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- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister.
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: No, I am sorry Senator-----
- Seanad: Tourism: Statements (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I am sorry Senator. The House agreed its business. I apologise to Members but we have a certain allocation of time. The Minister has only so much time available. Under the current restrictions we must vacate the Chamber to have it cleansed. I apologise to Members but to be fair the Minister has given a commitment to come back to people if their queries were not answered. I am sure the...
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Next is Senator Martin. Is he sharing time with Senator Pauline O'Reilly?
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Government amendment No. 2: In page 33, between lines 21 and 22, to insert the following: “(c) a reference to a person being required to produce a document to a designated body shall be construed as a reference to the person being required to send by post, transmit by electronic means or otherwise deliver the document to the designated body;”.
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Government amendment No. 3: In page 34, to delete line 9 and substitute the following: “ “hearing” includes a part of a hearing and the hearing of an appeal or part of an appeal;”.
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Fifth Stage?
- Seanad: Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (28 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I believe the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Foley, should come to the House next week. Notwithstanding the difficult job the Leader has, there is merit in the comments of Senator Higgins this morning regarding all Stages of Bills. It is important for us to have our own autonomy here. In advance of the schools and our educational establishments reopening in September, we should...
- Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Troy, to the House and congratulate him on his appointment.
- Seanad: Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to the House. I congratulate him on his appointment and wish him every success in his tenure. The floor is his.
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Thank you, Minister, and I again wish you well in your tenure in office. Senator Clifford-Lee has eight minutes.
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House and commend him on his elevation to Cabinet. He is no longer the Joe Brolly of Irish politics; he is now the manager. The punditry is over and I wish him every success. As a former chairman of the Joint Committee on Health and Children, I assure him that the playing field is one he will be well able for. I am struck by the revisionist comments made by...
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Second Stage (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I say that because scaffolds need to be put in place to support our health system and I do not know that we can do it from here. I know the Dáil and the Seanad are the people's assembly but as a former member of the Constitutional Convention, I ask the Minister to consider taking a citizens' assembly approach to universal healthcare because we need more GPs. Senator Kyne referenced the...
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I raised this issue when the Minister was Opposition spokesperson on health. The reform of the HSE is going to be critical to his term as a Minister. Mr. Paul Reid brought a certain dynamism to the role. In the Minister's reply to us, he spoke about the challenges we face in a post-Covid world in terms of access to outpatients and elective treatment. This where a constitutional convention...
- Seanad: Health (General Practitioner Service and Alteration of Criteria for Eligibility) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Jul 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: On section 6, Senator Conway made a very telling contribution in his Second Stage speech about what the medical card confers on recipients. We need to do a further piece of work on the packages we can bring with that. I hope that in a further debate on health we may be able to embrace what Senator Conway spoke about in terms of the medical card. It is that passport. The Minister spoke...