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Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not know. I am trying to be helpful, a Chathaoirligh.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That is why I am asking the questions. It is to be helpful. We are not trying to obfuscate or to obstruct-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is still Charlie's man.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Rise and follow Charlie.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has not changed in 40 years.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 19 Members who spoke for their contributions on the Order of Business. Senators Catherine Ardagh and Diarmuid Wilson referred to the issue of crime. I commend and congratulate members of An Garda Síochána on their extraordinarily courageous work in the apprehending of individuals and the carrying out of successful drug crime operations in Ashbourne. It is wonderful...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We have seen an increase in the recruitment of new gardaí. I am sure the Senator will agree with me that it is good news for rural Ireland.I wish to remind Senator Leyden of a point he raised last week. CCTV cameras are already being used on our motorways and high streets. They play a key role in combating crime. The establishment of the independent Policing Authority by Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Senator Leyden's newfound interest in sport. This Member did not want women playing rugby and had to retract his statement in that regard. I welcome his new-found interest in sport and I wish him well. All those of us who are sportspeople will educate Senator Leyden on the different rules of the game. We would be happy to bring him to any game he wishes to see. It was an...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will try not to play the ball forward. We are all disappointed at the bid. It was not for the want of trying by the sporting organisations, the Government and communities and sporting bodies North and South. It is disappointing. We should look at World Rugby's critique of how it awards the Rugby World Cup. Perhaps that should be questioned rather than Ireland's bid in terms of the type...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There is no doubt that Senator Leyden will be-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----waving letters on the sports capital programme which Senator Hopkins and Senator Feighan have delivered in Roscommon. That is probably what he will be trying to do next, but that is all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Devine raised the issue of the interim Grace report. Like Senator Devine, the first I read about it was this morning-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Senator knows quite well, we all receive representations. He received them when he was in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. One gets representations, as he knows, and one does one's best for the people who ask.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That is why there is one. What I am saying-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Humphreys has misinterpreted what I said.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: What I said was-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I was congratulating them on their success. That is what I was saying.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As Senator Humphreys know quite well, when he was in the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, he was not immune from representations, and he was very open to meeting with delegations as a Minister of State. Every Minister is open to meeting delegations. All of us live in and work in communities, and we recognise the importance of the sports capital programme. I will go...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Warfield was missing yesterday. To be fair to him, he could not be here. I join him again in congratulating the people of Australia. I agree with him that it should not have had to be done through a non-binding vote. He is 100% correct. There should have been enough political leadership to pass a Bill to allow everybody to get married. Again, I pay tribute to Tiernan Brady, who...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: He was probably the only Fianna Fáil man who campaigned for marriage equality here. However, it was wonderful, and I think what Senator Warfield is indirectly saying, which we should also put on the record, is that the political landscape of the world is changing, but there are many parts of the world where change is not happening, where there is regression on the rights of LGBT...