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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: I reaffirm my support for the Chairman and the work she is doing. I very much welcome the fact that she is an impartial, fair and balanced Chairman. It is imperative that the people who are home watching and listening to these proceedings would understand what is being done in a systematic and deliberate way to undermine the Chairman and all of us who are here, as Senator O'Sullivan rightly...

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: I will, but this is important.

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: No, I am-----

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: The Senator will be aware that we met the former clerk to the Oireachtas Committee, Paul Kelly, to discuss the hearings on the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill and the Senator, along with the former Senator Jim Walsh, was a part of those.

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: Yes.

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: I was crediting the Senator with-----

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: I was crediting the Senator with working with that process rather than against it.

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: This is important.

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: I am not doing so.

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: I am trying to defend the integrity of the process of the Oireachtas committee system which works quite well. This committee works quite well. The point I am making is that there is a duty on those of us on all sides of the debate. I very much welcome that. This is a sensitive, complex matter; it is not black and white. Everybody should be in here debating and discussing it. I thank...

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: Anybody who does not know that-----

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: I thank Dr. Henchion for that. Mr. Behan in his remarks, and if I am wrong on this, I apologise, said there was a shift in services and a shift in the way in which women were interacting or engaging with the IFPA. Will he elaborate on that? My final question is to Dr. Henchion and if I misinterpreted what she said, I apologise. Will she elaborate on her point about having an...

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: I also asked Mr. Behan a question.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Zappone, to the House. As Leader, I congratulate her on her Galas success. Grove Cottage, the Togher family support service, is an important community facility that gives access to families who need its services. Some 77 children and families availed of the service last year. This group of people fall between private and public funding and cannot afford a...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Family Support Services (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for her reply. I hope that we can bring a resolution to the issue. The Minister is also working with the Department of Justice and Equality in this area. It is a matter that is ongoing in other parts of the country as well. The work being done here, and the emails I read out, are testimonials from people. The amount of money involved is relatively small in the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Water Services Bill 2017 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m.; No. 2, motion regarding an earlier signature motion regarding the Water Services Bill 2017, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, statements on health, to be taken at 3.30 p.m. and to conclude no later than 5.30 p.m., with the contribution of group...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is obsessed with Senator Coghlan.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mark Daly is well offside.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a square ball.