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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Library Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for attending. I raise the need for the provision of a public library in Mahon and Blackrock in Cork city, the only area in the southside of the city without a library service. In light of the city's expansion, there is a need to open a library.The mobile library service has been discontinued. The library offers huge potential to the residents, both young and older, in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Library Services Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister for his reply and welcome his support for the proposed library. It is important that, from today, Cork City Council expedite its plans for the provision of a local library in the Blackrock and Mahon area. To be fair to the Minister, he outlined a number of sites that are suitable for the provision of a library service in the area. I call on Cork City Council to submit...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 - Committee Stage (resumed), to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to adjourn at 7 p.m.; and No. 2, Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019, Order for Second Stage and Second Stage, to be taken at 7 p.m., with the contributions of spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 19 Senators who contributed on the Order of Business. I join with all Members in offering my sympathies to the family of the late Manus Kelly on his tragic death at the weekend. The story we read about and saw on the news last Sunday evening was distressing and harrowing. As Senators Gallagher, Wilson and Horkan eloquently said, the news was received just before the Ulster...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure the Senator has the capacity to write to the Minister himself and he can put a Commencement matter down on the topic as well as a matter-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I have given the Senator the answer. Senator Ó Céidigh raised a number of important points and I should have included him in my remarks about Irish Water. Bhí an ceart aige mar gheall ar chúrsaí uisce. Tagraím don FAI agus an tuarascáil a d'fhoilsíodh. It is an interesting report on corporate governance and it is important that we restore confidence...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Fake news.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Fake news.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator silenced?

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (25 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Flanagan, and thank him yet again for another piece of positive and progressive legislation in terms of redress. As Senator Kelleher said, all of us as legislators have only one obligation, which is to ensure that the women receive redress. I know the Minister has been very much to the fore in finding a pathway forward. Tonight's debate is again an indication...

Seanad: Election of Acting Chairman (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that Senator Horkan act as Chair.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Judicial Council Bill 2017 - Report and Final Stages to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not think so.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: We might keep the Acting Chairman in position because he is certainly fast-tracking the Order of Business. I thank the eight Members who contributed. I join Senator Ó Donnghaile in sending best wishes to Fr. Des Wilson who is celebrating 70 years in the priesthood. He is renowned as a champion of the people, particularly in the context of education. Fr. Paddy McCafferty spoke at his...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, Ireland's Hidden Heartland, with Athlone in the middle.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It is. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Griffin, has been very strong in promoting Ireland. The briefings that were held yesterday were very important. I join Senator Kelleher in welcoming today as World Refugee Day. All Members should send a message about Ireland being an island of welcome and a place of sanctuary. I do not have an answer...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I will make representations to the Minister on behalf of the Senator.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, I will do that. I will talk to him. In response to Senator Conway-Walsh, I know that the Sinn Féin party is in a period of transition. Its members are modifying their language. They want to be warm, woolly and fuzzy but are they really-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Is Senator Conway-Walsh telling farmers that we should reject the €50 million from Brussels and should not take the money? Is that what she is saying to us?