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- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: As Leader, I say Senator McDowell should withdraw the remark about their not being here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I hope they will all vote for Seanad reform.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The one-page memo is out-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Where is Sinn Féin's money coming from?
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 18 Senators who contributed to the Order of Business. I will begin with the remarks of Senator Ardagh. I am hopeful that the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection will be coming before the House soon.As the Senator knows, the Minister is very committed to eradicating poverty from our society. From the perspective of the Minister and the Government, the most...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: That is the cross he has to carry in life.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is, however, important that he does bring that vote home. It is a pity the Fianna Fáil party did not join with him in the marriage equality referendum when it happened in Ireland-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----because there was only a few-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Only a few of them went out campaigning.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate Senator Clifford-Lee on her performance last Saturday night. It was good to see her up on the stage, but she can come off that stage now. The reality was that the Fianna Fáil Party-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----did not do a lot in the marriage equality referendum. I can tell her that.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator O'Mahony raised some very important issues in sport. On the matter of ticketing and the Olympic Council of Ireland, OCI, I join with the Senator in welcoming the severing of that link. I praise the new president of the OCI for the stellar work that is being done on behalf of the OCI. On the Senator's other point, we once again witnessed the age-old chestnut of price-gouging by...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure if Senator Lawless is still a card-carrying member but he is welcome back.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell knows that she is welcome. There is a special place for her here.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Ríordáin is really a Fine Gaeler at heart.
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Ríordáin could be a Fine Gaeler of the "just society" persuasion. It is important to recognise the Loreto girl who did her school proud this morning in rallying the cause, whether she had Jesuit training or not. The issue of post offices is one to which we need to return because it is very pressing in nature. I would be happy to have the Minister for Rural and...
- Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: In terms of the swimming pool issue, the Senator might get a reply more quickly by means of a Commencement matter. It might be better for her to table such a matter but I will also take it up with the Minister on the Senator's behalf. On Senator Feighan's point, I commend the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly on its work. I know the Leas-Chathaoirleach is a member. It is a very...
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 4.45 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, a Chathaoirligh, Senator Craughwell should withdraw the use of the word "lie".
- Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell should be asked to withdraw the word "lie". He should be asked to withdraw that now.