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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Okay, but it is important that answers are given. I hope an answer will be given in respect of the matter Senator Clifford-Lee raised-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: -----not by the Cathaoirleach but by the powers that be. It is a very sensitive matter. The community acted in a hugely humanitarian way in reaching out. It is important to appeal to the young mother, if she is a young mother, to come forward in order that we can give her the assistance she requires. Thankfully, we have moved away from being a very judgmental, draconian State to one that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Senator Warfield to reflect on his party's relationship with many different regimes around the world-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: -----in which it has engaged.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not take lectures from Senator Warfield on this. We could travel around the world. We could go to South America or parts of Europe. We could name various people.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not quite understand Senator Murnane O'Connor's contribution on Sláintecare. Is she against or for the new hospitals? It is a €5.8 billion proposal from the Government under Sláintecare that is delivering a new health and social care model for the treatment of patients, focusing on the importance of primary care, with additional beds being provided. I would be happy...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I can only do one thing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I can only ask the officials to meet the Senator, which I will gladly do. He will appreciate, however, that I cannot direct them to meet Members of the House.

Seanad: Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad (26 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Creed, is taking parliamentary questions in the Lower House. I have just received a communication asking us to suspend for ten minutes because the Minister is running late. As such and notwithstanding the Order of Business, I propose that No. 1 be taken ten minutes later than agreed. I apologise to the House for this.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to adjourn no later than 2.30 p.m., if not previously concluded, with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes; No. 80, motion 9, to be taken at 2.30 p.m....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I cannot hear the Senator.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Gavan is wrong.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought Senator Mullen was against extinguishing life. I thank the 16 Members who made contributions to the Order of Business. Senator Ardagh raised the very important issue of Dolphin Park. I hope there can be facilitation of access for both GAA clubs to the pitches and I echo the Senator's call that an t-Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael should perhaps get involved or that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Níl a fhios agam fós. Is dóigh liom go mbeidh a lán comhrá mar gheall ar rudaí eile. Níl a fhios agam fós. B'fhéidir go mbeidh cúpla duine ag dul go dtí áiteanna eile.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Beidh daoine ag dul go dtí an tsíbín. Senators Ó Céidigh and Colm Burke raised the issue of the banks tightening lending. As Senator Colm Burke indicated, there now seem to be more deposits than loans. That is a matter of concern.. We are double the European average in this regard. I suppose it is a legacy of the past, when the banks gave out too much money. Now...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It does not happen to me, I assure the Cathaoirleach. He must be doing very well for himself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: We will not go down that road now. Senator Conway-Walsh raised the issue of broadband. It is in keeping with the narrative from Sinn Féin that it never wants to tell good news. It really wants to divide and conquer and instil in people this narrative that the world is going to end or that things are not going well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Correct. Let me inform the House that 1.73 million people have access to broadband, which represents an increase of 2.2%, and 1.43 million, or 87.4% of those, have access to fixed broadband. We are all conscious of the fact that there is a group of people who have poor broadband or no broadband at all. Under the national broadband plan, the Government is committed to delivering broadband,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not familiar with that but what I will say is-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a bit like boycotting the Eurovision. I am a little worried in this case that one would hinder the work being done in the FAI. However, I think the overarching point being made by Senators Craughwell and Ó Ríordáin is one we all support, that is, that proper answers need to be given to questions that have been asked in the public domain. The committee will have its...