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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005, back from committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion re address to the House of the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, on 8 November 2018, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; No. 3, statements on accessibility issues...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator say 100,000 people were on hospital trolleys?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is unfair.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Does the Senator support him?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Did the Senator support him?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Who did the Senator vote for?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fíor-fháilte roimh gach duine ar ais. In welcoming everyone back, I join Senators in congratulating an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn on his election. Fuair sé vóta an-láidir. Gabhaim mo chomhghairdeas leis agus tá mandate agus údarás láidir aige don dara téarma. In congratulating President Michael D. Higgins,...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Indeed, the Seanad Public Consultation committee held a debate on mental health services, chaired by the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not get into that debate now.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Kelleher raised the issue of the ongoing deprivation of rights of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, community in Tanzania. All of us in this House would join Senator Kelleher in condemning the activities of the governor of Dar es Salaam in effectively rounding up members of the LGBT community and incarcerating them. The Government must do more than write...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is timely and overdue, in particular the licensing scheme and the vetting. We need to have-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is refreshing to see that Members of the Seanad are supporting the Minister instead of condemning him which has been the practice up to now.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, if Senator Gallagher looks at the Minister's record he has been a very regular and willing visitor to the Seanad for debates. Senator Craughwell raised the issue of Mr. Tony O'Brien and the remarks he made at the weekend. I was disappointed, having worked with Senator Craughwell and Mr. O'Brien, to see his remarks in the newspapers. To be fair, the Department of Health is a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has a very fine record in the Department of Health, and has been a very-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has a very fine record in the Department of Health, not least his legislative achievements and his willingness to embrace change. The Government has made a serious commitment to the implementation of Sláintecare in the budget. One of the mistakes made in the health system was that the old health boards were got rid of. We now have no political accountability, and I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----are a waste of time. There is no open and transparent accountability for officials. I mean that in a respectful way. Mr. O'Brien is correct in that the language and behaviour of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, whether in the Joint Committee on Health, the Dáil Chamber or in the Committee of Public Accounts should be respectful and probing rather than sinking to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not even Senator Craughwell's Machiavellian mind could make that leap.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have read many of the Senator's theories on Twitter and this is the best one he has come up with yet. I have to give him credit for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Hopkins made an important point about the state of preparedness of the winter service plan. The HSE should act with a sense of urgency in order to have that plan ready and to outline it as soon as possible. There are added pressures, but she has made an important point and made it well. Senator Gavan raised the issue of the poppy and the whole issue of commemoration. Rather than...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: This issue was debated on the Order of Business before the mid-term break by a number of Senators, including Senator Bacik. The killing of Mr. Khashoggi is to be condemned forthrightly and there can be no equivocation about it. One cannot put a price on upholding human rights and that applies to everybody in all parts of the world. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney,...