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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin is proposing 23 new taxes.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Sinn Féin proposed 23 new taxes.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Care Services (9 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Senator for raising the matter and wish her luck in her lip sync at the weekend. The contribution she made is a powerful one because it is the lived experience of many parents. In many ways, the reply I give will be inadequate to the articulation she has given because she is right. There is a group of parents who are caring for their disabled adult child, and they are now...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Care Services (9 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I again thank Senator Costello. She is right; it is about communication, but it is also about trust. It is about prioritising this very important issue she has raised because there is huge concern among that group of parents.It is a challenge. There is a significant waiting list for residential services. Demand is extremely high and exceeds what we are currently providing. The Government...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I am sharing time with the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon. Is mian liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leo siúd a dhéanann ár bpobail a fheabhsú agus a chothú, agus a chuireann deiseanna ar fáil sna pobail sin. Tá €260 milliún sa bhuiséad forbartha comhphobail. Baineann forbairt comhphobail le duine nó gnó a chuireann...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Cavan and Longford. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. The National Transport Authority (NTA)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Kerry and Cork. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. As with all plans, any additional funding for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Cork. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. Under Budget 2025, the Department secured a funding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in County Cork. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Kerry and Cork. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The query raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for Bus Éireann. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport, I recognise the importance of boosting connectivity in Counties Wexford and Carlow. In the new Programme for Government, Securing Ireland's Future, this Government has committed to continue the roll-out of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. The National Transport Authority (NTA)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I think the Deputy will agree with me when I say that the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan has been a huge success, with over 175 new or enhanced services introduced since 2022. This means that over 240 towns and villages have been connected to the public transport network, and approximately 600,000 people have access to new and enhanced bus services. 61 new connections have been...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Enterprise Sector (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: In July 2017, Government assigned policy responsibility for social enterprise to the newly established Department of Rural and Community Development, and first National Social Enterprise Policy was published by my Department in 2019. Following on from that first policy, Trading for Impact was launched by then Minister Heather Humphreys in July 2024. Trading for Impact has been designed, in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Poverty Data (7 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Pobal’s HP Deprivation Index is Ireland’s primary social gradient tool, used by many Government Departments, including my own, and state agencies for the identification of disadvantage, in order to target resources towards communities most in need. The Index is a robust and reliable tool, using data from Ireland’s census to identify relative levels of affluence or...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 and 480 together. Community cafés are a vital part of many communities. I recognise the enormous benefit and impact that these social enterprises have in both urban and rural locations, offering training and employment opportunities, a place to volunteer and providing, in many cases, an important ‘hub’ where members of a community...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As it is my first time here since the recess, I wish to pay tribute to Mr. Martin Groves and Ms Bridget Doody, who have left us. They are two fantastic public servants who have served this House and the Houses of the Oireachtas with distinction. I wish them every success in their next chapter. I thank them for their professionalism and dedication. I also wish the new Clerk of the Seanad...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Members for their very important contributions. I will work backwards from the final speaker. I look forward to visiting that project. If Senator Byrne wants to give me the details, I will happily engage with him on it. In the context of the debate, there is more that unites us than divides us. In terms of the Cavan model or the Cavan numbers, we have to engage further...

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Look at what SWIBN does as an example.

Seanad: National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: It is magnificent. I will happily visit with the Senator.