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Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to make a number of comments that are pertinent to the debate in the context of the amendment. I believed initially that there should be a yearly evaluation, but, on reflection, I accept that that is probably unrealistic. The Acting Chairman was a member of a local authority and we sat through discussions on development plans to modify local area plans and have strategic nodes and so...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The point Senator Kevin Humphreys made yesterday on the Order of Business is one from which we should learn. He referenced a particular site which has potential. In Cork we have the docklands to grow and develop the city. The one thing I share with the Tánaiste is our ambitions for Cork. We want to see-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: No, one of the many. I thank the Acting Chair for seeking clarification. The Tánaiste and I share many things. We are both anxious that the national development plan, Ireland 2040, focus on generating growth beyond the M50. I know that Senator Kevin Humphreys is focused on Dublin, while the Minister of State is focused on his area, but for those of us in the south, in the context of...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cork Airport is a brilliant airport. In fairness to the chief executive, Mr. Niall McCarthy, and his team the airport is growing. An article published last week in the Evening Echostated that Horgan's Quay was the third terminal for Dublin Airport. That was a bit unfair. What is happening is that people in the south are choosing, in my opinion, erroneously to travel to Dublin when those...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----going through the gate. The new check-in offering-----

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude on this point.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Chair for indulging me.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Motions (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy English, who has always been available and accessible to the Seanad. His contributions have been insightful and I thank him for that on a person level.

Seanad: Heritage Bill 2016: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar 10.30 maidin amárach.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Are there mongrel foxes too?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Before I make my proposal, I concur with the remarks made while the joint committee was meeting in private session. This is one of the most important petitions we have had before us on the provision of orchestras in Ireland. The nation has been very well served by the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Those of us who sit in the bowels of RTÉ on a Tuesday...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (11 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I concur with the Chairman. I have made my proposal, not in an adversarial way but, as the Chairman said, to seek clarity on the issue as there is confusion. We have both met people from Cork who are directly affected by it. They have a genuine passion and interest in orchestral provision in RTÉ and Ireland. I am aware that Deputy Eugene Murphy feels the same way. The proposal has...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Tuesday, 17 July, 2018, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding teacher training places, back from committee, be taken without debate on the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 - Order for...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We never leave the home, we all stay at home.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I wonder who wrote the Constitution.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is a great one for bombardment himself, and it is no harm for the Senator to be checked in the House, for once.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There he goes. I want to thank the 17 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I want to join Senator Ardagh in welcoming our guests to the House and hope they will have a very pleasant visit. Senator Boyhan raised the issue of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. I thank the Members of the House for their 26 hours of participation on Committee Stage....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is probably the same foreign stations butting in. They were doing it all week. We had 26 hours of debate on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Provided the Opposition parties keep us here and do not go to the country, we will still be able to debate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Members. It is not my intention to bring the Bill back next week, to be fair to Members. We have other business we need to get finished before the recess. In terms of the water referendum, I do not have any policy announcement to make to Senator Boyhan. The Government did publish the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025. What the Minister has said about the referendum is...