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Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: My best reply to the Order of Business is to bring the vibe down an octave or two and I ask Members to reflect wisely on what we have discussed. Over 13 Senators have raised the matter of the Bill before the Dáil. As Senator Kieran O'Donnell said, thankfully the Dáil will debate it today and tomorrow. I hope the Bill will reach us on Tuesday. It is important that we put the...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: No, we agreed it at group meetings.The process was agreed to. The Senator cannot have it both ways.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: You cannot talk out of both sides of your mouth.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The legislation has been subject to three months of consultation, as well as being the subject of more than 500 written submissions. I appeal to Members. The language we use is important. If we have learned anything from Brexit and the American election, it is that our language and what we say are critical. Let us not undermine the strategy or the process. Let us ensure we have a Bill...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us welcome the campaign.

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators Padráig Mac Lochlainn and Frank Feighan referred to the events which occurred in Jadotville in the Congo in 1961. I have seen the film and one cannot but be struck by the bravery of the men involved and the fact that no Irish soldier was lost in the battle. The Minister organised an event in Custume Barracks in which she presented a citation to the men of A Company of the 35th...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure there will be a strong resistance from many arms of the State in that regard. I remind Senator David Norris that there will be an Order of Business on Tuesday morning.

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 (24 Jan 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Second Stage, to be taken at 4.45 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As Leader of the House, I pay tribute to a former Member of the House, Dr. T.K. Whitaker, and express my condolences to his family on his passing since the House last met. Dr. Whitaker played a huge role in building a modern Ireland. As Leader of the House, it is appropriate and important that I pay tribute to him on behalf of all Members and sympathise with his family on their recent...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Jan 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We can discuss later where it should be situated in Ireland, but the important point is the Minister has made an attempt to have it located here.