Results 10,081-10,100 of 24,571 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Our policy of restoring pay and conditions is also quite good. If Senator Gavan had his way, we would perhaps have people not working at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators Robbie Gallagher and Aodhán Ó Ríordáin made reference to the pupil-teacher ratio. I would be happy to accept Senator Ó Ríordáin's amendment to the Order of Business, continuing our love-in this morning. We disagree in this case. The budget for 2016 committed to reducing the pupil-teacher ratio, as does the programme for Government. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry. I have a group here comprising Senator Paul Gavan, Senator Mark Daly and Senator James Reilly. I cannot read my own writing given how bad it is. As Leader of the House, I have given a commitment that we will not stop or obstruct the passage of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill. It was on the schedule for this week, but at Senator Daly's behest, it...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will work with all people in a non-political way to advance the cause of all peoples who are marginalised in our society and community, and Senator Daly will attest to that. It is important that we get a Bill that can be delivered and acted upon immediately rather than being lost in the other House. That is the fundamental goal that we both share. Senator Joe O'Reilly made reference to...

Seanad: Establishment of Joint Committee on the Future of Mental Health Care: Motion (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:"That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders- (a) Seanad Éireann noting-(i) the pressures on mental health services, the waiting times for services, and the need to improve services in certain parts of the country, (ii) the consensus that the 2006 policy ‘A Vision for Change’ charts the best way forward for mental health services, and (iii) the fact that,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the sitting of the House on Tuesday, 18 July 2017, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, the discharge of the order for Report Stage of the Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 2a, Ministers and Secretaries...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 16 Members of the House and the Cathaoirleach for their contributions to the Order of Business. I thank Senator Mark Daly for the extensive discussion yesterday. It is important we achieve the right result at the end of the process. Rather than creating a situation next week in which we will not necessarily have finality in terms of the Bill, I suggest to Senator Daly that we...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy that the new bromance between the Labour Party and Fianna Fáil is beginning to happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It was Senator Daly's party in government that introduced many public private partnerships for roads, schools and so forth. There is a need to look at the whole issue around PPPs. The Senator mentioned the 10% and I do not necessarily disagree with the remarks made by him or by Deputy Howlin on this matter. We will have that discussion next week as part of the economic statement. When it...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Gavan made reference to the issue of the right of citizens of the North to vote in European Parliament elections. That is a matter the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, and the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, will consider. I have not got the direct answer for the Senator but it is a matter we should...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is an operational matter for the HSE rather than the Minister. I will talk to the Senator about it after the Order of Business. Senator Colm Burke referenced the issue of the medical cannabis Bill and the decision of the committee yesterday. He has highlighted quite rightly the process available and the protocols associated with supply and the availability of medical cannabis. It is a...

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Seanad shall meet at 12 noon on Tuesday, 18th July, 2017 and the Order of Business shall be proposed at 1 p.m.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask for the permission of the House to suspend the sitting until 5 p.m. as the Minister of State, Deputy Paul Kehoe, is on active duty in the Dáil dealing with defence matters. I apologise to Members and staff for any inconvenience caused.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It will. There will also be a vote on the matter being discussed in the Dáil.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on school transport, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 1.45 p.m. with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed seven minutes and the Minister to be given four minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, motion re the Seanad Special Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to be taken at...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with the Cathaoirleach in welcoming our distinguished visitors. They include the Lord Mayor of Cork, the mayor of Cork County and the mayors of all of the counties. I can see Councillor Phyll Bugler is present as well. I welcome them all. I must be careful with the Order of Business as I am being watched by our visitors. I thank all of the members of the House for their...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I shall do my best. Today the summer economic statement will be published and it will show the Government's intent for capital infrastructure and investment. We will debate the summer economic statement in the House next week. As I said yesterday, all Members will have an opportunity for their proposals to be scrutinised next week. I look forward to the Sinn Féin Party revealing its...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We will have the debate. One of the first acts by the new Taoiseach has been to ask the new Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, to review the action plan called Rebuilding Ireland. What gets lost in translation is that the Government aims to have created more social housing and have an investment plan for the Rebuilding Ireland action plan...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Never once has Sinn Féin said that the Government has put money into social housing.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Never once has Sinn Féin said that the Government has put money into social housing.