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- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion regarding the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills entitled "Report on Positive Mental Health in Schools" to be taken on conclusion of the Order of Business without debate; No. 2, motion regarding the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills entitled "Report on the eligibility of maintenance...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I have nothing to be ashamed of, unlike the legacy of the Senator's party.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator McDowell was good at spending it when he was in the Department of Justice and Equality.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Is that the best Senator Devine can do? The spin machine is not working in west Belfast.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is winding up there. He is getting ready.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Here we go.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 18 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I shall begin by joining with the Cathaoirleach and Senator Wilson, on behalf of all of us, in extending our sympathies to the Georgian people on the tragic loss of 11 lives in an awful fire that took place in the city of Batumi. As Senator Wilson rightly said about the people of Georgia, and I had the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----it just causes me bemusement. I would urge them to ask their own deputy leader to check the record of the House and the statement she made last Thursday. As the Taoiseach said, will she go in and correct the record tomorrow? History will show us that the Sinn Féin Party-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: History will show us that the Sinn Féin Party does not have any regard for due process and does not believe in natural justice. As Senators Coffey and Ned O'Sullivan rightly said, there are members of Sinn Féin who are resigning, citing bullying, all over the country, including in my own county of Cork.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I urge them to cast their minds back to the remarks of our former colleague, Senator Máiría Cahill, about the way she was treated. If they want to have a game of political opportunism, in which they have been engaging for the past month, I am very happy to do that. I will not even get into the party's new found respect for whistleblowers and members of An Garda Síochána....
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am very happy to have a debate-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I am very happy to have a debate on justice in this House on behalf of my party. We have never been found wanting in terms of protecting the State, members of An Garda Síochána and the rights of all citizens-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The former Minister, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, introduced the legislation for the protection of whistleblowers and set up the disclosures tribunal to get to the full facts. That is all I am interested in. I am not interested in obfuscation. I made the point in this House on two occasions last week that the Department of Justice and Equality is dysfunctional. I do not condone or support...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will not take a lecture from anyone on that side of the House about justice, truth and trust. Those of us on this side of the House have always been about the pursuit of trust. Whatever our differences with Fianna Fáil, ideologically or politically-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Whatever the-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----differences between ourselves and Fianna Fáil, we have one thing in common. We will serve the people in a responsible manner and that is what we try to do. Senator Ó Clochartaigh's party will not go into government anywhere.
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is about time the party manned up and took its responsibilities seriously. I will not be accepting the proposed amendment to the Order of Business. In response to Senator Boyhan, I would remind him that I have asked the Taoiseach to come to the House. We are in the process of finalising that and I hope he will be here before Christmas. If he cannot come before Christmas, he will come...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I commend Senator Coffey for his work and I share with Senator Grace O'Sullivan the need to see the development continue. Senator Bacik raised an issue pertaining to the investigation in the Department of Justice and Equality. When the Taoiseach has an outline of the matter, he will come to the House to discuss the matter. Senators McDowell, Ó Domhnaill and Nash raised the Government...
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: We have advertisements on health and safety, fire safety and each one of them-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: As Senator McDowell knows quite well - he is being mischievous now-----