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Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Paul Daly is agreeable, I am happy to have the Minister, Deputy Creed, come to the House next Wednesday, 24 May, to discuss the issues to which he referred rather than the wider, narrow focus that is in the Sinn Féin motion. It merely seeks to play politics with farmers. I commend Senator Daly on his work and the approach he has taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There are school students in the Public Gallery. What they would like to see is us working together for the betterment of our communities, which is why later I will accept the motion from the former Minister of State, Senator Ó Riordáin. In this case it is the farming community, rather than the narrow prism through which Sinn Féin comes to everything. Sinn Féin is for...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: They could well have got what they wanted, but they choose not to.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The love bombing from Sinn Féin gets to me sometimes. It is unbelievable.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is right there. On GMIT, I join Senator O'Mahony in again asking about this issue. The Government is committed to a multi-campus provision in all institutes of technology. As Senator O'Mahony rightly said, there has been engagement with GMIT in a genuine attempt to make the institute economically sound and put it on a firm financial footing. An independent adviser has been...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not quite sure it is about fear. To be fair, I know from my own city council that different interventions take place. Those interventions do not necessarily involve evictions or throwing people out. There can be other points taken in that regard and it is a matter to which we can return. I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House to discuss that matter. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----particularly in the context that there has been no offer. The Senator should listen to the remarks made by Dominic Daly on local and national radio today. Mr. Daly is a very eminent Cork-based agent - the Senator mentioned Cork in his Commencement matter earlier- and an expert in that area. There is speculation around the whole cost of the vessel. Let us deal with the facts. On the...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The issue the Senator has raised regarding members of the Defence Forces living in poverty is one of which the Minister of State and many of us are acutely aware. There has been a reduction in terms of the FEMPI legislation and there has been a suite of other measures. I am not sure that the concept of members of the Defence Forces or gardaí being able to go on strike is something I...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I know. That is a different issue but we will have the debate next week. Senator Devine raised the issue of today's conference. I join her in commending the Chief Nursing Officer. The previous Government was the first to appoint a Chief Nursing Officer. The Senator also raised the issue of the campaign in respect of rents previously. I wish Liam Doran well in his impending retirement...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we recognise that the purpose of this campaign is to ensure-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----that there is reporting of social welfare fraud so that-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ------money can be saved and invested by the State. That money can be invested in different Departments. Every €1 that we save can be given to a person who genuinely needs intervention or support. The Senator may huff and puff-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Department of Social Protection has an annual budget of €20 billion. The campaign is designed to ensure that people do not abuse the system and that the money saved is spent on people who need it. It suits the Senator to use the rhetoric he has today but it does not serve the purpose of the campaign.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to accept Senator Ó Ríordáin's proposal. I know Senator Conway-Walsh intends to table a motion tomorrow regarding the review of the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme but I am happy to have statements next week and that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, come to the House as Senator Paul Daly has requested.

Seanad: EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings: Motion (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to accept the following measure: Regulation (EU)...

Seanad: Legal Acts in the Area of Justice: Motion (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposal that Seanad Éireann approves the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to take part in the adoption and application of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding discharge of order for committee of the Courts (No. 2) Bill 2016, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion regarding exchange of views with Mr. Michel Barnier in joint committee with Dáil Éireann, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; No. 3, report on the Committee of Procedure...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach is very sensitive this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should tell his colleagues that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not a Fine Gael Bill. It is a Government Bill.