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Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Rejoin, I should say. We are open to new members. It would be always good to have more friends back.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: As the Senator knows, in 2015 the Thornhill approach addressed the issue regarding local property tax. The Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has outlined a deferral of the system in terms of the change in re-evaluation.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: We can come back to that on another day. I would be happy to have the Minister come to the House to discuss how we can look at the distribution of the proceeds of the local property tax. I am sure the Senator will have a lot to say on the matter. It is a contentious issue. Those from outside Dublin will have a view on it, in particular those from some of the smaller counties that depend...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That is true, too.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senators Gavan and Norris in welcoming the announcement by the Supreme Court this morning in respect of direct provision. People must have been following the Fine Gael leadership hustings at the weekend. It was discussed there and people were very much of the view that those in direct provision should be able to work. I am sure the Senators will be very happy to see that.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I certainly hope not. Senator McDowell has long been a proponent of the independence of the Judiciary from the political classes. I am sure he has not moved away from that position, unless he has joined the former Senator and current Minister, Deputy Ross, in a new journey that we have not heard about. In respect of direct provision, many of us have been in the centres and have been...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Some of us have been in Belfast already canvassing, do not worry. We are the united Ireland party.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I would be happy------

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Unlike other parties that go into a closed room and come out with an appointed leader, we have a contest.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I know Fianna Fáil is looking at the same idea. The Labour Party, to be fair, had a similar type of exercise to ours.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sure the Members opposite who are spoiling for a row will see the benefit of having a real contest rather than a laying on of hands or an anointed one being chosen.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Senator Warfield in expressing my disappointment at the inordinate delay in the implementation of the rights of same-sex couples under the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. I had two conversations this week, one with LINC in Cork and the other with the parent of a couple who want to adopt. The Senator's points are ones I have taken up with the Department.I would be happy to...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Given what is happening at the moment the Minister might not be available. We have asked the Minister to do that and we will try to have a meeting as well. We will endeavour to have a meeting set up next week or the following week when we come back. I will not accept Sinn Féin's amendment. If Senator Boyhan-----

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I am including both issues in that meeting. I call on Senators Boyhan and Norris to accept my proposal given that the Minister, Deputy Zappone, will come to the House tomorrow.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I will come back to the House with a time when the Minister, Deputy Zappone, is available. We are working on that.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and thank him for agreeing to come to the House for this discussion.I wish all those involved in the public sector pay talks every success. As the Minister said, the Public Service Pay Commission is the backdrop and the beginning. It is important that we see this matter resolved. It is also important that other unions such as my own union, the ASTI, reconsider how...

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: -----Buttevant and Charleville in particular. Senator McDowell is dying to know about it and he was referenced in our hustings, as I said during the Order of Business.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: I have the membership application form. Senator McDowell can rejoin Fine Gael. He would be more than welcome. Our philosophy is that we are a big tent. We are a very diverse and inclusive party.

Seanad: Mid-term Capital Review and Public Service Pay Commission Report: Statements (30 May 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: The M20 is a very important route that we need to see prioritised by the Government. When we discuss regions, it is really about access to Cork, Galway and Limerick as a counterfoil to Dublin. The people of Cork, Limerick, Galway and Clare deserve to have that motorway. It will allow us to promote jobs and industry in those areas. I am aware that the Minister has been lobbied extensively...