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Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 23 Senators who raised issues. To respond to Senator Ardagh, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor, who came to the House last week will appear before us again next week. We have a voluntary mechanism for resolving industrial relations disputes. The Workplace Relations Commission and the Labour Court have shown themselves to be highly...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Conway-Walsh used the term "fiscal space". The figures in the Sinn Féin document are multiples of the amount of money available. I encourage everyone to be responsible.

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Grace O'Sullivan raised the important issue of cycle safety. I join her in offering my sympathies to the families of the three cyclists who were killed, Donna Fox, Tim Ross and Daniel Roche. Any life lost on our roads is a tragedy but it is particularly tragic when a young lad is killed while cycling to school. We have a national cycling policy. In light of the report from the...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The bank has its own decision-making process. I do not know who make the decision, but he or she needs to communicate the reasoning rather than leaving a vacuum. Senator Leyden raised the very important issue of Brexit. As he is aware, the Government has discussed the issue and planned for the eventuality of a Brexit vote which has, unfortunately, happened. In the Dáil today and...

Seanad: Order of Business (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am happy for the Minister of State, Deputy Keogh, to come to the House to discuss the matter. I think I speak for all of us in the House when I say we do not want to have a hard border return. It would be economically unsound, unwise and wrong for us as a country. That is the overwhelming view of Members. Senator Mac Lochlainn referred to the Gaeltacht. If he wants to give me the...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Manus Cooney: Motion (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That Seanad Éireann agrees with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges that, in accordance with Standing Order 57(2) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business, Mr. Manus Cooney be invited to address Seanad Éireann on 5th October, 2016 and the following arrangements shall apply. The proceedings, which shall not exceed one and a half hours,...

Seanad: Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Motion (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I move:That, in accordance with the recommendation of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges pursuant to Standing Order 96(1)(a) –(1) A select committee, which shall be called the Seanad Public Consultation Committee (“the Committee”), shall be appointed to facilitate direct engagement and consultation between members of the public and Seanad Éireann on specific...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the Chamber and thank him for his speech. The laugh is the contribution of some Members opposite. Senator Burke made a very good point. This is about the economy, job creation, ensuring that we can bring people from abroad to work here and creating full employment. Whatever Senators want to say about the Minister for Finance during his tenure in the Department,...

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: There is no sweetheart or special deal. It is about jobs.

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I would challenge anyone in this Chamber-----

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: -----to go to Hollyhill and walk in the footsteps Of Apple and look at the number of people who are working. Allow me to give a couple of statistics. Jobs do not appear out of nowhere. None of us wants to see people not paying tax. We are not like Donald Trump here.

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: We are about making sure that we create jobs. Let us put it in context. Some 140,000 people are directly employed in more than 700 US firms in Ireland, which accounts for 74% of all IDA-supported employment. US firms contribute €3 billion to the Irish Exchequer in taxes and an additional €13 billion in expenditure in the Irish economy in terms of payroll, goods and services....

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I will conclude on this. The point that the Senator and some of those who oppose this are missing is that Apple, as Senator Burke rightly said, was going to appeal it anyway. What we must do is ensure that we have sovereignty and reassert our primacy in terms of our corporation tax by appealing the ruling of the European courts. First, the Commission has not published the full judgment....

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: For once, could I appeal to the Sinn Féin Senator to abandon his voodoo economics and join the rest of us-----

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: -----in bringing jobs here, creating jobs and having sustainable meaningful jobs. The Minister is right. We have to appeal. It is about our people and our country and to do otherwise, we would be negating our responsibility.

Seanad: European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Statements (4 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar 10.30 a.m. amárach.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business today is No. 1, motion regarding parental responsibility in the matter of child abduction, referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of the Order of Business, without debate; No. 2, motion regarding appointment of member of the new Legal Services Regulatory Authority, referral to committee, to be taken on the conclusion of No. 1, without debate; No. 3, motion...

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: On the Order of Business, yes.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Craughwell is welcome back to Fine Gael.

Seanad: Order of Business (29 Sep 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I also welcome Councillor Crowe to the Gallery. I am sure he will be swamped afterwards by his electorate. I thank Senators for their contributions to the Order of Business. A total of 18 Members spoke and raised matters of importance. Senator Ardagh referred to victims of crime. We have a Victims of Crime Office and the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality has published...