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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We will endeavour to keep going. Senator Feighan spoke about the vote in the House of Commons yesterday. I hope the British Parliament and Government will work with all of us on Brexit, as I said earlier. I hope the Irish issue will be recognised properly, as it is around Europe. It is also important that common sense is retained in the British Parliament. Senator Gavan raised the...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It would be great to see whether they pay taxes.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I would like to see the attendance list.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The concerns of the workers in Ryanair are important and we should recognise that they have a right to be represented. Senator Lombard has raised the very important matter of road safety, especially at this time of year. I appeal to everybody who drives and uses our roads to do so with care and consideration for others. For those who might contemplate turning the key after consuming...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I was hoping to get business done in a timely manner.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: There will be no concluding times for Nos. 4 and 5. I am sure we will get the co-operation of the House on that.

Seanad: Sitting Arrangements: Motion (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That, notwithstanding anything in the Standing Orders relative to Public Business: (1) The Seanad shall meet at 10 a.m. on Friday, 15th December, 2017 and the following arrangements shall apply: (a)Standing Orders 29 and 30 shall stand suspended; (b)there shall be no Order of Business; (c)the business to be taken shall be confined to the items set out in the Schedule to this...

Seanad: Planning Regulations: Motion (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposals that Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:(i) Planning and Development (Amendment) Regulations 2018, (ii) Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2018, (iii) Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2018,copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 13th December, 2017, be referred...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee: Motion (14 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I moveThat Seanad Éireann:(1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport under Standing Order 116 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1073/2009 on common rules for access to the international market for coach and bus services - COM (2017) 647, which was laid before Seanad...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on the report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, to be taken at 4.45 p.m., with the time allocated to each Senator not to exceed ten minutes. Time can be shared.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator was too busy canvassing.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator and Senator Daly.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is information.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I fully intend to. It is a health issue.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is and he has just done it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He has done it.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Accidentally wrong.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Go away out of that.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What is the Senator doing himself? He is being political.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 22 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business and wish them a very happy, prosperous and peaceful new year. I hope we can work collectively to serve the people who elected us to serve and work on behalf of them. I begin by joining with Members of the House who expressed their sympathy to the family on the death of the late Maurice Hayes, a former...