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Seanad: Standing Orders: Motion (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on the amendment of Standing Order 70A and the adoption of new Standing Order 104F be adopted and laid before the House.

Seanad: Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the opportunity to speak on what is another extraordinarily significant day for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, community in our country. I assure Senator Boyhan that the Oireachtas is always serious in bringing about gargantuan change, as it was in 2015. It is important that we pay tribute to the Transgender Equality Network Ireland, TENI, and welcome its...

Seanad: Litter Pollution (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (10 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Naughten, to the House.I commend Senator Ardagh on the Bill. It is a simple Bill in its practicality and we all broadly support the thrust of it. The debate is necessary. All of us, as public representatives and citizens, must aspire to have our cities, towns, places of residence and communities litter-free so they are places we can be proud of. I come back...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re EU insolvency proceedings, referral to committee, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding legal acts in the area of justice, referral to committee, to be taken at the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, statements on the migrant integration strategy, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin brought it in and played politics with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Paul Daly was gracious, in fairness to him.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin played politics with it.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sorry.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: How does one follow that, a Leas-Chathaoirligh? I thank the 19 Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. I agree with Senator Ardagh on the issue of homelessness and that reform needs to continue in this area to address the availability and supply of social housing, as well as affordability. I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House on this issue. The issue of...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There is a need to ensure the impact is limited, that there is a whole-of-government response and that the people in small and medium enterprises mentioned by Senator Ardagh have access to support. I will be happy to work with her in that regard. Senators McDowell and Lawless raised the Good Friday Bill proposed by Senator Lawless. I hope the Bill will be back before the House as soon as...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes the Senator's form of drafting could be open to misinterpretation.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I would prefer independent draftspersons to do it. However, as I said-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

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Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Craughwell is in government some day, I perish to think that he will take advice from anybody. I look forward to that day, although not really. However, I am working with Senator Lawless and the Department to bring the Bill back before the House. It is subject to events, but both I and the Minister, to be fair, are endeavouring to have it back here. Senator Conway-Walsh spoke...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes it is good to listen.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Paul Daly is agreeable, I am happy to have the Minister, Deputy Creed, come to the House next Wednesday, 24 May, to discuss the issues to which he referred rather than the wider, narrow focus that is in the Sinn Féin motion. It merely seeks to play politics with farmers. I commend Senator Daly on his work and the approach he has taken.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There are school students in the Public Gallery. What they would like to see is us working together for the betterment of our communities, which is why later I will accept the motion from the former Minister of State, Senator Ó Riordáin. In this case it is the farming community, rather than the narrow prism through which Sinn Féin comes to everything. Sinn Féin is for...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: They could well have got what they wanted, but they choose not to.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The love bombing from Sinn Féin gets to me sometimes. It is unbelievable.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is right there. On GMIT, I join Senator O'Mahony in again asking about this issue. The Government is committed to a multi-campus provision in all institutes of technology. As Senator O'Mahony rightly said, there has been engagement with GMIT in a genuine attempt to make the institute economically sound and put it on a firm financial footing. An independent adviser has been...