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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator's time is up anyway.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has made his point well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind Members that we are in the two-minute slots with one item per Senator. I invite Senator Conway. It is two minutes for one item.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is on one item. I will not get into this now. It is just so the Senator knows. It is two minutes for one item. There will be no dovetailing. The Senator can continue and finish his point.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator deserves great praise for his advocacy on this. He is an example of the championing of disability issues, to be fair to him and I thank him for that, as other Members of the House also are in their particular niche areas. Senator Craughwell has a couple of niche areas and the floor is now his. It one issue and two minutes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator for making his point quickly.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I have been here for a couple of weeks now. The Senator might not have noticed. I will just let him know it is two minutes and one item.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, I am glad.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the guests of the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers from Hermitage Golf Club. I hope they have a very enjoyable and positive visit to Leinster House. I thank them for BEING here.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senator Black in offering my sympathy to Yara and Lara Alagha, two sisters who have worked here in Leinster House, on their very sad loss. I thank the Senator for raising the matter. I now call on the Leader to respond to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Minute's Silence for Israel and Palestine (11 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader has intimated that she is prepared to take a minute's silence now.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: SenatorMalcolm Byrne - The need for the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works to provide an update on the preferred site for the new Coast Guard station at Courtown Harbour, County Wexford, and a timeline for its construction. Senator Robbie Gallagher - The need...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte and thank her for her patience. I welcome the Minister - potentially future Minister, but now Senator Byrne, who, like the rest of us, was stuck in traffic this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: Before I commence the Order of Business, on behalf of Members, and on my own behalf, I send best wishes to the people of Taiwan, whose national day is today, and to Representative Yang and his team in Hatch Street. I thank them for all their engagement with us. I wish the people of Taiwan and my own brother-in-law, Fr. Seán O'Leary, who is a priest in Taiwan, a very happy national day.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Senator Black. I congratulate her on her concert in Cork.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: We should remember our former colleague, friend and Minister of State, Paudie Coffey, who was very much involved in that. It is good, as a GAA man, to see Walsh Park back.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure I would like to go there again next summer but that is a different day’s work.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Flynn for reminding us today of that awful tragedy and the ten people who died eight years ago. I thank her for her advocacy and work in championing the causes of our fellow citizens.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to be associated with the remarks to the late Chuck Feeney who, through The Atlantic Philanthropies, not only changed Irish life by his, as Senator Byrne said, "giving while living" approach, but transformed the lives of so many people through higher education in the North and indeed, in social policy, in particular around marriage equality and his support of the Gay and Lesbian...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Oct 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: The comments of some public representatives were disappointing and shocking, while maybe not surprising in some parts, but certainly do not serve the cause of peace, which we all seek. I concur with the remarks of Senators who called for the release of those who have been taken hostage. We call for a ceasefire and for peace talks to begin again as soon as possible. I also welcome the...