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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Senator Devine want gardaí not to have a say in these things? Does she want it to be politicians who open Garda stations?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the acting Garda Commissioner who signed off on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator cannot have it both ways. I agree with the Senator on the issue of restorative justice for the women in the report Opportunity Lost. I have not read the report but I note the comments attributed to Mr. Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman. The Secretary General in the Department of Justice has a different viewpoint and the Minister has said it needs careful and considered reflection....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thoroughly agree with Senator Davitt. The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy McEntee, did trojan work to pursue the issue across Europe. We were very unlucky. Everybody thought Frankfurt would be the victor. Senator Colm Burke referred to the need for future planning on health to include national rehabilitation and I fully agree with him There is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We had the Minister in the House on the last occasion and I have no problem with him coming again.

Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: And the 1970s.

Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for my lateness. I was in the Seanad. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. As a former schoolteacher who was part of a group that tried to bring changes to the applied leaving certificate for young people who struggled with the mainstream leaving certificate and give them the option to stay in school, I commend the witnesses on being so proactive. I did my leaving...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017 – Second Stage (resumed) to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 1.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the same under Standing Orders, eight minutes and five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Eight minutes and five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: No. 2, statements on tracker mortgages to taken at 1.30 p.m. and to conclude not later than 2.45 p.m., with the contributions of groups spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than five minutes to reply; No. 3, Judicial Council Bill 2017 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage to be taken at 2.45...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should be ashamed of that remark.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 22 Members of the House who have participated in the Order of Business this morning. Senators Mark Daly, Craughwell and Humphreys raised the issue of the Department of Justice and Equality and Sergeant Maurice McCabe. As I made clear, this side of the House has one interest only, which is to get to the truth, establish all the facts and to provide justice to the McCabe family.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is okay, Senator. The Tánaiste is aware of the situation and it ill-behoves all of us to use it as a political football with that kind of remark.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Daly that we all have a duty to protect and support whistleblowers in every sphere and, as Senator Craughwell mentioned about the ongoing case, we should protect, support and encourage whistleblowers. That is why we have new legislation. The Cathaoirleach mentioned that we will have statements later. None of us wants or supports an adversarial approach by whoever is...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not heard one-----

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not heard one proposal from Sinn Féin.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh should look at Sinn Féin's performance in the North of our country in government and the way it has treated the health system there.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the reality.