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Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in Deanrock estate with the Department to construct more than 60 social houses. Go over Tramore road to Sheridan Park and one will find people living in new houses provided under Rebuilding Ireland. If we were to listen to some people in this housing debate we would swear nothing at all is happening and the Minister is uncaring, as he was unfairly portrayed by Deputy Darragh O'Brien. Of...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...acquired extra infrastructure money to the tune of €25 million for development on local authority sites. What we must also do, as I said yesterday, is look at the issue of the affordability of land. If we can do that, we will go a long way towards tackling our social housing crisis.

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...change and how that has an effect on us as a country. As Members know quite well, we have now had weeks of incessant rain during which I would say we have not had two days of drying. Moreover, land and underfoot conditions are very wet. The Minister has been proactive. We always have an animal welfare scheme. There is a range of farm relief schemes available to farmers and that will...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...people being homeless and being put into hotels. We need to see a continuation of the social housing building that the Government has commenced. We need to see the issue of the affordability of land being tackled and we need to look at all measures that can increase the output and supply of housing. Personalised attacks on the Taoiseach or the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...I will ask the Minister to come to the House for a debate on this important matter. I appreciate the work being done by general practitioners in the primary care setting, which is of great importance in the future health landscape as we enter the era of Sláintecare. I will be pleased to hold a debate on the matter at a later stage. I compliment Senator Swanick and Senator...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Mar 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: On the CAP review, the Minister, Deputy Coveney, when he was Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, did a great job in securing a very good deal for Ireland under the CAP review. I am sure the Minister, Deputy Creed, and Commissioner Hogan will always fight for the Irish farmer and put Ireland at the heart of Europe. With regard to the issue of Storm Emma, the Department and Teagasc...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jan 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...or there is redress to be made, the organisation or institution should deal with local authorities and with the Government. I am not familiar with the cases mentioned by the Senator, which involve Vincentian lands at St. Anne's Park and Clonkeen. I have given my answer. It is important for us to look at the possibility of having a Commencement debate on the matter. I will get the...

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...makes is a very good one. We need to continue such an initiative across the country. At that formative time in young people's lives, they are listening and hearing about road safety and it lands in their mind. I know from my time as a transition year teacher, it is a very important module in terms of road safety. I very much encourage the Senator to pursue that, perhaps with the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2017: Second Stage (28 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...a scheme to encourage living over shops and encourage regeneration through tax incentive schemes. Those schemes have existed in the past, but they can be brought back again to incentivise and acquire lands and buildings. In certain sections there are problems with capital allowances and stamp duty, but this is about ensuring we take the investment we have made in Cork, for example, the...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...decline in visitor numbers from the UK. We need to see more marketing, visibility and encouragement in respect of our friends from the UK who, as Senator O'Sullivan said, visit the whole of the island. It is important that we work on that. Senator Norris made reference to the departures of Mr. Mugabe and Mr. Adams. I think we all welcome the departure of Mr. Mugabe. I wish Deputy...

Seanad: Order of Business (17 Oct 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...about the Irish language and his work in that regard. I offer sympathy to his family and friends on his tragic death. Senators Mullen, Colm Burke and Hopkins raised the changes in stamp duty in the budget and capital gains for land sales. I am sure that matter will be clarified and debated further when the Finance Bill comes before the House. It is important to highlight the many...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (12 Oct 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Craughwell also referred to Brexit, which we discussed yesterday in the House. Senator Feighan spoke about the decision this morning by Mr. Barnier. From our perspective Brexit is about the island of Ireland. Nobody in this Chamber or in the Government wants to see a return to the hard border. The Taoiseach was right yesterday to paint a picture of what could happen. I made the...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...communities further. It is important to pay tribute to the volunteers who go out, as Senator Byrne has said, so early in the morning. Senator Davitt made reference to the stamp duty changes and the issue of land. The Finance Bill will be coming before the House for debate and it is important that the Senator would suggest any changes he considers necessary in the areas to which he...

Seanad: Housing: Statements (28 Sep 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: .... I accept that it needs a collective will and movement. We wish we were not in this situation. Look at where we came from. There are challenges that we have to overcome with regard to rezoning of land, derelict sites and the acquisition and refurbishment of housing. We have to change the model but we have the plan and we have the allocation of resources and now, as Senator Coffey...

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the quality and type of build and how we get the mix right in large estates. It is also about ensuring that there is a mix of housing with supports. The Government is committed in Rebuilding Ireland to ensuring that the supply of housing is increased. As I say here regularly, there must be multi-annual funding for Rebuilding Ireland. We must now repair the dysfunctional housing market...

Seanad: Order of Business (18 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...profits that are being made in that sector. There has to be fairness as well. The issue of third level education is an important one. We had a briefing last week from the Union of Students in Ireland and a debate on the Labour Party motion. The Cassells report is before the committee on education, and I would be happy to have the matter discussed in the autumn when we come back, and to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator Daly on this point. It is ambitious in terms of infrastructure development and the need for broadband. This will be the Government that delivers broadband to our people across rural Ireland. We will have that debate in the context of the new Department later. It is important, however, that we work to make sure rural Ireland is not forgotten but becomes central to our recovery....

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Jul 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and Cork airports. It is not about these airports today; it is about investment in Ireland. I was at Cork Airport last Saturday to watch the first Norwegian Air flight taking off while the first flight landed there today. As both Senators said, we must examine how our State airports can be utilised to promote the country, attract investment both in business and in the tourism industry,...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...seen as a harbour and place of welcome for people who need to come here for a place of refuge. I fully agree with Senator Horkan regarding the very important issue he raised, namely, the sale of lands, particularly school playing fields, to pay debts owed to the State. We need to be very vigilant about this issue and I commend the Senator for raising that matter today in the House...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...said in the sense that there is a reluctance to acknowledge the condition by those in the medical community and that must be addressed. Equally, education is an issue as well and more signage on lands is required on the part of the OPW, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and county councils. I very much share the Senator's...