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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: -----there is only a certain amount of money the State can provide. To be fair, any sensible and thoughtful person would recognise that we need to have money coming into the coffers of the Exchequer to pay for the services, hospitals and gardaí that Senators come in here every day to speak about.Let us be fair. Fianna Fáil cannot be all things to all people. Look where that got...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Lawless made a good contribution regarding the amendment to the licensing of gaming legislation. We will have that discussion again, as this issue needs a great deal of debate. I hope that, through the Bill, we can get people's attention. This is a current topic. Whether in the form of loot boxes, online gambling or gaming arcades, it has become a blight on our society. On behalf...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: We congratulate him on that. Senators Gallagher and Norris raised the important matter of school secretaries. The education committee is debating the issue today. Fórsa is running a good campaign on the role of school secretaries. A regularisation of their position is necessary. That some schools can do A, B and C while others can do X, Y and Z is anomalous and must change. The job...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, in that regard. Senator Paddy Burke referred to Dublin Port Company's decision to reduce the number of cruise liners coming to Dublin. This is a regressive move and I ask the company to revisit its decision. The cruise liner industry is both lucrative and an important means of attracting people to Dublin, Cobh and, perhaps, Belfast. I...

Seanad: Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019: Motion (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft: Electoral (Supplement to the Register of Electors) Regulations 2019, a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 27th March, 2019.

Seanad: Position of the UK and Ireland in Respect of Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: Referral to Joint Committee (9 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the proposals that Seanad Éireann approves: (a) the exercise by the State of the option or discretion under Protocol No. 21 on the position of the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to accept the following measure, insofar as the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on transport matters, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude no later than 2.15 p.m., with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given no less than seven minutes to reply to the debate; and No. 2, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 -...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Shock, horror.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator cannot exactly speak on the matter, after what the Labour Party did.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Ní cigire mé, a Chathaoirligh - múinteoir scoile, b'fhéidir. I dtús báire, bronnaim mo bhuíochas ar gach Ball a ghlac páirt san Ord Gnó. I thank the 15 Members of the House who contributed to the Order of Business today. Senator Ardagh raised a very important issue in the context of the Irish Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism, in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I was not apologising at all.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: We were not hilarious. What is hilarious is the tying up of the matter.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I have been in contact with the Minister's office and been informed that he is prepared to extend his contribution on transport by 30 minutes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Indeed. I thank the Senator for the clarification. I was looking at my notes, which contain a suggestion the Minister is wont to making lengthy contributions.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister is prepared to extend the time allocated for statements on transport by 30 minutes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Deputy referring to the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill or the Judicial Council Bill?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure he can work it out with the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Flanagan. Perhaps they might dovetail-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: There are many people who never before had such knowledge of the Judicial Appointments Bill. The point the Cathaoirleach has made about BusConnects is very important, as Senator Devine said. When the chairperson of the NTA, Ms Anne Graham, appeared before an Oireachtas committee this morning, she said more than 30,000 submissions had been made on the plan. Work on revisions to the proposed...