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Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Curaim fáilte roimh an Aire Stáit. It is always dangerous when one comes in at the end of the debate, especially when one follows in the footsteps of Senator O'Reilly, who is very eloquent. The debate so far has been particularly insightful. I welcome this debate on the future of our post office network. What we should be talking about is the future of that network as our world...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Some post offices are not viable and could never be kept open but hopefully some will be kept open following the appeals process. As Senator O'Reilly said, that process should be open and transparent. Senator Mac Lochlainn was also right about the gargantuan hypocrisy of the people on the benches opposite. I know that some of us swear by Kickham's maxim about having pride in the local...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Under its watch, there were 700 post offices closed - dúnta, locked up, the keys thrown away. Sometimes one does not like to hear the truth.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I certainly hope to join the Minister, Deputy Coveney, in the Dáil to form part of the next Fine Gael-led Government.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: He is doing an excellent job as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade. The debate tonight is about our post office network. The Minister has engaged and reached out. With the Kerr report and the various reforms introduced by Mr. McRedmond, An Post is in a better place today in terms of staff, mail centres, volume of business and profit. It is not all about profit and it...

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Repeat the last paragraph.

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: What did Senator Leyden do?

Seanad: Post Office Closures: Motion (19 Sep 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Leyden said it with sincerity. It was 193 in one year.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Tuesday, 17 July, 2018, to be taken without debate on the conclusion of the Order of Business; No. 2, motion regarding teacher training places, back from committee, be taken without debate on the conclusion of No. 1; No. 3, Public Service Superannuation (Age of Retirement) Bill 2018 - Order for...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We never leave the home, we all stay at home.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I wonder who wrote the Constitution.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is a great one for bombardment himself, and it is no harm for the Senator to be checked in the House, for once.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There he goes. I want to thank the 17 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I want to join Senator Ardagh in welcoming our guests to the House and hope they will have a very pleasant visit. Senator Boyhan raised the issue of the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill. I thank the Members of the House for their 26 hours of participation on Committee Stage....

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is probably the same foreign stations butting in. They were doing it all week. We had 26 hours of debate on Committee Stage.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Provided the Opposition parties keep us here and do not go to the country, we will still be able to debate it.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Members. It is not my intention to bring the Bill back next week, to be fair to Members. We have other business we need to get finished before the recess. In terms of the water referendum, I do not have any policy announcement to make to Senator Boyhan. The Government did publish the Water Services Policy Statement 2018-2025. What the Minister has said about the referendum is...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Some, not all. I am glad to see responsibility is on this side of the House where we were responsible, including Senator Humphreys's party, about Irish Water. We should reflect upon that when we come to the autumn. We will have a water shortage and we will see the consequences of the drought we have now. The consequences are a failure to invest over decades. Someone has to pay. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Very simple, it is called water polo, or one could do beach volleyball if one wanted as well.

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senators McFadden and Humphreys raised the issue of transport and the need to have the Minister come to the House regarding issues around transport and tourism. I have not got the answer for Senator McFadden regarding the omission or inclusion of the tourism promotion. What is important is that there is an overarching policy and I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (12 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I accept that point.