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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It was not.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It was circulated before the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: To clarify for the House, it was circulated electronically before the Order of Business. The Senator should be fair.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that we be accurate and do not impugn those who work very hard. I wish to be very clear that it was circulted electronically prior to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. Next Tuesday on the Order of Business - an intelligent one - at 11 a.m. we will have an opportunity to wish people a happy Christmas. I apologise to Members that we did not have an opportunity to engage in a longer debate because of the state of flux in the Dáil, but there is a timetable to which we agreed at the leaders' meeting last week for the business to be conducted. It...

Seanad: Expressions of Gratitude: Motion (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the motion.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the Seanad shall meet at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, 20th December, 2016 and, notwithstanding anything on Standing Orders, the following arrangements shall apply:(1) Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (2) the Order of Business shall be proposed at the commencement of public business. ”

Seanad: EU Directives: Motion (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: (1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Standing Order 107 on the Proposals for a Council Directive on a Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) – COM (2016) 683 and for a Council Directive on a Common Corporate Tax Base – COM (2016) 685 which was laid before Seanad...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend until the end of the divisions in the Dáil. I apologise to the Members.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Finance Bill 2016 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 12.45 p.m.; No. 2, motion re Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2016, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to conclude no later than 3 p.m. with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed four minutes each and the Minister to be given three minutes to reply to the debate; No. 3, Knowledge...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is wrong. He did not hear what Senator Colm Burke said at all.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 18 Senators who have replied to the Order of Business this morning. I join Senator Tim Lombard in paying tribute to the late councillor, Claire Cullinane, and in sympathising with her family on her very sudden death. She was a very powerful presence on Cork County Council who left an indelible mark. Senator Daly raised the case of Ibrahim Halawa and we all share his concern and...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is ahead of the curve on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope I have given Senator Wilson an answer on the time for his issue. He also referred to narcolepsy. Yesterday, the former Senator, Deputy Michael Darcy, had a Topical Issue on the matter, which I watched. As a former Chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, I was involved in some work on narcolepsy. The Senator is correct in that regard. A small amount of money,...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, as the Senator said, it is a debilitating illness. It is something people perhaps do not understand until it affects them. Listening to those who appeared before the committee, one could not but be struck by their testimony. It is an issue on which we will work together. Senator O'Donnell referred to new politics. All of us should call on the members of Sinn Féin to ask their...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: My apologies to Senator Leyden. I knew I had missed something. He who waits longest gets to hear the piper play the tune, in fairness. I hope we will all be here as long as he has been to be able to celebrate the day. I want to congratulate him. As Leader, I am happy we will not oppose his proposed legislation. Equally, I hope that Senator Leyden, in the spirit of new politics, will...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Social Welfare Bill 2016 - Report and Final Stages, to be taken at 4.45 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Thanks very much. I will not bother to reply to the Senator.