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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What the Government has done in the budget is place a 1% VRT surcharge on new and imported diesel cars, invest €30 million in supports for electric vehicles and extended tax reliefs for hybrid and electric cars. This year, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, who is criticised in this House almost weekly, will spend more than €780 million on public...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----which will link us what is envisaged by the Climate Change Advisory Council, a matter to which Senator Humphreys referred. Under Project Ireland 2040, €22 billion will be invested to tackle the issue of climate action. This is in addition to the €8.6 billion being put in place for climate sustainability in terms of mobility. What does this mean in simple terms? It means...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and that peat will no longer be used by 2030. We are investing in renewable heating and deep retrofitting of public buildings and homes. We have already put in place schemes and supports aimed at creating that model of delivery in housing. I accept that we have a journey to travel, but it requires partnership not an adversarial approach or point scoring. I ask the Senator to cast his...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Tá súil agam go ngabhfaidh an Seanadóir Murnane O'Connor mo leithscéal. Can I just make the point-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I do apologise. I did not mean to forget the Senator; how could I have?

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The issue in respect of Brandon Bolger is absolutely inexcusable. The Senator cannot blame the Government for an appointment being cancelled. That is a matter for the hospital, the physician, the oncologist or whatever facility the young boy is attending. As somebody who is deeply aware of the effects of cancer, I know it is important that the young boy in question should receive timely...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----then an assurance needs to be given that it will not happen again. However, as the Senator knows, sometimes procedures and appointments are cancelled for a variety of reasons. It is not always because of issues relating to funding, staffing or resourcing. It is upsetting to the young boy and his family that it has been cancelled more than once.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It should not happen.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It should not happen. Nobody on this side of the House - or anybody else - would condone the cancellation of an appointment but it is important to recognise that €17 billion is being invested in the health budget, the highest amount ever.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is my point. The Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018 will be debated in the House later. The HSE was created by the Senator's party leader when he was Minister for Health and Children. He created this mammoth institution.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is very good at giving it out, but she will not listen.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy to conclude on that.

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and commend him on the budgetary achievement yesterday. To be fair, it is a significant health budget. If I am honest, notwithstanding the good work of the Minister, and Ministers of State, Deputies Jim Daly and Catherine Byrne, I have never been as disillusioned about the governance of our health system. I say that as a former chairman of the health committee and as...

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, it is. I support-----

Seanad: Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2018: Second Stage (10 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leas-Chathaoirleach is a businessman. We have €17 billion in funding for the Department of Health. For the second year in a row, the Department has received its highest allocation ever. What will happen? I will conclude on this matter because it is important. Senator Lawlor referred to respite care and home helps. If we want a health system that delivers for people, it has to...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. a1, motion regarding the ninth report of the Committee of Selection, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 1, motion regarding the Technological Universities Act 2018 (Section 36) (Appointed Day) Order 2018, back from committee, to be taken on the conclusion of No. a1 without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the Competition Act 2002 (Section...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 11 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I join with all Members who have expressed their words of sympathy on the death of the late Emma Mhic Mhathúna. Senator Conway-Walsh is correct: the legacy she leaves should be such that this never happens again. Irrespective of where we are from or who we are, we are all appalled by the tragedy that...

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important to recognise that the Minister has committed Ireland to join the Paris collaborative on green budgeting. He has ensured that in the national development plan, €1 in every €5 in Exchequer investment will be devoted to climate change measures. Senator Humphreys raised the issue of Moneypoint. It is this Government that is ending the grid's dependency on Moneypoint.

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator was a Minister of State in a Government so he knows quite well-----

Seanad: Order of Business (9 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a great sign of a budget when the main Opposition party can come in and all it can talk about is 2025. The Government is committed-----