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Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: If I may continue?

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The councillor has apologised for his remarks. I do not in any way condone any inflammatory, racist or intolerant remarks.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Sometimes it is good to listen.

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As Leader of the Seanad I was happy to allow Senator Alice-Mary Higgins to explain the rationale behind her-----

Seanad: Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am responding to the question regarding the Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. I am explaining to Senator Higgins why I am allowing for debate on the matter. It is important that we have this debate in the House. Senator McFadden raised the important issue of mental health and the need for implementation of A Vision for Change, which is the framework and...

Seanad: Report of Committee on Procedure and Privileges on Standing Order 70A: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the Report of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges on the amendment of Standing Order 70A be adopted, laid before the House and printed.

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That the Order of the Seanad of 13th April, 2017, relating to the Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution be amended in paragraph (c) - (i) by the substitution of '6 members of Seanad Éireann' for '7 members of Seanad Éireann'; and (ii) after 'Seanad Éireann' by the insertion of the following:'and the provisions of Standing Order 81 shall not...

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Committee on Procedure and Privileges has discussed this and I do not disagree with the broad thrust of what Senator Higgins has expressed. It is a very bad precedent because it changes the process for committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas. I do not understand why the Dáil Business Committee is pursuing this. The Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges agreed the motion...

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We got a change in representation of the Seanad as well. Regardless of who chairs the committee, it is important its work is carried out in a manner that is open to all possibilities and outcomes. It is a matter for the committee to decide upon itself and ultimately for the Oireachtas to decide on what the committee recommends. We are also awaiting the report of the Citizens' Assembly...

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes, go on.

Seanad: Special Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I wrapped up.

Seanad: Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann resolves that sections 2 to 4, 6 to 12, 14 and 17 of the Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 39 of 1998) shall continue in operation for the period beginning on 30 June 2017 and ending on 29 June 2018.

Seanad: Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motion (20 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: At 10.30 a.m. tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 - Report Stage, to be taken at 4.45 p.m. and adjourned not later than 6.45 p.m., if not previously concluded.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That is right.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Fianna Fáil bought that election, did it not?

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is going well.

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 24 Senators who contributed to the Order of Business, the vast majority of whom paid tribute to our outgoing Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny. Together with the Cathaoirleach and all the Members of House, I extend, on my own behalf, on that of the Fine Gael Party and on that of the House, our every good wishes to An Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, to his wife, Fionnuala, and to his...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I pay tribute also to the outgoing Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, and thank him for his service. He was a member of every Fine Gael-led Government since 1982. He said yesterday that he enjoyed most of all being Minister for Finance. As many of us know, he is a man held in huge affection, a man in whose company we enjoy being and who has had a strong sense of what it means to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Jun 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That happens in this House too. Many of us do that, but arrogance or whatever does not cut the mustard. It is important that the power-sharing Executive is restored. There is an onus on members of all parties elected to the Stormont Assembly to sit down and negotiate a return to power of the Executive.