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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Norris. Our banks, which we bailed out, do not want us going into them.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: A bank has only one teller's position open when we go in and queue. I was in Bank of Ireland in Douglas yesterday morning. A lady comes around, asks whether we are okay with this or whether we need to use that machine, and the queue suddenly becomes smaller. We should be asking people to go to our post offices and banks and use them,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----not driving them away. Bring them in.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We will have a debate on the national planning framework and rural sustainable development.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is about ensuring balanced economic development. I am glad that Senator Craughwell is okay.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We heard about his scare during his fine interview on radio. He did well. The national trauma centre strategy report - I have lost my written note - has been published. One in four people is transferred out of the centre that they attend. Time is critical. I cannot find my note,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----but it is important to tell the Senator. I read an article in The Irish Timeswritten by the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Professor John Hyland. He called for the trauma report to be implemented. Time is critical. Perhaps we are mirroring the UK's 2010 model, although I am not saying that that is a good thing. We need a realistic debate on where to locate...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: No, I have not finished yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, and-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----that is the issue on which we can have a debate. I understand that people in many parts of the country are in the time-critical zone. Two and a half, three or eight hours waiting in a bed was a good record for Senator Craughwell in our health system.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will use that as a template for other Senators. I am glad that the Senator is okay. I say that genuinely.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of sulky racing. Deputy Mattie McGrath has introduced a Bill in the Lower House on the matter. If it is passed, we can debate it during Private Members' time.Mar a rinne an Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile, déanaim comhghairdeachas le gach duine a thóg páirt i nGradam Ceoil. Bhí sé ar siúl i mBéal Feirste den...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Now.

Seanad: Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Order in draft:Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 25th January, 2018, be referred to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation in accordance with Standing Order 71(3)(k), which, not later...

Seanad: Foreign Affairs: Statements (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon, and commend him for his work in the Department. There will be an adjournment of the debate to allow further discussions with the Tánaiste, Deputy Simon Coveney, who is but one of the Ministers in the Department. The Minister of State is here in his own right and has his own specific brief and duties. He is not here as a...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Technological Universities Bill 2015 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn not later than 3.30 p.m., if not previously concluded; No. 2, Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Second Stage, to be taken at 3.30 p.m. and to adjourn not later than 5 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the time provided to group spokespersons not...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, it will adjourn after two hours if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the ten Members who spoke.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to let Senator Davitt contribute if he wishes.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not senior at all. I thank the ten Members of the House for their contributions on the Order of Business. I begin by joining with Senators Gavan and O'Donnell in acknowledging the tragic accident this morning. Thankfully, there have been no fatalities. We wish the children and others involved in the accident every good health. As Senator O'Donnell said, it is important that we get...