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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Is Senator Horkan proposing an amendment to the Order of Business? I am unsure.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 16 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I join with Senators Marshall and Mullen in paying tribute to the men and women who went out yesterday and worked tirelessly to ensure that there were safe roads, safe power supplies and who were first responders. I offer my sympathies and those of the House to the bereaved families of those tragically...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator for agreeing to that. It is important to have the report debated in this House and I will endeavour to have that next Tuesday evening. The issue of transport was raised this morning by a number of Senators. Senators Horkan, Humphreys and Reilly raised the BusConnects consultation, which was also raised yesterday by their colleagues Senators Ardagh and Clifford-Lee. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, absolutely, the NTA as well. I made that point yesterday. We have a situation in my native city of Cork around the M28 where, had the NTA and the local authority engaged in a meaningful way, I believe there would not have been half the confusion that arose. It is important that people engage. In my case, I am ware that Councillor Emer Higgins, Deputies Rock and Brophy and Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Or gather dust.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It shall return, exactly. Whether it will be on the third day or the last day, I am not sure. The image of the knots on the cover of the Senator's book reflects how we should join together as a country to have that conversation about end-of-life care. Yesterday we had an important debate on post offices and the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment was honest in his...

Seanad: Project 2040 and Transport Matters: Statements (20 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy Ross, and his officials to the House. In his speech, the Minister spoke about linking people and places. It is not just desirable, it is essential. That is why the overarching philosophy of the Minister to link people and places is one we must continue to develop. Project Ireland 2040 is the platform that will not only allow Government, at both national and...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Children's Health Bill 2018 - Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and to be adjourned no later than 6 p.m., if not previously concluded; No. 71, motion 14, regarding post offices, to be taken at 6 p.m., with the time allocated to this debate not to exceed two hours; and No. 3, Mental Health (Renewal Orders) Bill 2018 - All Stages, to be...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil had a good few of them. Will we name the people in the Senator's party who ran under the licence fee?

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We could start with "Trom agus Éadrom" and go on from there.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator has a very short memory.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I know Fianna Fáil had The Irish Pressfor long enough and it controlled RTÉ for long enough. Do not bring us back to the dark ages of the holy lady at the crossroads, please.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I impressed him a long time ago, as he impressed me.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 16 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I dtús báire, ar mo shon féin, cuirim fíorfháilte ar ais roimh gach duine, go mórmhór roimh fhoireann Teach Laighean agus roimh an gCathaoirleach. I welcome everybody back to the very busy autumn term and hope we have a very successful and co-operative session. We have...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil is now travelling the road of promising all things to all people and if that is the way it wants to behave then let us go to the country and have an election.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I know that Senator Ned O'Sullivan is getting ready to hit the road himself and I know that he was very close to the leader of Fianna Fáil, Deputy Micheál Martin, when they gathered in Malahide. I worked well with the Senator on the Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, however. Let us put things in context. If we want to have a real political debate then let us...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I remind members of Fianna Fáil that we have had a number of debates in this House on the Defence Forces and we will have them again. Senators McFadden, Craughwell and Wilson also have raised these matters here on the Order of Business. I ask Senator Murnane O'Connor to put things in context. The public sector pay agreement from 2018 to 2020 provides for further increases in pay...