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Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Who did the Senator vote for?

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fíor-fháilte roimh gach duine ar ais. In welcoming everyone back, I join Senators in congratulating an tUachtarán Micheál D. Ó hUigínn on his election. Fuair sé vóta an-láidir. Gabhaim mo chomhghairdeas leis agus tá mandate agus údarás láidir aige don dara téarma. In congratulating President Michael D. Higgins,...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Indeed, the Seanad Public Consultation committee held a debate on mental health services, chaired by the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not get into that debate now.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Kelleher raised the issue of the ongoing deprivation of rights of members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, community in Tanzania. All of us in this House would join Senator Kelleher in condemning the activities of the governor of Dar es Salaam in effectively rounding up members of the LGBT community and incarcerating them. The Government must do more than write...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is timely and overdue, in particular the licensing scheme and the vetting. We need to have-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is refreshing to see that Members of the Seanad are supporting the Minister instead of condemning him which has been the practice up to now.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: To be fair, if Senator Gallagher looks at the Minister's record he has been a very regular and willing visitor to the Seanad for debates. Senator Craughwell raised the issue of Mr. Tony O'Brien and the remarks he made at the weekend. I was disappointed, having worked with Senator Craughwell and Mr. O'Brien, to see his remarks in the newspapers. To be fair, the Department of Health is a very...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, has a very fine record in the Department of Health, and has been a very-----

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Minister has a very fine record in the Department of Health, not least his legislative achievements and his willingness to embrace change. The Government has made a serious commitment to the implementation of Sláintecare in the budget. One of the mistakes made in the health system was that the old health boards were got rid of. We now have no political accountability, and I have...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----are a waste of time. There is no open and transparent accountability for officials. I mean that in a respectful way. Mr. O'Brien is correct in that the language and behaviour of Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, whether in the Joint Committee on Health, the Dáil Chamber or in the Committee of Public Accounts should be respectful and probing rather than sinking to the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not even Senator Craughwell's Machiavellian mind could make that leap.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have read many of the Senator's theories on Twitter and this is the best one he has come up with yet. I have to give him credit for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Hopkins made an important point about the state of preparedness of the winter service plan. The HSE should act with a sense of urgency in order to have that plan ready and to outline it as soon as possible. There are added pressures, but she has made an important point and made it well. Senator Gavan raised the issue of the poppy and the whole issue of commemoration. Rather than...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: This issue was debated on the Order of Business before the mid-term break by a number of Senators, including Senator Bacik. The killing of Mr. Khashoggi is to be condemned forthrightly and there can be no equivocation about it. One cannot put a price on upholding human rights and that applies to everybody in all parts of the world. The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney,...

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005: Motion (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Physical Therapist) Regulations 2018,copies of which have been laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 1st June, 2018.

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Lord Mayor of Belfast: Motion (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that, in accordance with Standing Order 57(2) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Councillor Deirdre Hargey, be invited to address Seanad Éireann on Thursday, 8th November, 2018 and, unless otherwise ordered, the following arrangements...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Cuirim fíor-fáilte roimh an Tánaiste. I thank the Tánaiste for being here this evening, for making himself available to the Seanad so regularly and for his address to the House this evening. Senator Feighan referred to the suggestion we have heard from Senators McDowell and Marshall that the world we live in today is volatile and deeply divided. We are at a crossing...

Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Statements (6 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on agriculture, to be taken at 1.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 3.15 p.m., with the contributions of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes, and the Minister to be given not less than five minutes to reply to the debate; No. 2, Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 –...