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Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Now.

Seanad: Workplace Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Now.

Seanad: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (15 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State and commend my colleagues for their stories and the humanity they have brought to this debate. This is about citizens, family members, neighbours and people. I commend the Minister of State for her work in bringing this Bill through today. I commend the former Minister of State, Jim Daly, for his term in the Oireachtas in the position that the Minister of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for being here and for his commitment. It is refreshing to have a Minister of State coming into a committee and answering questions. I thank him for his work on that. The earliest point of engagement is critical. If it gets to the departure gate, that will lead to mayhem. I ask that this would be given huge consideration. What is the plan to engage with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: In that vein, I mention some of the people whose names are misprinted or misspelled as Gaeilge. We have had a number of issues this morning with people coming to us around this matter. Can Mr. Lowry give clarity and certainty to people around the spelling of their names, including the séimhiú, apostrophe or síneadh fada, that they will not be discommoded in any way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, I got my EU DCC yesterday, which is a huge relief. The Minister of State said in his statement that the EU DCC will hopefully be available on the Covid tracker app next week. Is there an outcome from that which is not desirable? For example, if it is not available next week, what is the import of it not being available? I have a sense from talking to people that in some cases...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Implementation of the EU Digital Covid Certificate: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (14 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister of State might talk to Mr. Wilson and Mr. O'Leary as well so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader that we would facilitate a debate in the House in the autumn on the national sexual health strategy. This is a critically important strategy, especially in the area of HIV, which we have seen an increase in. Acknowledging that there has been much work done in terms of HIV and men’s sexual health, it is important we have debate. Acknowledging the work done around...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: She is not retiring. She has done 40 years of service.

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Casey in his remarks about supports to business. The fundamental point is that if you talk to people who work in hospitality, they will tell you that the summer months are their season of opportunity in terms of employment and being able to buffer against the winter. Senator Casey is right. Notwithstanding that winter is bleak, it is bleak in the hospitality sector because...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (13 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the clarity from the Minister of State. Hopefully, we will not need to be here in June of next year. I am a member of the transport committee and we had an aviation recovery task force. It is time we considered a hospitality sector task force, which would report back. We welcome the increase in people back at work. As the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach said, the scheme has helped...

Seanad: Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State. Senator Mullen's contribution is one that we have a debate on in this House, to address the future of how we will pay. Some live in the land of milk and honey and therein lies part of our difficulty. Others of us live in the land of realism and recognise that we have rightly spent and borrowed billions of euro to support SMEs and workers. I would love to...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: There are a number of issues amalgamating here. One concerns the Office of the Planning Regulator. Has the Land Development Agency engaged with local authorities that currently are compiling their area, county or city development plans? We must learn from the past. We must not replicate the mistakes we made in previous generations. That is why, in section 77(2)(c), reference is made to...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: In the context of the amendment, I understand and agree with the remarks of my colleagues. I do not envisage any of the lands in question being developed. I am thinking of Regional Park Ballincollig and Fitzgerald's Park in Cork. I have a question arising from the amendment about old, disused Garda barracks and Army buildings. Some retired members of our Defence Forces need housing. How...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Senator O'Reilly’s intervention. We should be having a wider debate on Senator Boyhan’s contribution in the context of how we can develop in tandem with the LDA to work in partnership with local authorities, the Army, the Garda or whoever in looking at different models around the development of housing. We should not be afraid to be ambitious and different. If this...

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: It is, in the context of public lands, for the purposes of this Bill.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought I was, in the context of developing housing on public lands.Killarney National Park was mentioned earlier and you did not come in at all.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure you would not like to see public housing or any housing in Killarney National Park.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Exactly. The point Senator Boyhan has made should not be glossed over. We should come back to it however we can because there is merit in his suggestion.

Seanad: Land Development Agency Bill 2021: Committee Stage (12 Jul 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I have huge understanding of where the Senator is coming from on this. It is critical we give local authorities and their members, irrespective of our constituencies or none, a key role in this. A point we should also dwell upon concerns the creation of the offices of the Land Development Agency in Cork, Dublin and Limerick, including how they are populated and their role and remit, in...