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Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, to the House for the fourth time.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Indeed it is. This is about the role of the councillor at the heart of community. While some will suggest that this debate is just about remuneration, expenses and allowances, it is about a lot more than that. Having served on a local authority myself, I believe that councillors are deserving of a realistic income which should be put on a statutory basis. Local government members...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on forestry, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 2.30 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given not less than six minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, statements on housing, to be taken at 2.30 p.m. and to...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not by the Leader.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry, a Chathaoirligh, but Senator Leyden must be having the same problem with the machinery.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Norris is getting old himself.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden was sacked by Albert Reynolds and Charles Haughey when they became taoisigh.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That will never happen anyway.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with the Cathaoirleach and other Members in expressing sympathies to the family of the late John Carroll, who was appointed to this House in 1981. He was a giant within the trade union movement and for those of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a familiar face on television, not to mention a voice on radio, advocating for union members, collective bargaining and the rights...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There are more people back at work today-----

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----than ever in the history of the State.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is called good Government and good leadership.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Senator to reflect upon that. Indecision refers to the Government his leader was a member of for 14 years that tried to buy its way out of trouble.

Seanad: Order of Business (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Byrne, Senator Paddy Burke and Senator Conway raised the issue of Adare Manor. I congratulate J.P. McManus on Adare Manor and support Senator Byrne's request to have Government support the Ryder Cup bid for 2026. It would be an incredible event in Limerick and would bring an economic benefit in terms of tourism to our country. We only have to consider the coverage we would get of...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Play that back on the Order of Business tomorrow.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have been caught on the hop. The Minister is welcome to the House and I thank him for being here. It is an important debate. Like Senator McFadden I dispel the idea that the Fine Gael Party is not concerned with housing and does not build social housing or support the construction of such housing. I commend the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the Minister of State, Deputy Damien...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: "That notwithstanding anything in the Order of Business, proceedings on Committee Stage of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 will now adjourn and will resume on the conclusion of Private Members' business which shall be taken now."

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the motion. It is important to recognise that our country has an extraordinary record of leadership when it comes to tobacco control. A previous Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Micheál Martin, introduced the smoking ban. When Senator Reilly was Minister for Health, he introduced a suite of measures that transformed societal attitudes in terms of how we tolerated,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Dé Máirt an tseachtain seo chugainn.