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Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (15 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will endeavour to bring the Minister to the House this week but I may not be able to do that. I have put in the request, that is my bona fides.

Seanad: Council Directive on Digital Tax: Motion (15 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: (1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach under Standing Order 116 on the Proposals for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence – COM(2018)147and a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Bill 2017 - Committee Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn no later than 2.15 p.m. if not previously concluded; No. 2, Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2017 [Dáil] - Report and Final Stages, to be taken on conclusion of No. 1 but no earlier than 1.45 p.m. and to be adjourned no later than 4 p.m., if not...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator just did.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: How does Senator Gavan know that?

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There is only room for one queen.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Can I thank the 14 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. Can I begin on my own behalf, as Leader of the House, with Senators Conway-Walsh, Higgins and Nash, in paying tribute to the memory of the late Tom Murphy, the playwright who passed away. As Senator Nash rightly said, he was a playwright who held up a mirror up to...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Both sides-----

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I made my remarks on that on yesterday's Order of Business and it has been well documented. Dr. Boylan should not be vilified. He is a person we should support and thank for the work he has done in his professional capacity.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Paul Daly for highlighting and alerting us to the anomaly in respect of the green cert for the training of young farmers. I do not have the information to hand. That may be an issue on which, as a matter of urgency, the Senator might table a Commencement matter. He might get an answer. The issue he raises certainly needs to be scrutinised further. I am not an expert on...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It serves us all well for democracy to be in action and to let democracy work. The issue is evolving but it is important that people are allowed to express their viewpoints in a peaceful democratic manner. Senator Feighan raised the issue of the Good Friday Agreement. I commend him, Senator Lawless and other Members of the House who were in Washington DC last week for raising the issue and...

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am impressed at Senator Norris's ability to recall that there was an ESB strike during Princess Margaret's wedding.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I never thought I would hear Senator Gavan welcoming a royal wedding to end a strike.

Seanad: Order of Business (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish Meghan and Harry every success on Friday.

Committee on Public Petitions: Business of Joint Committee (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: A baby boy.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I thank Mr. Collumb, Ms Daly and Mr. Toner for their presentation, Ms Meany and Ms Carr and also the personal assistants for being with us, for participating and for allowing us to have this engagement. To be fair, Senator Dolan asked a rhetorical question about the personal assistant service. Mr. Toner spoke about the lived experience. We are seeing here the embodiment of the lived...

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important we would hear from all sides.

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That was my first question. I have gone on a little and I apologise for that. Whose job is it to govern the quality and the delivery of the service? I note in her paper on the quality issues, Dr. McCarthy of the Disability Federation of Ireland said that it was not the job of the HSE to do that. She also said that the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA has a paper exploring...

Committee on Public Petitions: Personal Assistant Services for Individuals with a Disability: Discussion (16 May 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. To be fair, the three people who have presented this afternoon have shown in a lived way the importance of the personal assistant, PA, service model of delivery, whether it is the number of hours or whatever. How can we make that service better and deliver it in a way that ensures that the needs of the person are met? I refer to a person who requires, say, ten hours. I agree the...