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- 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-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I have an ongoing row with Bank of Ireland, of which I am a customer, because I refuse-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Norris is right. I refuse to use online banking.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Norris. Our banks, which we bailed out, do not want us going into them.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: A bank has only one teller's position open when we go in and queue. I was in Bank of Ireland in Douglas yesterday morning. A lady comes around, asks whether we are okay with this or whether we need to use that machine, and the queue suddenly becomes smaller. We should be asking people to go to our post offices and banks and use them,-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----not driving them away. Bring them in.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: We will have a debate on the national planning framework and rural sustainable development.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: It is about ensuring balanced economic development. I am glad that Senator Craughwell is okay.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: We heard about his scare during his fine interview on radio. He did well. The national trauma centre strategy report - I have lost my written note - has been published. One in four people is transferred out of the centre that they attend. Time is critical. I cannot find my note,-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----but it is important to tell the Senator. I read an article in The Irish Timeswritten by the president of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Professor John Hyland. He called for the trauma report to be implemented. Time is critical. Perhaps we are mirroring the UK's 2010 model, although I am not saying that that is a good thing. We need a realistic debate on where to locate...
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: No, I have not finished yet.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, and-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: -----that is the issue on which we can have a debate. I understand that people in many parts of the country are in the time-critical zone. Two and a half, three or eight hours waiting in a bed was a good record for Senator Craughwell in our health system.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: I will use that as a template for other Senators. I am glad that the Senator is okay. I say that genuinely.
- Seanad: Order of Business (6 Feb 2018)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of sulky racing. Deputy Mattie McGrath has introduced a Bill in the Lower House on the matter. If it is passed, we can debate it during Private Members' time.Mar a rinne an Seanadóir Ó Donnghaile, déanaim comhghairdeachas le gach duine a thóg páirt i nGradam Ceoil. Bhí sé ar siúl i mBéal Feirste den...