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Seanad: Financial Provisions (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage (16 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate the Minister of State on his appointment and wish him well. This is very important legislation that we should support unequivocally. As Senator Ward stated, it is about putting a value on our SMEs. It is about a stimulus to support employment. It is about supporting people. It is about telling the risk-taker and those who work in a multiplicity of SMEs that they are...

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that agreed? Agreed.

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murphy has five minutes.

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I call Senator Wall who has eight minutes.

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Committee Stage?

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to take Report Stage?

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (9 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: When is it proposed to sit again?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to join with other speakers in complimenting and paying tribute to the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, on the magnitude of his work and to wish him and his family every blessing and good luck in the next period. I ask that the Leader facilitate a report and debate, as requested by other Members, on the aviation recovery task force. I remind Members from counties Clare and...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (7 Jul 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Is mór an onóir dom a bheith tofa mar Leas-Chathaoirleach inniu. Táim ag súil go mór le bheith ag obair leis an gCathaoirleach ar bhonn éifeachtach agus cothrom chun gnó an Tí Uachtaraigh a riaradh go héifeachtach agus go cothrom. Gabhaim fíorbhuíochas leis an Seanadóir Conway a mhol...

Seanad: Election of Cathaoirleach (29 Jun 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCathaoirleach. Ar an gcéad dul síos ba mhaith liom mo chomhghairdeas a ghabháil leis mar Chathaoirleach nuathofa agus lena athair agus mháthair agus lena chlann. Cuirim fáilte roimh gach Seanadóir nua, go mór mór ar an lá iontach, stairiúil seo sa Seanad. As the former Leader of the House who was elected on...

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (29 Jun 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: That Seanad Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30th June, 2020 and ending on 29th June, 2021.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion re Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 181) Regulations 2020, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion re Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2020, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1 without debate; No. 2a, Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19)...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Or at the beginning - whichever you prefer. At the end is fine.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I send our deepest sympathies to the families of the ten people who died. On my behalf and that of the Fine Gael group, I extend our deepest sympathies to Senator Ruane on the death of her grandmother, Maureen Lotsy from Finglas. Death and bereavement is a very difficult time but it is even more so without a hug or ability to say goodbye. The legacy of Senator Ruane's grandmother will live...

Seanad: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 181) Regulations 2020: Motion (27 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Section 181) Regulations 2020, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 25th March, 2020.

Seanad: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2020: Motion (27 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 2) Regulations 2020, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 25th March, 2020.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No.a1 on the Supplementary Order Paper and No. 1 on the Order Paper. No. a1, Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020 - all Stages, is to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business and to conclude after three hours by the putting of one question from the Chair, which shall, in respect of amendments,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the four Members of the House for their contribution to this extraordinary Order of Business. On my own behalf and on behalf of the Government, I thank all members of staff of the Houses of the Oireachtas for facilitating today's sitting and for their presence and work. I acknowledge the gargantuan, supreme efforts of all our public and civil servants, those who work in our shops...

Seanad: An Bille Sláinte (Caomhnú agus Cosaint agus Bearta Éigeandála eile ar mhaithe le Leas an Phobail), 2020: An Dara Céim - Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Second Stage (20 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank everybody for their presence today in the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is an extraordinary day. My father is 83 and was a nurse all his life, and he spoke to me about the polio epidemic in Cork and the outbreak of TB. Today we have our modern, more profound pandemic. Life has changed, perhaps significantly, forever. One thing that has not changed is that in the history of our...

Seanad: Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Bill 2020: Motion for Earlier Signature (20 Mar 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to inform the House that we could be sitting next week. The Dáil is sitting.