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Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 12 Members-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is doing quite well on YouTube as it is. I thank the 12 Senators who made contributions to the Order of Business. Senators Ardagh, Ó Clochartaigh, Ó Ríordáin, Craughwell and Colm Burke raised issues in respect of the Department of Justice and Equality, Sergeant Maurice McCabe and the Tánaiste. It is important that we understand that this is about a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: For the Senator's information, we have done three things, namely: carrying out the Toland review; implementing it; and reforming the Civil Service.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I would like to know the answer to that question too. Unlike those who come in here and wave flags and beat drums, at least the Government - of which my party is a part - is taking its responsibility seriously.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is called taking responsibility. It is something the Senator's party has sometimes done in the North but has not done in the South. It might start to do so. That lack of responsibility was illustrated by the remarks of some of the Senator's colleagues last week about passing budgets in local authorities. The Tánaiste made matters quite clear in her contribution last evening. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Tánaiste-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Tánaiste has made the information available to the tribunal. We either have a parallel process and a political witch-hunt or we allow the tribunal-----

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator will be on YouTube again for that remark.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senator Ardagh and other Members of the House for complimenting the emergency services on their effective work yesterday, particularly in Mountmellick but also in parts of Laois, Kildare and Dublin. The yellow warning given by Met Éireann certainly was correct, given the volume of rain and blockages in the road network. Laois County Council is to be commended on its...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Senator Devine want gardaí not to have a say in these things? Does she want it to be politicians who open Garda stations?

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It was the acting Garda Commissioner who signed off on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator cannot have it both ways. I agree with the Senator on the issue of restorative justice for the women in the report Opportunity Lost. I have not read the report but I note the comments attributed to Mr. Peter Tyndall, the Ombudsman. The Secretary General in the Department of Justice has a different viewpoint and the Minister has said it needs careful and considered reflection....

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thoroughly agree with Senator Davitt. The Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy McEntee, did trojan work to pursue the issue across Europe. We were very unlucky. Everybody thought Frankfurt would be the victor. Senator Colm Burke referred to the need for future planning on health to include national rehabilitation and I fully agree with him There is a...

Seanad: Order of Business (23 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We had the Minister in the House on the last occasion and I have no problem with him coming again.

Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: And the 1970s.

Committee on Public Petitions: English Junior Certificate Examination: Discussion (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for my lateness. I was in the Seanad. I thank the witnesses for their attendance. As a former schoolteacher who was part of a group that tried to bring changes to the applied leaving certificate for young people who struggled with the mainstream leaving certificate and give them the option to stay in school, I commend the witnesses on being so proactive. I did my leaving...

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Minimum Custodial Periods upon Conviction for Murder Bill 2017 – Second Stage (resumed) to be taken at 12.45 p.m. and to conclude not later than 1.30 p.m.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: It is the same under Standing Orders, eight minutes and five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Eight minutes and five minutes.

Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: No. 2, statements on tracker mortgages to taken at 1.30 p.m. and to conclude not later than 2.45 p.m., with the contributions of groups spokespersons not to exceed eight minutes, all other Senators not to exceed five minutes and the Minister to be given no less than five minutes to reply; No. 3, Judicial Council Bill 2017 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage to be taken at 2.45...