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Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not know whether Senator Ned O'Sullivan touched a nerve or detonated some type of whatever in the House but he certainly raised the issue of Simon Carswell's newspaper article this morning on Mary Casey and her father, Jack, and the atrocities of August 1972. Earlier Senator Mac Lochlainn got very animated. I must say to him that all of us who are republicans and who want to see a...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair to Senator Ned O'Sullivan, who is a very balanced person,-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The point I was going to make in reply to Senator Ned O'Sullivan concerned the article he raised, the fact that we are in the midst of a very tense Brexit negotiation and the need for all of us north, south, east, west, green, white and orange to uphold the Good Friday Agreement and never go back to the days of violence.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot speak for anyone other than myself.

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What I am responding to is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: In these delicate Brexit negotiations, it is critical that we on the island of Ireland north, south, east, west, green, white and orange understand the importance of the next couple of days and weeks. We can never allow our country to go back to the days before the Good Friday Agreement was brought into being. That is the point I am making. Senator Davitt raised the issue of betting and...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018, back from committee, to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business; and No. 2, statements on an update on Rebuilding Ireland, to be taken at 12.45 p.m., with the time allocated to group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot hear Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is correct.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I could try. I am glad I am not special.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach has caught me unaware. I thank the seven Members for their contributions to the Order of Business and I formally welcome a guest of Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell, Mr. Martin Taylor, the director of Dublin Glass which has been in operation for more than 50 years. He is most welcome to the House and I believe that he is still going strong. Senator Murnane O'Connor raised...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We all welcome the positive atmosphere in Salzburg last night. Whether it is a backstop or a two-tier backstop all of us who wear the green jersey, north, south, east or west, want to see a positive outcome from Brexit.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach is here almost as long as Senator Leyden. I hope I get to be here as long as him and I might become a bit of an expert in something at that stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that there is now a better atmosphere, in terms of a calm, respectful and firm view that we want a Brexit deal. All in this country and on this side of the negotiations want the commitments the United Kingdom has already made. That includes the backstop guaranteeing there will be no hard border on the island of Ireland. I commend the Tánaiste on his...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I suggest that Senator Leyden put down a Commencement matter for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to come in on that. I will certainly have the Minister-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not have any particular view. I am open to what the Senator is considering but it is something we need to discuss further. If the Senator wanted to take it a bit further perhaps the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade could come in for a Commencement debate on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: No, I will not apply for a British passport. I am quite happy to have my own Irish passport. I am very happy to travel with my Irish passport. Has Senator Leyden applied for a British passport?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Does he intend to?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not be. I am quite happy to have my Irish passport and to travel as an Irish citizen on that passport. Senator Craughwell never ceases to come up with interesting angles on the presidential election. I remind him-----