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Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Play that back on the Order of Business tomorrow.

Seanad: Housing: Statements (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I have been caught on the hop. The Minister is welcome to the House and I thank him for being here. It is an important debate. Like Senator McFadden I dispel the idea that the Fine Gael Party is not concerned with housing and does not build social housing or support the construction of such housing. I commend the Minister, Deputy Eoghan Murphy, and the Minister of State, Deputy Damien...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: "That notwithstanding anything in the Order of Business, proceedings on Committee Stage of the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016 will now adjourn and will resume on the conclusion of Private Members' business which shall be taken now."

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the motion. It is important to recognise that our country has an extraordinary record of leadership when it comes to tobacco control. A previous Minister for Health and Children, Deputy Micheál Martin, introduced the smoking ban. When Senator Reilly was Minister for Health, he introduced a suite of measures that transformed societal attitudes in terms of how we tolerated,...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (Resumed) (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Dé Máirt an tseachtain seo chugainn.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion regarding (i) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Variation of title: Dietician), and (ii) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Variation of title: Speech Therapist) - referral to committee, to be taken at the conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion regarding arrangements for the address to Seanad...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 22 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I join with all Members in offering our condolences to the bereaved in Toronto and we extend our sympathies to Mayor Tory on the tragic loss of human life. As Senators Ardagh, Bacik and Craughwell rightly said, this was a person causing carnage by driving a truck down a busy street. I extend my sympathies...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the schools for their creation of an urban Gaeltacht. Senator Ardagh is right to highlight the matter. The national development plan has included the MetroLink north and south projects. As Members will be aware, legitimate concerns are being raised by Senator Ardagh but also by residents and stakeholders affected by the route of the proposed development of the MetroLink....

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: From reading the report and the testimony of the men, one cannot but infer that it was. I hope the Minister's meeting with the men will bring further clarity to what the Government intends to do. I do not have any information on the meeting for the House today.

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not for me to decide today but a matter for the Minister in consultation with the Departments involved. I will be happy to have him come to the House to discuss the matter. The important point is that he is meeting the men today and that their case is being heard further. I hope we will see justice prevail in the case, given the ruling made earlier which, to be fair, many of us...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator John O'Mahony, first, in congratulating Leinster on their magnificent victory at the weekend in the Champions Cup. I wish them well in the final. I also pay tribute to Munster and express pride in the manner of their comeback in the second half of the match. I share the Senator's dismay and disappointment at the prohibitive cost of flights being offered to supporters of...

Seanad: Order of Business (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: Health and Social Care Professionals Regulations 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:(i) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Dietician) Regulations 2018; (ii) Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 (Section 95(3)) (Variation of title: Speech Therapist) Regulations 2018,copies of which were laid in draft form before Seanad Éireann on 10th...

Seanad: Address by Commissioner Phil Hogan: Motion (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that, in accordance with the provisions for the address to Seanad Éireann by Distinguished Persons, Mr. Phil Hogan, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, be invited to address Seanad Éireann on 26th April, 2018, and, notwithstanding anything in Standing...

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy John Paul Phelan, to the House for the fourth time.

Seanad: Councillors' Conditions: Statements (Resumed) (24 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Indeed it is. This is about the role of the councillor at the heart of community. While some will suggest that this debate is just about remuneration, expenses and allowances, it is about a lot more than that. Having served on a local authority myself, I believe that councillors are deserving of a realistic income which should be put on a statutory basis. Local government members...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach for accepting this matter and the Minister of State is welcome. I wish to raise the matter of Ballintemple national school, better known as Crab Lane, and a new school building project. This is a co-educational school with a current enrolment of around 215 children, eight mainstream class teachers, four learning support resource teachers and a very active and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Schools Building Projects Status (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I also thank the Minister. It is encouraging news. I hope we can put timelines in place in terms of the development and delivery of the project but it is a good news story and again, is a further recognition that the Government is investing in young people in Cork, particularly those in Ballintemple national school in the Crab Lane and...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Today's Order of Business is No. 1, statements on public service broadcasting and social media regulation, to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to be adjourned at 2.05 p.m, with the contribution of group spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes and those of all other Senators not to exceed five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not correct.