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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry but I want to let people know that there is a vote in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend the meeting until after the vote. Is that agreed? Agreed. Apologies to everybody.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: General Scheme of Adoption (Information and Tracing) Bill 2015: Department of Children and Youth Affairs (8 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentations. I thank the members for their participation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the fund. I also welcome the Minister of State who in his earlier remarks mentioned how the fund pertained to connectivity. Given that we are an island nation, he also said it was important the projects be commercially viable. As Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, OPW, he is charged with responsibility for the management of many heritage sites....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I am.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Proceeds of Sale of Aer Lingus: Motion (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: No, I am consistent on this issue all the time, unlike others who have come to the table late. Obviously, the need for connectivity is critical. I welcome the existence of the fund, but there is a proposal on the table concerning the re-establishment of the Cork-Dublin flight. I acknowledge that the public service obligation, PSO, levy regulations preclude certain activities. There is,...

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister and her staff, some of whom are present, on making such a major input into the Bill before us, the legislation providing for the referendum and the Children and Family Relationships Act. The work of departmental staff in preparing the legislation should be acknowledged. This is an historic and important day in the history of the State. The people have spoken....

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The last point made by Deputy McNamara regarding the solemniser is a serious one and I would not like to see that being diluted. Now that we have almost passed this marriage equality legislation, there may be other changes to marriage that Deputies have in mind. The point made by the Deputy is one we must look at in the context of all the contributions to this debate. How marriage is...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

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Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I attended a civil partnership in Christchurch in Cork city. It is absolutely beautiful. It is an old church. The Acting Chairman, Deputy Keating, sings in a choir and is a musician. The atmosphere at this wonderful venue was befitting of the occasion. We changed the ceremony venue from being in the registry office. I would like to speak about the context of what we have done as a...

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy raises an interesting point in that there is an issue in terms of people being able to get married on a Saturday, for example. I do not necessarily agree with him on who can perform the ceremony. The appropriate person is the registrar. I met the registrar in Cork and her ceremonies, whether marriages or civil partnerships, are among the most moving ceremonies one could attend....

Marriage Bill 2015: Report Stage (7 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Deputy Shatter's suggestion. I welcome the amendment and the reduced fee. We can consider this in the context of from where we have come. Civil partnership, as the State allowed it, was the only legal recognition that men and women of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, community could get but because of the vote of the people, we are no longer being locked out....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Leo Varadkar, the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, the director general of the Health Service Executive, HSE, Mr. Tony O'Brien, and his staff in the HSE, Ms Laverne McGuinness, Mr. John Hennessy, Mr. Liam Woods, Mr. Pat Healy, Ms Anne O'Connor and Dr. Colm Henry to our quarterly meeting. I thank Mr. Ray Mitchell...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Before we commence I wish to advise the witnesses that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, witnesses are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to the committee. However, if they are directed by the committee to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and they continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to a qualified privilege in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State. I invite Mr. Tony O'Brien to make his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry to interrupt. There is a vote in the Dáil. Perhaps we could suspend after Mr. O'Brien has concluded his opening remarks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend until after the vote. Go raibh maith agat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Services: Quarterly Update (6 Oct 2015)

Jerry Buttimer: Before we begin I apologise to assistant secretaries at the Department of Health and Children, Ms Tracey Conroy and Ms Frances Spillane, as I did not welcome them in my opening remarks. They are both very welcome here this afternoon. I apologise to our witnesses also for suspending the sitting of the committee for the vote in the Dáil. The workings of parliamentary democracy must be...