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Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Gallagher can shout at me all he wants but I do not mind. The Government is about creating good quality jobs and putting in decent infrastructure and connectivity. Then we will have a sustainable future for the next generation on which it can judge us. That is the bottom line. I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House when the plan is announced to have a debate on it....

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Craughwell moves to a different house, he might be visiting the whole of the country and beyond. He would be welcome to do that and I wish him every success in his endeavours.

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: If Senator Craughwell moves house, he will not be driving the car himself either. There are 45 recommendations in the report on national trauma centres. There is a need to recognise that the status quocannot remain. The HSE has been given approval to advertise for a national clinical lead for trauma centres. The aim of the report is to have high-quality trauma services and the priority is...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Boyhan spoke about the issue of planning and the report in today's The Irish Times. I have not read it. The Minister will be in the House later for the debate on the Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016. There will be an opportunity to have a discussion with him then. The issue of planning and infrastructure exercises the minds of people affected by specific projects,...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: We must ensure all members of the farming community, who form an important industry, are looked after. Despite what Senator Gallagher said, the Minister has been proactive and has engaged extensively on the matter. Senator McFadden raised the issue of the possible closure of rail services. She referred to a report which was commissioned two years ago. The Government has invested...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, motion of referral of Sectoral Employment Order (Mechanical Engineering Building Services Contracting Sector) 2018 to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, to be taken without debate at the conclusion of the Order of Business; and No. 2, statements on foreign affairs, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and adjourned not later than 6 p.m., if not...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: Not yet.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is not the only one.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the former Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, who is in the public Gallery, to the House. The Deputy is very welcome. It is good to see him here with a group. Mar a dúirt an Seanadóir McDowell, beidh an Seanadóir Ó Clochartaigh ag éirí as a phost mar Sheanadóir i gceann cúpla seachtain. Tá díomá mór orm go bhfuil...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: An agreement was arrived at between Senator Black and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the Bill. We were happy to support the adjournment of the Bill to allow for discussion, commentary, back-channel discussion or research to be done. It is important to recognise at the same time that a sovereign leader of an independent country is entitled to his viewpoint and we should...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I was taken aback by the newspaper headlines. I think it says more about the Prime Minister of Israel than it does about us. We will determine our policy. I will make the point, as I said in the House last week when some people took umbrage, that the issue of lobbying is one that we need a collective discussion on. Lobbying happens every day of the week. Lobbying happens with amendments...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: There is nothing wrong with it but let us understand that there are various different types of lobbying and let us get real about it. It happens every day of the week. The nature of lobbying is to put forward a viewpoint. I do not agree with Prime Minister Netanyahu's decision last week but he was lobbying, at one level. That is what it is called.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the same thing.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I assure the Senator that many of us are told what to do everyday. That is the nature of politics. I agree with the Senator that we have to stand up to the Prime Minister of Israel and say that we can do our own business our way. Let us not be afraid of saying that. I agree with Senator Dolan regarding the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. I have spoken with the...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: That has changed in terms of its output and outcome. I know where the Senator is coming from. We will have that debate in the coming weeks. Senator Conway-Walsh raised the issue of the schedule. I thought we might have agreed the schedule at the group meeting on Wednesday. I will not adjourn the Bill this week. I propose that we will not adjourn it on Thursday when it comes in but allow...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: However, it is important that we do not allow misinformation to go out here. The Minister and the HSE made progress on foot of representations. It is not all just about parents being on the committee or the steering group.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: In response to Senator Higgins, last week we moved the statements on foreign affairs. I have no control over the Minister's diary. When I became aware of it, I deliberately informed the House at the beginning of the Order of Business that the Minister could not be here because I know it is an important issue for Members of the House. I did not have to do so. I give the Senator a...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I will answer that specifically in a second. The headline is about creating sensation. I will have the Minister, Deputy Ross, come to the House because it is about ensuring that we have good-quality public transport, that we have sustainable transport links but that we have transport links for rural areas. I am not afraid to say that we have a dispersed population, but we cannot have all...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: It was. What Mr. McCreevy said is anathema to some in Fianna Fáil and the Sinn Féin Party today. We will not have post offices or Garda stations on every corner.

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: On a sad note, an independent and wonderful bookshop - Liam Ruiséal's - is closing in Cork. People on radio and social media are today lamenting its closure, but when did they last go into the shop? When did we last use the post office, bank or-----