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- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----of Cork, Limerick and Dublin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: With respect, the Senator is out of touch. He knows quite well that this is the case and if he does not, he should come with me to visit Cork.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I will invite him to Cork.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Different rents are being sought in different parts.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, that is the point the Minister of State was making. He was saying that different rents were being sought and charged.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: What we must do - and Senator Gavan must show his support for this - is increase supply and ensure that rent pressure zones do not drive people out of houses and that landlords are part of the process. Senator Gavan has an ideology that does not want-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, but the Senator does not want anybody-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has a one-dimensional model, which is to build houses full stop. That is not happening anywhere in the world. Where it did happen, it failed.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It did. That is the reality.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The report does not have the facts for the full year.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us have it when we come back. If it has to be changed, I have no problem with changing it.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: No. As Senator Gavan knows quite well, I deal in real facts. The real facts are that more houses are being built than last year and more people are being accommodated. Yes, we have an issue. I accept that. I have always said it. However, the matter cannot be solved overnight. The party - it could be his party's next coalition partner - beside whose members Senator Gavan is seated...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----construction industry.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Maria Byrne in congratulating the students from Scoil Íde on their success in the Intel Mini Scientist Competition. I also congratulate those at Troy Studios on their success. It shows that there is innovation and creativity in the schools. We commend our teachers, the students and their families. With "The Young Offenders", we have witnessed the success of our film...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: John Robb, exactly. There is Senator Norris in the South, but I was thinking about Members from the North.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure the Senator really is a queen.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: We can look at the method of electing Members as part of Seanad reform but, in the meantime, we have a vacancy and another is pending. I am sure there will be bargaining on what will happen in that regard. Perhaps there will not. The people will decide in any event. Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of health and the report on waiting times which was released this morning. I am...
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator did not say that in her contribution.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: She came in and castigated the Government for doing nothing.
- Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I believe in giving the facts.