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Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of information, if I could, as Leader, acknowledge the presence in the Gallery of a former colleague and Deputy, Mrs. Áine Brady. She is very welcome.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There is only one Chair.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators should respect the Chair.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Whatever can be said about Senator Coghlan, he is not aggressive by nature, to be fair to him now.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is not that either.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That does not matter.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not relevant.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It will not.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (12 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, it is important that we have a certain amount of decorum in the House. I made the point last night that I understand there is a certain amount of filibustering going on by some Members, not by all. The House has an obligation, and it behoves us that when we make our deliberations we do so on the relevant section and amendment. I have great respect for Senator Norris...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fáilte roimh na daoine ó chlann Spain, go mórmhór Jean Spain, ata i láthair don lá an-tábhachtach céiliúrtha seo. As Senator Norris said, it is extraordinary that we actually excluded women and that they were precluded from voting. We celebrate this very important day with our colleagues. I genuinely and wholeheartedly commend all of our...

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a wonderful moment in history, as Senator Higgins said. Despite the intemperate remarks of Senator Leyden, we remember-----

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We remember-----

Seanad: Centenary of 1918 General Election and Irish Women’s Right to Vote: Motion (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We remember all of the women who contributed throughout history. In my own case, I remember the late Ms Eileen Desmond of the Labour Party, who was the first woman Member elected from Cork to be a Minister. We also remember people such as Ms Nuala Fennell who was appointed, if Members can remember, as the Minister of State with responsibility for women's affairs and family law. People are...

Seanad: Expressions of Sympathy (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We do not have an Order of Business this morning, but before we begin the next item of business I ask that we stand to remember Mr. Tony Groves, the brother of the Clerk of the Seanad. Mr. Groves passed away and is being interred today. I send the sympathies of all of the Members of the Seanad to Mr. Martin Groves and his family. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I concur with the Minister. I have not spoken on the Bill at any Stage up to now. I was involved with the Acting Chairman, Senator Noone, and other Members in the work of the health committee dealing with the legislation on the protection of life during pregnancy. For us, it is now important to reflect on what the Minister said given what the amendment could bring about. I genuinely...

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Bhí mé ag breathnú air.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: When the Bill is passed.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Now.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (13 Dec 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Mar fhocal scoir, bronnaim mo fhíorbhuíochas agus mo chomhghairdeas ar an Aire agus a fhoireann as ucht an Bhille seo a ritheadh san Oireachtas. Is lá an-stairiúil agus an-tábhachtach é seo. I congratulate the Minister on his leadership and courage. I acknowledge on my own behalf and as Leader of the House the staff who have worked with the Minister in the...