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Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We will attend, if we can.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senator Leyden in congratulating and thanking the executive of the National Ploughing Championships for cancelling the second day of the event.It was done in the interests of public health and safety. I know that there were many disappointed people who had travelled and who were in Screggan but the event was cancelled in the interests of health and safety. I wish all...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will now happily conclude my reply to today's Order of Business. I wish the Cathaoirleach well as he navigates us safely through a very interesting and hopefully peaceful time in this House.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Curaim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. It is always dangerous when one comes in at the end of the debate, especially when one follows in the footsteps of Senator O'Reilly, who is very eloquent. The debate so far has been particularly insightful. I welcome this debate on the future of our post office network. What we should be talking about is the future of that network as our world...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Some post offices are not viable and could never be kept open but hopefully some will be kept open following the appeals process. As Senator O'Reilly said, that process should be open and transparent. Senator Mac Lochlainn was also right about the gargantuan hypocrisy of the people on the benches opposite. I know that some of us swear by Kickham's maxim about having pride in the local...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Under its watch, there were 700 post offices closed - dúnta, locked up, the keys thrown away. Sometimes one does not like to hear the truth.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I certainly hope to join the Minister, Deputy Coveney, in the Dáil to form part of the next Fine Gael-led Government.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is doing an excellent job as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. The debate tonight is about our post office network. The Minister has engaged and reached out. With the Kerr report and the various reforms introduced by Mr. McRedmond, An Post is in a better place today in terms of staff, mail centres, volume of business and profit. It is not all about profit and it...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Repeat the last paragraph.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What did Senator Leyden do?

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden said it with sincerity. It was 193 in one year.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on Project 2040 and transport matters, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 3 p.m. with the contribution of groups spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than five minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, Thirty-seventh Amendment of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Is Senator Horkan proposing an amendment to the Order of Business? I am unsure.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 16 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I join with Senators Marshall and Mullen in paying tribute to the men and women who went out yesterday and worked tirelessly to ensure that there were safe roads, safe power supplies and who were first responders. I offer my sympathies and those of the House to the bereaved families of those tragically...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator for agreeing to that. It is important to have the report debated in this House and I will endeavour to have that next Tuesday evening. The issue of transport was raised this morning by a number of Senators. Senators Horkan, Humphreys and Reilly raised the BusConnects consultation, which was also raised yesterday by their colleagues Senators Ardagh and Clifford-Lee. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, absolutely, the NTA as well. I made that point yesterday. We have a situation in my native city of Cork around the M28 where, had the NTA and the local authority engaged in a meaningful way, I believe there would not have been half the confusion that arose. It is important that people engage. In my case, I am ware that Councillor Emer Higgins, Deputies Rock and Brophy and Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Or gather dust.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It shall return, exactly. Whether it will be on the third day or the last day, I am not sure. The image of the knots on the cover of the Senator's book reflects how we should join together as a country to have that conversation about end-of-life care. Yesterday we had an important debate on post offices and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment was honest in his...

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, and his officials to the House. In his speech, the Minister spoke about linking people and places. It is not just desirable, it is essential. That is why the overarching philosophy of the Minister to link people and places is one we must continue to develop. Project Ireland 2040 is the platform that will not only allow Government, at both national and...