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Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Then the Senator chose to ignore me.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: First, I have no jurisdiction to require Ministers to attend for Commencement matters. Second, the Minister was at a Cabinet meeting this morning. He is a good Minister, but he has not perfected the power of bilocation yet. If the Senator had listened to me-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: -----and not chosen to ignore me, she would have heard me say that Ministers should attend the House to take Commencement matters relevant to their portfolios. I agree with the Senator on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is not listening to me.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I believe the Cathaoirleach is-----

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Cathaoirleach's point is that this could be examined as part of the ongoing debate on Seanad reform.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have not finished yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The day's commencement is the wrong place to raise Commencement matters. We should have a part of the day given over to Topical Issues like in the Dáil or we should revert to having Adjournment debates. The issue with the latter is that Ministers do not know when we will finish, so we should have a built-in time for Topical Issues. The commencement of the House should involve the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is on the agenda.

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Feighan on the need to remember those whose lives were lost in the atrocity at Srebrenica. We should always remind ourselves that nation states around the world must be vigilant in upholding people's right to practise different faiths. I commend the Senator on raising the matter and thank him for calling on us to remember those who died. Senator Humphreys mentioned the...

Seanad: Order of Business (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The team has a wonderful record in Europe. Turner's Cross will be a fortress tonight. Senator Mulherin raised the issue of the Cabinet's decision on the patient safety Bill. It is an excellent decision by the Government and I hope that it will overcome the shortcomings that have been identified in the HSE cervical cancer scandal. Senator Butler was right to mention the legacy of our...

Seanad: Reasoned Opinion on a Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council: Motion (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann: (1) notes the agreed Report of the Joint Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport under Standing Order 116 on the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Streamlining Measures for Advancing the Realisation of the Trans-European Transport Network - COM (2018) 277, which was laid before Seanad Éireann on 5 July, 2018, in...

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Only some, the majority want to have progress.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It has not stopped the Senator for the past three or four weeks-----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell should look back on his own contributions. He might make "Reeling in the Years" in time to come but sure if he is in the Áras----

Seanad: Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Committee Stage (Resumed) (10 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Do not worry, Acting Chairman. I am still the Leader. Maidin amárach ar 10.30.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (9 Jul 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I acknowledge that the Cathaoirleach has waived the four-day notice period. Like many Members, Senator Craughwell has attended for nearly four weeks. The dogs on the street know of GRECO at this stage. We have had more discussion about the GRECO report than the GRECO report itself. I am satisfied that we agreed the Order of Business-----