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

Jerry Buttimer: The CPP represents all Members of the Seanad. As I said, we had a very good discussion at yesterday's meeting of the CPP. The facility about which Senator Craughwell speaks so passionately and which he wants to protect and preserve is not being done away with. The Senator will still be able to call a quorum whenever he so desires. That facility is not being diluted or taken away and so...

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

Jerry Buttimer: That is a different matter. Some day, God forbid other Members of the House will be where Senator McFadden is-----

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

Jerry Buttimer: -----and they will have to, as Senator Wilson did, provide a quorum not for the purpose raised by Senator Craughwell but to have the business of the day commence. The point being made by people on this side of the House is that a quorum should not be just the responsibility of Government, although it is. We are in a minority situation and therefore there is an obligation on all sides of the...

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

Jerry Buttimer: I am not disagreeing with Senator Conway-Wash.

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

Jerry Buttimer: We can come into this House and be critical of people or entities but we need to do so in a manner that is constructive. As Senator Hopkins rightly said, it is important that a strategy is put in place to work with the families on a pathway to services for young people. I reiterate my support in that regard. Senator Nash raised the issue of migrant workers, in particular migrant fisherman....

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

Jerry Buttimer: To be honest, I do not know where to begin.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I want to commend Senator Feighan, who is not here. I recall when Senator Leyden was in government there was a former Independent Deputy named Tom Fox, who was elected on foot of the Roscommon hospital issue, which highlighted the failure of the Fianna Fáil Government of which Senator Leyden was a member to invest in Roscommon hospital. Thankfully, subsequent to that we had the arrival...

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

Jerry Buttimer: As stated by Senator Hopkins the funding for the design process for the Sacred Heart Hospital has been put in place. The HSE has confirmed that construction of the 50 bed residential care unit is expected to commence in late 2020. We should be focused on the overall capital spend. It is important to make the point that no project will be cancelled as a result of the reprofiling around the...

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

Jerry Buttimer: I can say it because-----

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

Jerry Buttimer: I recall the great plan of Charlie McCreevy for decentralisation. Where stands that?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I recall the sale of Eircom. Who did that? It was Mary O'Rourke. Do Members opposite remember the e-voting machines and what the cost was in that regard?

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

Jerry Buttimer: What about PPARS? Who was responsible for that? It was Bertie Ahern and the then Minister for Health, Deputy Micheál Martin.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor forgot about the €40 million overspend in regard to the Mater Hospital plans for the national children's hospital under the watch of Bertie Ahern. I know that Fianna Fáil wants to airbrush him from Fianna Fáil history and I understand why but they should not come in here and lecture us.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil should not be lecturing us.

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

Jerry Buttimer: A Leas-Chathaoirligh, they do not want to hear the good news.

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

Jerry Buttimer: They do not want to hear the good news but they will have to listen to it because it is factual. We now have the largest number of people ever to have worked in the history of our country. When Fianna Fáil left government, the unemployment rate was at 15%.

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

Jerry Buttimer: There were people from Senator Murnane O'Connor's home town, Carlow, on boats and planes emigrating. Shame on Fianna Fáil. They should put up their hands and admit they were wrong.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Look at the way in which the country is being rescued today. We have the greatest number employed today.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I inform Senator Craughwell that under this Government and its predecessor, the minimum wage was increased three times? He should ask himself whether he voted for it?

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

Jerry Buttimer: I have the Senator's texts about consulting on votes.