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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, I thank Senator Feighan. We cannot compromise on water quality. The Expert Commission on the Future Funding of Domestic Public Water Services speaks about equality. We want to see equality. The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Future Funding of Domestic Water Services, chaired by Senator Pádraig Ó Céidigh, recommended there would be an enhanced budget for small group...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Griffin, is responsible for tourism. We are fixated on Deputy Ross for some reason. It is extraordinary that he has become the bogey man-----

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy that the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, will come to the House and work with all Senators on tourism. I would also be happy for Deputy Ross to come back to the House. Senator Craughwell referred to the Oireachtas and irresponsible comments. I am tempted to have a political row but I will not. He is right. There is a need for all of us to be careful of what we say and do.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not refer to anybody but will say it of us all collectively. What we say and how we say it is heard, does implicate us and has an import. It is important we choose our words carefully. Sometimes we do not do that but we should. Senator Colm Burke referred to health and I welcome the good news he gave of the reduction in numbers of those who have taken their own lives. The problems...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re exchange of views with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt at two or more joint committees, to be taken without debate at conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion re orders of reference of the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, to be taken without debate at conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, Financial...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The love-in has begun.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is being amorous. The love-in has started.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The love-in has started with the new coalition.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 26 Members of the House who have contributed to the Order of Business and join in the congratulations to Commissioner Hogan on the awarding to him of the highest honour of the Austrian Government. I commend him. It is a significant personal honour for him and his family. I join with Senator Wilson, on this auspicious day, as we take leave of this Chamber for a while, in paying...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: This is about ensuring that we have a house building programme and that we do not repeat the mistakes of the past. I am referring to the quality and type of build and how we get the mix right in large estates. It is also about ensuring that there is a mix of housing with supports. The Government is committed in Rebuilding Ireland to ensuring that the supply of housing is increased. As I...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Apologies, it was Senator Higgins. We need to put incentives in place to ensure that women are promoted and their personal lives will not be affected by taking on positions of responsibility. Senator Byrne was right to raise this. The report published this morning is one of which we must take cognisance. We have gender quotas in the electoral system. I am not sure how it would be applied...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes I would love to show a graph showing how many times people had voted with the Government or opposed it for the sake of opposition. It would be good but we will not go there today. On the Bill yesterday, to be fair to the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, he said that the Bill was commenced in 2015. The International Protection Act was reviewed by the Council of State and was not...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I think Nora Owen introduced that when she was Minister.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Actually, it was Nora Owen.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Mark Daly's point on repeat offenders and those on bail is a valid one and we must give it huge consideration. According to the statistics and reports, it is those repeat offenders who are committing a huge number of offences. I am glad Senators Mark Daly and Coghlan have reached an agreement of sorts on the national anthem, which is a matter for the Seanad Public Consultation...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Members should enjoy the break. Come what may, we will return in the autumn. Whether the Seanad reconvenes in this room or not, it is a privilege to serve as a Member of the Oireachtas. I hope the staff and families of Members also enjoy the break.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not want Second Stage to be taken today but am happy for it to be put on the Order Paper to be taken in the new session.

Seanad: Exchange of views with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt: Motion (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, two or more Joint Committees, in accordance with their orders of reference, may hold a joint meeting or meetings in this Seanad for an exchange of views with Mr. Guy Verhofstadt, European Parliament coordinator in relation to the United Kingdom's decision to withdraw from the European Union, as notified under Article 50 of the Treaty...

Seanad: Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Motion (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:hat the Order of the Seanad of 23 February, 2017, as amended by the Order of 13 April 2017, relating to the Seanad Special Select Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, be amended by the addition of the following paragraphs after paragraph (7): ‘(8) When the Committee has made its final report to Seanad Éireann it may engage with elected...