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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

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Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: He refutes all suggestions of inappropriate meetings with Cerberus. He was not invited by the Committee of Public Accounts to discuss this and the Minister has no role-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has no role. The Senator might understand this if she goes back and reads-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Let me quote from the Minister's speech in the Dáil last night. He stated: "The Committee of Public Accounts has accepted my long-standing position derived from law that in these circumstances, it was not within the powers of the Minister for Finance to direct NAMA to halt the sale process." Let us make that quite clear. Let me repeat, the minute of the meeting with Cerberus is...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the new found Sinn Féin probity about how our country is managed and governed. I keep smiling. Sinn Féin is a high tax and high spend party - a tax and spend party. It does not believe in responsibility in government-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The reality is that it heard the hooves in Tallaght of Deputy Paul Murphy and it needs its P60. Ever since then it has been running for cover.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Fine Gael Party has always been a party of probity, responsibility and fiscal management in government. We have always wanted to ensure that we would have a fair, robust and multilateral approach to the future funding of domestic water. I want to join with all the Senators who commended Senator Ó Céidigh for his chairmanship and stewardship of the committee and to commend the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not quoting from the water report, but the Cathaoirleach is correct. Senators Dolan, Ardagh and Colm Burke also raised the issue of disability. As Senator Dolan knows quite well, Ireland is committed to ratifying the UN convention. There is a number of pieces of legislation that must be dealt with first. What we must do, and we should find a common approach, is in the context of...

Seanad: Companies Act 2014: Motion (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Companies Act 2014 (Section 1313) Regulations 2017,a copy of which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 9 February, 2017.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: In light of the voting block in the Dáil continuing, I propose that we suspend until that concludes. I apologise to Members of the House and to members of staff for the inconvenience. We thought we had an agreement that there would be an arrangement with regard to the voting block in the Dáil on a Thursday. Seemingly that has broken down, so we must, perhaps through the Committee...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (30 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We will resume as soon as the voting block in Dáil is over.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Heritage Bill 2016 – Committee Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 9.30 p.m., if not previously concluded by the putting of one question from the Chair which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by the Government, with the debate to be interrupted at 5 p.m. and to resume at 7 p.m. on...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 24 Senators for their contribution to the Order of Business this afternoon. Senators Ardagh, Bacik, Ó Donnghaile and Richmond raised the issue of Brexit. It is a monumental day in the history of the European Union and our country. I reassure all Members of the House that the Government is not just paying lip service. It is not just rhetoric by Government but absolute...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will rephrase the question for those who are hard of hearing.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Which Department would they get rid of? Senator Gavan is saying we should get rid of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. That is the Sinn Féin policy. Sinn Féin wants to get rid of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. That is fair enough. I posed the question to the Members opposite. Let me make it quite clear that the Taoiseach, as the head of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Taoiseach has been here before. The Minister, Deputy Flanagan, will be here tomorrow for statements on the North. The Government is committed to protecting and advancing Ireland's cause across Europe. Nobody wants the return of a hard Border. As the Taoiseach says, nobody wants to see the creation of a new border in the future. The Government will defend the Good Friday Agreement as...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It might be fun and a cheap political gain for some, but the Minister is very much aware of the urgency of the issue and will be before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport today. Senators Gerard P. Craughwell, Frank Feighan, Michael McDowell, Máire Devine and Colm Burke referred to An Garda Síochána. The Government is committed to resolving the...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I was going to refer to that fact, that, thankfully, 23 states were standing up to him on the issue. Senator Maria Byrne referred to the Defence Forces. We were due to have a debate on them in the House prior to St. Patrick's Day. I hope we will have it soon. Senator Robbie Gallagher raised the issue of car parking charges for cancer patients. I know that there is a protocol in some...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It needs to be addressed. Senator Davitt asked about Cumann Lúthchleas Gael and the proposed reduction in the minute's silence to 20 seconds. I was in Páirc Uí Rinn last Sunday at the Cork-Tipperary game and to the best of my knowledge, a minute's silence for the late Michael Maher and Tony O'Mahony, two fine former officers of Cumann Lúthchleas Gael at Munster and Cork...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Butler mentioned the fact Retail Excellence Ireland was making a presentation today and he also brought up the question of out-of-town business parks. He raises a very good point because many businesses have moved to the periphery of our major towns. Retailers in the towns are competing with these business parks as well as with online shopping, and parking is also an issue. There...