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Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: How do I follow that? I thank the 19 Senators who spoke for raising multiple issues. Senator Catherine Ardagh raised the important issue of housing and first-time buyers. We all agree with her on the importance of getting first-time buyers into the market. It is a question of having a combination of supply and affordability. The housing strategy put forward by the Minister for Housing,...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Any measure put forward by a party that wants to penalise employers by increasing their rate of PRSI to the tune of 15% would be imposing a tax on jobs. It is important that we focus on those who contributed to helping the country to recover, namely, the people in the middle who paid for everything. They should get something back in the budget, not those who made no contribution whatever....

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that there be honesty regarding the budget to be announced next week. It will not be a giveaway budget; the Minister has said this, but the priority at our end is to protect the fragile economy, continue to get people back to work and see fewer unemployed and more employed. We want people to have a decent quality of life. That is what we all aspire to achieving. Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not; it is actually correct. Nothing happened.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: What I said yesterday-----

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: -----is what I will say again today.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I repeat that we all share the same view and want to arrive at the same end point. It is important that we work together. I spoke to the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government this morning with a view to meeting the group that has been set up. The Minister is committed to doing so. There is no point in any of us individually trying to solve something. As I said...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us do so and not come to throw cheap shots as has happened this morning.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept that.

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: We are working collaboratively to end the discrimination against councillors. We will all try to do this together and it is important to do so in unison rather than go off half-cocked. Senators Maria Byrne and Trevor Ó Clochartaigh raised the issue of housing, in respect of which they referred to the report by Simon Communities of Ireland. I would be happy to have the Minister...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabhaim buíochas le Mr. Cooney as ucht an fhorbairt atá le déanamh ar son na daoine sna Stáit Aontaithe. In welcoming Mr. Cooney today, this Chamber reflects the views of so many on the need for immigration reform. In commending the appointment of Senator Lawless and thanking him for his work — I have seen at first hand the work he has been doing and we had a...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Mr. Manus Cooney (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: He has brought both sides of the aisle together, as Senator Lawless has done and is doing. I say that not by way of fawning praise or to be patronising. I know from talking to people in the United States the work Mr. Cooney has done and is doing, and that is why this Chamber is having this discussion today. We are, as the people's House, their representatives. We may not have a...

Seanad: Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement: Motion (5 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the address to the House by Mr. Manus Cooney on 5 October 2016, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the establishment of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; and No. 3, statements on the European Commission's decision that...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 23 Senators who raised issues. To respond to Senator Ardagh, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, who came to the House last week will appear before us again next week. We have a voluntary mechanism for resolving industrial relations disputes. The Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court have shown themselves to be highly...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh used the term "fiscal space". The figures in the Sinn Féin document are multiples of the amount of money available. I encourage everyone to be responsible.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Grace O'Sullivan raised the important issue of cycle safety. I join her in offering my sympathies to the families of the three cyclists who were killed, Donna Fox, Tim Ross and Daniel Roche. Any life lost on our roads is a tragedy but it is particularly tragic when a young lad is killed while cycling to school. We have a national cycling policy. In light of the report from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The bank has its own decision-making process. I do not know who make the decision, but he or she needs to communicate the reasoning rather than leaving a vacuum. Senator Leyden raised the very important issue of Brexit. As he is aware, the Government has discussed the issue and planned for the eventuality of a Brexit vote which has, unfortunately, happened. In the Dáil today and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy for the Minister of State, Deputy Keogh, to come to the House to discuss the matter. I think I speak for all of us in the House when I say we do not want to have a hard border return. It would be economically unsound, unwise and wrong for us as a country. That is the overwhelming view of Members. Senator Mac Lochlainn referred to the Gaeltacht. If he wants to give me the...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Manus Cooney: Motion (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that, in accordance with Standing Order 57(2) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, Mr. Manus Cooney be invited to address Seanad Éireann on 5th October, 2016 and the following arrangements shall apply. The proceedings, which shall not exceed one and a half hours,...