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Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator did mention the Presidency.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, if that was the case the Senator should also have commended the Uachtarán on taking a pay cut at the beginning of his term in office.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not going to discuss the Presidency.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Could I remind Senator Craughwell that this Government and the last Government have been unwinding the financial emergency measures in the public interest, FEMPI?

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should let me finish. If he wants to have a debate let us hear all the facts. This Government and the last Government have been unwinding the cuts imposed. Pay restoration is happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Pay restoration is happening. I did not see or hear Senator Craughwell come into the House today or any day and welcome the fact that he and many other public servants have received a pay increase, and will receive further pay increases of between 6.2% and 6.4%, since we started the process of unwinding FEMPI. It would behove the Senator more to recognise that by 2021 or 2022, FEMPI will be...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept and have always spoken, as one who has been a public servant all my life, of the importance of the public sector, of the massive imposition that men and women who work in the public service had to endure in the turbulent times of the economy being wrecked by the Fianna Fáil Party-----

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If I may finish – I did not interrupt the Senator at all – there was a top-up given to some ministerial advisers, in some cases signed off by the then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, and a second by the present Minister, Deputy Donohoe. There are cases made. I have always made the point, and am on record as saying, that there should never have been a...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have always made that point and I do not recoil from that. It is, however, a bit unfair of Senator Craughwell to come in here and castigate Government when he fails to recognise that FEMPI is being unwound and pay restoration is happening.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator can "come on" all he wants to. That is the reality.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is the reality.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach ruled on Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell’s point. The only contribution I will make is to side with the Cathaoirleach in that the language we use in this Chamber in particular should always be parliamentary and such that we should not be afraid to use it outside here. I concur with the Cathaoirleach in that. Senator Warfield raised a very important matter. I did not...

Seanad: Competition Act 2002 Order: Motion (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Order: Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018, copies of which have been laid before Seanad Éireann on 3rd October, 2018.”

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Update on Rebuilding Ireland: Statements (18 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Markets in Financial Instruments Bill 2018 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 4.45 p.m.; No. 2, Greyhound Racing Bill 2018 – Committee Stage, to be taken at 5 p.m. or at the conclusion of No. 1, whichever is the later, and adjourned at 6.30 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 3, statements on the Disclosures Tribunal report, to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 11 Members for their contributions to the Order of Business. I agree with Senator Ardagh that we all need to take time to become familiar with the issue of the epidermolysis bullosa awareness week and the impact that it has on children. The Senator beautifully described them as butterfly children. We should all join with her in her advocacy and ensure that there is a pathway of...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I think the Senator will recognise that the Minister of State is proactive, is attempting to redress the cuts of the past decade and is trying to restore the pay and conditions of the Defence Forces.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Minister of State had his head buried in the sand, we would not have had the White Paper or the evolutionary change we see in the Defence Forces. He is well aware of the needs of members of the Defence Forces, as we all are from our constituencies. We are very fortunate and we should commend the men and women of our Defence Forces on the extraordinary work they do both at home and...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Devine raised job losses in Dundalk, which are most disappointing and distressing for the families and the workers involved. Senator Nash also raised this as a Commencement matter with the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan. The Government's concern is for the workers directly affected by the announcement at this very difficult time for them and their families. Many of us have seen...