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Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is incorrect. Some of us who have worked on direct provision, both in this House and the other House, have been working hard with the Minister of State, Deputy Stanton. More than 140 of the recommendations of the McMahon report have been accepted and worked on. I fully concur with Senator Warfield and I also agree with Senator Gavan. We need to move people out of direct provision...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not asking for an adversarial debate because my record, as I think Senator Gavan will agree, is one of promoting and upholding human rights, as is his own.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators Hopkins and Gallagher raised the issue of IDA Ireland visits. I remind both Members that last year the number of jobs created by IDA Ireland increased by 5% in the west and 4% in the Border region. That is to be welcomed. Senator Gallagher will also welcome that Monaghan is the county with the lowest level of youth unemployment in the country.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I know the Senator does not want to hear good news. It is anathema to him. However, he might do me the courtesy of listening.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator will not do me that courtesy, he should do IDA Ireland the courtesy of listening to the facts. First, in 2017, there were 11,169 IDA Ireland jobs in the Border region, which is a 4% increase. That is a fact, not fiction. Second, Monaghan is the county with the lowest level of youth employment in the country. That is also a fact, not fiction.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Senators do not want to have the facts, that is fine and we will not have a debate. They should not, however, come in here criticising when our country has the lowest number of people unemployed ever. We are at full employment.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I would remind the Senator to go back to Charlie McCreevy's - what was it called? - decentralisation. That worked out well for them, all right.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Ned O'Sullivan on one point about Brexit. There is no such thing as a good Brexit; he is 100% right on that. It will have ramifications and repercussions for us as a country, for our relationship with Europe and for our relationship with the UK. We must certainly work to overcome that. Senator Humphreys raised the issue of the licence fee and I will be happy to have...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal. It is Hungary. As a member of the EPP, as a Christian Democrat and a Social Democrat, I say there can be no condoning of the mistreatment of people and the denial of human rights. Senator Dolan also made reference to the issue. There is no toleration of the mistreatment of people on this side of the House, ever. The issue of people with disabilities referenced by...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Senator could go back and look at Venezuela and Colombia and his own party's relationships with people in those parts of the world, if he wants to go down that road. I do not choose to go down that road.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Let us have that debate if they want.

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have given my reply to Senator Gavan as a Christian Democrat. That is what I believe in. That kind of behaviour has no place in a democracy. Regarding the work Senator Dolan is doing on disability, I point out to Senator Murnane O'Connor that it is not just Government work but work on his own behalf, to be fair to him. From long before he came into this House, he has been a very strong...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor might be best placed to put down a Commencement Matter to the Minister. I do not have the answer to that. If she has any particular issue, I suggest she raise it with the Minister or else raise it as a Commencement Matter. With regard to Senator Davitt, rather than again provoke the ire of Fianna Fáil, I note that Garda resources have been increased, Garda...

Seanad: Tribunals of Inquiry: Motion (14 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: noting the publication of the third interim report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into protected disclosures made under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and certain other matters; bearing in mind the modular approach to be adopted for the inquiry so that the work of the Tribunal could be continued and concluded, namely, as the second module, the matter at...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not Senator Boyhan but Senator Buttimer.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am slagging. I welcome our cuairteoirí. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis an Seanadóir Ó Céidigh agus a chairde as an bhfhochoiste seo a shocrú inniu. At this very important sub-committee we are focusing on the lifeblood of the economy. In preparation for the event I took notice of the report, The Future of Business in Ireland: A conversation with SMEs,...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a pity the Senator does not listen a little more. Part of what we must do is not talk ourselves down but talk ourselves up. There was nothing but positivity in the four contributions made on the far side of the Chamber.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is important. If one looks at IDA Ireland client companies, they account for a figure of 5.1%, or 210,000 people in employment. We are near to full employment, but if one closed one's eyes and listened to some of those in this Chamber, one would swear that there was nobody working.

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to be very positive because last year the majority of jobs created were outside Dublin. We all accept that we must create a balance. In the context of small and medium-sized enterprises - this cannot be done in Mr. Parlon's sector - and working remotely, we hear talk about improving quality of life. As an economy, how much can we do in support of that objective? For start-up...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Discussion (13 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that we suspend proceedings until 4.15 p.m.