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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Boyhan was discommoded, I apologise to him. I would never discommode Senator Boyhan or any other Member in any shape or form. Senator Boyhan knows that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator, or any other Member, is well able to pick up the telephone and call me, to type an email to me, or to text me. I am very available and I am very flexible when it comes to changing schedules. Members can testify to my ability to reach across the aisle. As the Senator knows quite well, the schedule is indicative and subject to change. Lest there be any confusion and lest people...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will repeat it again because I think it is important-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----to ensure that there will be no ambiguity, that people will not be upset or discommoded, and that people will not be crying or going to the media with reports of this, that or the other thing.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have never spoken off the record to members of the media.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I assure the Senator that I-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have never gone to members of the media to brief-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----them on any Bill or on the schedule of the Seanad. I assure the Senator of that fact quite sincerely on the floor of this House. I have never done that, nor will I do so.If Senator Boyhan reads the article that Senator McDowell-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: You should let me finish instead of interrupting me. I did not mention you.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: You are not chairing the House.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have always done that. I wish other Members would do the same.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Let me say it again. I have never tried to divide the House. If Senator Boyhan was really discommoded, I sincerely apologise to him. I would not want to upset him in any way because I know how sensitive about issues he can be at times.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will never recoil-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: If we do not conclude the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 this week, it is my intention to place it on the schedule as soon as the Minister for Justice and Equality is available.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will repeat again for the benefit of the House-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: No, it is important. I have never briefed any journalist against a Member or on the Bill, other that to answer questions I have been asked about the number of hours of debate. I have only done that to clarify when Members of the House have gone to the media with inaccuracies about the number of hours we have spent on the Bill. Senator Humphreys mentioned breastfeeding, which is a very...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Lawlor made a very important contribution regarding the issuing of licences by the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA. I do not have the answer, but a Commencement matter might be useful in getting a quick response. Senator Gallagher raised the national broadband plan. He failed to recognise that his party in government sold off Eircom and delayed the national strategy by a...
- Seanad: The Future of Europe and the Value of European Union Membership to Ireland: Statements (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I compliment her most sincerely on the tremendous work she has been doing on Brexit, which is important, and also on the way in which she has travelled across Ireland and the rest of Europe forging alliances, building friendships, informing people and having a conversation on the future of Europe. It is refreshing to have a Minister of State...
- Seanad: The Future of Europe and the Value of European Union Membership to Ireland: Statements (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity that they are not here for the debate.
- Seanad: The Future of Europe and the Value of European Union Membership to Ireland: Statements (5 Mar 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I accept that. Those that did so are not here now.