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- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Yourself? Micheál Martin? Or will we bring back Willie O'Dea?
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Do I see Trump II?
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: That record has been played.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The script does not change this week.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: He had to be challenged.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 18 Members here this morning for their contributions on the Order of Business. Senator Ardagh made reference to the European Committee of Social Rights versus Ireland. Senator Devine raised this matter on Tuesday on the Order of Business as well. I remind the House that the committee did not find against Ireland in respect of any violation of the many provisions of the human...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: They ignore the fact that investment is taking place. It is about people being able to stay and live in the communities where they grew up. Let us be fair about it rather than coming in here every day to try to denigrate Government and say nothing is happening. Action is happening. Senator Ardagh made reference to the ESRI and the Department of Health. The Minister for Health, Deputy...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Again, I wish to acknowledge, as I did on Tuesday, that there are issues of retention regarding members of the Defence Forces. Whether he chooses to recognise it, the fact of the matter is clear: recruitment is under way and investment is ongoing, including in new naval ships, capital projects and equipment. There has been an increase in budget 2018 to reverse the pay cuts and restore pay...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not believe we could have a single model of delivery for our country.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Senator should come in some day and say it is great that people are at work and able to fend for themselves, provide for their families, make a contribution and feel good about themselves. Inequalities are being reduced. The best way to eradicate poverty and a two-tier country is to have people at work earning a just and fair wage.
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House to discuss the success of JobPath and the activation measures which have enabled people to get jobs. That is a most fundamental point. The Cathaoirleach has ruled on Senator Norris, therefore I will not address his admonishment of a Member of the Lower House. I will leave it at that. Senator Colm Burke raised the need for the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: That is Senator McDowell's opinion. I would be happy to have-----
- Seanad: Order of Business (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I have to defend the work of Dublin City Council in the main. I would be happy to have a debate in the context of the discussion and planning. I hope to have a debate on the national planning framework after the mid-term break. I join with Senator Mulherin in welcoming the appointment of Caitriona Perry and Keelin Shanley, who will be the first all-female panel to host "Six-One News". It...
- Seanad: Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Bill 2017: Motion (26 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the Seanad do not insist on the amendment.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Bill 2017, Committee and Remaining Stages, to be taken at 4.45 p.m.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Not correct.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 26 Members who contributed on the Order of Business. I join Senators Grace O'Sullivan, Catherine Ardagh, Ivana Bacik and David Norris in welcoming Ibrahim Halawa home. I pay tribute to all those who campaigned, whether they were Members of the House, NGOs, Members of the European Parliament, the previous Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Charles Flanagan, and the...
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: He ran out of the Department with his tail between his legs and consigned Mary Harney there for years.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: I will repeat it for the Senator again. Her great leader, her guru, spent €30 million on 115 reports and created the HSE, the bureaucratic quango that her people now have to say is in charge of the health system.
- Seanad: Order of Business (24 Oct 2017)
Jerry Buttimer: Where we have agreement collectively-----