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Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Correct, yes.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. The motion calls on us to establish a committee of the House.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: With respect to the Senator, we are getting excited over precious little. What we are debating is the agreement to establish a committee. It will be up to us then to put the structure in place, if that is what the House wants to do at a later date. I earnestly ask the Members to allow us to proceed. The motion was taken during the Order of Business and, as a consequence, must be taken...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: Correct.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It is No. 11, motion 6 , which is in the name of Fianna Fáil Senators. We are not making a decision about the terms of reference or anything today. We are just having a discussion to fulfil the obligations under the motion being carried.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It was agreed.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not wish to row with Senator Mac Lochlainn. I spoke to people afterwards in the Seanad ante-chamber on moving forward. The Leader of the House is courteous and works with everybody, including Sinn Féin and its party Whip. The Senator is not being fair to me or to the way we operate with his comments. The consequence of new politics is that the motion was carried and there is an...

Seanad: Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House. This is a very important Bill. In her very fine address, the Minister evoked the memory of the late Veronica Guerin whose story demonstrated the need to create the Criminal Assets Bureau, CAB. It is important when looking at CAB, crime and assets that we remember the work of Barry Galvin in that time. As the Minister said in her speech, the model is...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Order of Business is No. 1, statements on delivering sustainable full employment (resumed) - to be taken at 1.30 p.m., with the contributions of all Members not to exceed six minutes each. For the information of Members, the statements are being taken at 1.30 p.m. because of the new voting arrangements in the Dáil in terms of Ministers and their pairs. They are not necessarily...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: It has not been breached.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I also welcome our distinguished visitor from New South Wales to the Chamber. He is welcome and I wish him well.I thank the 23 Senators who spoke on the Order of Business. With regard to the request to amend the Order of Business to discuss the motion on Seanad reform, I cannot accept the motion for a number of reasons which I have explained at length but will repeat for the benefit of the...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: If the Senator withdraws his amendment, I will arrange for the Minister to come to the House today. I will have the Minister in the House to discuss the specific issue of waste collection rather than have a motion on it.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope to have him for about an hour.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: That is my intention. It will be one per group. To be fair, we had a robust debate on the issue last week. In the spirit of new politics, the Leader is open to working with those on all sides. Nothing has changed regarding the waste industry since we had a debate on this matter in the House last week. The bill issued by Greyhound is very clear. I have one here but I cannot find it now....

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not taking a point of order.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I have a bill here. If we want to have new politics, let us have them but let us not go back to Punch and Judy.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: The Leader is an open book but I will not take politics from people who will not work with new politics. In the spirit of new politics, the Minister will come to the House and we will have a discussion. As already stated, I have an open-door policy but I will not accept the old type policy of misleading people.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: My remarks allow for that.

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: In regard to the remarks by Senators Ardagh, Reilly and Norris, obviously the issue of public transport and the way the capital infrastructure for Dublin is unfolding is one on which we should have a debate. I would be happy to have the Minister, Deputy Ross, come to the House to discuss the matter. Senator Ardagh will agree that under the previous Government there was huge investment in...

Seanad: Order of Business (30 Jun 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope he will make the invitation because it is important in the context of the Brexit vote. To be fair to Senator Paddy Burke, who was Cathaoirleach in the last Seanad, he was innovative in his invitation to the Orange Order to speak in this Chamber.I hope that we can do the same in this House this time. This is about building new bridges and a new world. I concur with Senator Burke on...