is allowing the people who live in the 100 houses at Gleann Alainn to be able to have high-speed broadband so they can do what Senator Kieran O'Donnell spoke about, namely, take a day to work from home, put on Netflix and so on. That is why...

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Carlow will benefit too. Deputy Pat Deering will deliver for Carlow, as the Senator knows well.

Seanad: National Broadband Plan: Statements (13 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us be honest about this. This is about the future. If Fianna Fáil is so serious about rural Ireland, it would not have voted against the Government last week in the Dáil and it would have supported us in ensuring that we have connectivity. I have every confidence that we will get a national broadband plan that will deliver high-speed broadband. However, the frustration of...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Today's Order of Business is No. 1, Data Protection Bill 2018 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage to be taken at 12.45 p.m., with the time allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes each and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes each.

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Which accident and emergency department?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Which one?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: By whom?

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What is the Senator saying?