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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: It has no sense of how to fix anything or how to solve anything. It does not accept any responsibility-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and it opposes everything. In the context of Senator Ó Donnghaile's contribution, I understand and acknowledge the remarks of the ombudsman, Dr. Maguire. Nobody condones or supports the concealing or withholding of information for whatever reason. I note the report. I am not here as an apologist for anybody but there are two parts to what I am speaking about.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Ó Donnghaile has a one dimensional view of the world and that is his entitlement.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, the Senator does.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have been up there. I will walk with the Senator any day.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will walk with Senator Ó Donnghaile any day.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I will walk with the Senator any day up there.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I have friends of mine, as I have said to Senator Ó Donnghaile previously, and I would be happy to go up there with him any time.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I am a very open person. I was the first Oireachtas health committee Chair to bring the committee to Stormont-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----to have a joint sitting there.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: We welcomed, collectively, in this Chamber, the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Senator Ó Donnghaile's party colleague, who gave a very impressive contribution here. Let me make it clear that I do not come with any dimension other than open-mindedness but Senator Ó Donnghaile's party has a one-dimensional view. I will challenge Senator Ó Donnghaile on this. The Senator's own party...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is either for-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: One cannot be all things to all people. One cannot interfere in a political process which is independent and transparent to appoint a new PSNI Chief Constable. Senator Ó Donnghaile has his own party members on the policing board who are quite capable of appointing someone. I would make that point. Senator Ardagh is well within her remit to come into this Chamber today and make her...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: All of us-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: All of us-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: All of us-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----want to achieve, despite the rhetoric of some, the continuation of reconciliation on our island. There are victims on all sides of the political debate and divide who are looking for justice-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and truth. That applies north of our island - orange, green or white-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and, in fact, down South. There are members of An Garda Síochána and the Defence Forces who were killed and whose families are grieving today and who require answers. Senator Ardagh raised the issue of the INIS. As the Senator rightly said, there was a significant issue around the system put in place. The re-entry visa system has change and will again change in 2019. The...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)
Jerry Buttimer: I ask Senators to reflect and replay the proceedings here and look at some of the interaction, the filibustering and childish behaviour-----