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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Gavan is wrong.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought Senator Mullen was against extinguishing life. I thank the 16 Members who made contributions to the Order of Business. Senator Ardagh raised the very important issue of Dolphin Park. I hope there can be facilitation of access for both GAA clubs to the pitches and I echo the Senator's call that an t-Uachtarán Cumann Lúthchleas Gael should perhaps get involved or that...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Níl a fhios agam fós. Is dóigh liom go mbeidh a lán comhrá mar gheall ar rudaí eile. Níl a fhios agam fós. B'fhéidir go mbeidh cúpla duine ag dul go dtí áiteanna eile.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Beidh daoine ag dul go dtí an tsíbín. Senators Ó Céidigh and Colm Burke raised the issue of the banks tightening lending. As Senator Colm Burke indicated, there now seem to be more deposits than loans. That is a matter of concern.. We are double the European average in this regard. I suppose it is a legacy of the past, when the banks gave out too much money. Now...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It does not happen to me, I assure the Cathaoirleach. He must be doing very well for himself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: We will not go down that road now. Senator Conway-Walsh raised the issue of broadband. It is in keeping with the narrative from Sinn Féin that it never wants to tell good news. It really wants to divide and conquer and instil in people this narrative that the world is going to end or that things are not going well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Correct. Let me inform the House that 1.73 million people have access to broadband, which represents an increase of 2.2%, and 1.43 million, or 87.4% of those, have access to fixed broadband. We are all conscious of the fact that there is a group of people who have poor broadband or no broadband at all. Under the national broadband plan, the Government is committed to delivering broadband,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not familiar with that but what I will say is-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a bit like boycotting the Eurovision. I am a little worried in this case that one would hinder the work being done in the FAI. However, I think the overarching point being made by Senators Craughwell and Ó Ríordáin is one we all support, that is, that proper answers need to be given to questions that have been asked in the public domain. The committee will have its...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: If that is the case, Senator Craughwell is a good man to wag the finger without positing images.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: The Taoiseach has nothing to apologise for.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Anybody who knows Deputy Micheál Martin knows that he is a finger-wagging person. Everything is wrong in his eyes, and he is never wrong about anything. That is a fact of life.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: He never accepted any responsibility when he was in government. He walked away from the Department of Health and Children. That is the reality.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: It is far more important that we do not allow Deputy Martin to become Taoiseach and go back to the days when Fianna Fáil ruined the country. At least under Deputies Leo Varadkar and Enda Kenny-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy Martin's record in government-----

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not being personal at all. The point I am making is that under the Fianna Fáil Government of which Deputy Martin was a member, our country was ruined. I am sure Senator Murnane O'Connor feels a bit like Bobby Ewing. She has woken up from a bad dream. It was not a bad dream, though. It was reality.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I will indeed.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators Colm Burke and Ó Céidigh raised loan deposits in the household sector, currency and deposit assets and loan liabilities. This is an important debate. I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House to discuss it. I know that Senator Burke spoke at UCC last Monday night with Mr. Seamus Coffey. Yet again Senator Gavan failed to mention the good news story when he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Now who is being personal? Senator Gavan failed to recognise that a €2 million 60-bed modular build has commenced. Extra beds have been put in place in the hospital. In addition, we have now seen a design for a block of 96 acute beds.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Again, investment in Limerick-----