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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...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That will never happen.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It did not do much for Independents.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Who cut their pay on the first day? The party of which Senator Ó Domhnaill is a member.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Members for their co-operation. We will resume this debate next Wednesday evening. Therefore, notwithstanding the Order of Business today, No. 1, statements on councillors' conditions, will resume on Wednesday, 22 November 2017.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (16 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Dé Máirt seo chugainn ar leath uair tar éis a dó.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, if I may.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Socioeconomic Context: Dr. Caitriona Henchion and Mr. Niall Behan, Irish Family Planning Association (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Could the Deputy inform us what is the nature of the work is he referring to in terms of the involvement of Ministers and the Members of the Oireachtas?