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Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Their chosen candidate must not be out of the traps too well.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important, as Senator Feighan said, that there is a voice of Ireland, North and South, heard in the European Union, and we cannot make any distinction on this.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will answer that.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Leyden for his complimentary remarks about the approach of the Ministers and the Government to the European situation.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure Mario Rosenstock will continue to do a very good job on Senator Leyden.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: If he has contributions such as that which the Senator made last week he will get to do them very quickly and very well. The European Medicines Agency and the European Banking Authority are linked to the Senator's remarks, and the issue of the future of financial services is a debate we should and could have in the House and I will be happy to facilitate it. I thank the Ministers of State,...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Senator knows, I group contributions on a themed approach to the Order of Business.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am tempted to tell Senator Gavan that is some coalition of names but I had better not as I might get another comment. What the Senator referred to is not necessarily about Seanad reform. It is about the nature of the discourse and the debate we have here. Under the Constitution we do not mirror the Dáil and should not follow the Dáil. We set our own rules and our own criteria...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I would certainly be happy to have an ongoing debate on Brexit and on the future of the Seanad. It is also important that we come into this Chamber as Members of the House and debate in the fullest way the variety of issues, Bills and statements that come before us, that we initiate Private Members' Bills and that we challenge one another to carry out our business better. I do not have all...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not say that.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought that we had changed the Order of Business to a question and answer session so I thank the Cathaoirleach for his intervention. I would say to Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell that I feel that we led on Brexit, particularly with regard to the committee report that came from this House. We are also leading on mental health - I see that Senator Freeman has just walked in - and that...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It also gave parents an opportunity to participate in an active and meaningful way. The Seanad Public Consultation Committee is one way in which we can lead. If Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell has further suggestions on how we can lead then I would be very happy to listen and to take them on board. To be fair, I am not referring to Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell at all when I say this but I...

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not mean Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell at all here.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: A Chathaoirligh, I hope that Dr. Swanwick and Dr. Reilly are back in the House presently because they might be able to produce a prescription for happy pills.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am almost there. Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of Leader funding for Pobal and the different stages of checks and balances involved.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am about to reply if the Senator would just let me finish. I ask her to let me at least give the reply before she attacks me.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure that Deputies Deering and McGuinness and the Minister of State, Deputy Phelan, will be happy to work with Senator Murnane O'Connor on this matter. The bureaucracy the Senator refers to is something that frustrates us all.

Seanad: Order of Business (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: While Senator Murnane O'Connor was making her contribution on this, Senator Kieran O'Donnell commented to me that this is a matter of finding a balance between accountability, the spending of taxpayers' money and ensuring that projects are delivered. We need to strike the balance. I was not aware of article 48 or of the 60 questions mentioned.Having been involved in sporting and community...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Order for Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move: "That Second Stage be taken today."

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (21 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: On Thursday next, 23 November.