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- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should be ashamed of that remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 22 Members of the House who have participated in the Order of Business this morning. Senators Mark Daly, Craughwell and Humphreys raised the issue of the Department of Justice and Equality and Sergeant Maurice McCabe. As I made clear, this side of the House has one interest only, which is to get to the truth, establish all the facts and to provide justice to the McCabe family.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is okay, Senator. The Tánaiste is aware of the situation and it ill-behoves all of us to use it as a political football with that kind of remark.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Senator Daly that we all have a duty to protect and support whistleblowers in every sphere and, as Senator Craughwell mentioned about the ongoing case, we should protect, support and encourage whistleblowers. That is why we have new legislation. The Cathaoirleach mentioned that we will have statements later. None of us wants or supports an adversarial approach by whoever is...
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I have not heard one-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I have not heard one proposal from Sinn Féin.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh should look at Sinn Féin's performance in the North of our country in government and the way it has treated the health system there.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: It is the reality.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I did not mislead the House at all.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister is committed-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister is committed to improving access for public health patients-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: -----in hospital care.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: If one was to listen to the Sinn Féin Party-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The line of thought followed by Sinn Féin would drive consultants out of the country. We want to have them here, to pay them properly and to have them work in a proper health system in which they can deliver for their patients. Senator Conway-Walsh has no proposal-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: None.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Let us look at the example. First of all, none of us wants to see people waiting on a hospital waiting list for any procedure.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The number of people on the waiting list for cataract treatment for more than 15 months has been reduced from 1,694 to 421. There has been a 16% reduction in the public waiting list.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Senator can tell it to her head office and have the speech changed for tomorrow.
- Seanad: Order of Business (22 Nov 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: That National Treatment Purchase Fund-----