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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy Daly for raising this very important matter. As somebody who was involved with the Cope Foundation in Cork, now Horizons, I recognise the huge work being done in special education and for those with disabilities in Kerry. I am taking this matter on behalf of the Minister for Education and Youth. The Government is committed to the provision of additional special places for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I again thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I acknowledge the concerns he has articulated on behalf of the children and parents concerned. I want to make it clear that the Government, the Department, the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Moynihan, working with the NCSE, have committed to ensuring all children can access an education suitable to their...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Deputy is right to raise the issue of residents in the area. There is fear, property has been damaged and public transport stopped. People have been discommoded and unable to get to and from work and home tonight. It is important that we send a strong message not just to those who have rioted but to the people who are affected and living in fear. I have a huge amount of sympathy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Facilities (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Deputy Gogarty in condemning the actions tonight of those who engaged in thuggery. We are, and should be, as Deputy Gogarty rightly said, thinking about the young girl who was attacked. We send our best wishes to her. We also think of the member of An Garda Síochána who was attacked tonight in the line of duty. All of us who are balanced and fair people recognise there is...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Ar an gcéad dul síos, tá céad míle fáilte roimh Kara Owen agus déanaim comhghairdeas le Paul Johnston. I thank Sinn Féin for putting the motion before us. It is my pleasure to deliver the closing remarks on behalf of an Rialtas. I echo the comments of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, at the outset of the debate, namely, that...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: What a small-minded-----

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Ryan for raising this important topic, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy O’Brien. I clarify at the start that the Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in public transport but neither the Minister nor his officials are involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport services. The statutory responsibility...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I will take up the remarks made by the Senator. I think she will agree with me that the Government has invested €940 million in the PSO and Local Link services for next year and that demonstrates the commitment of the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and I, along with the Department of Transport, to a sustainable, equitable and accessible public...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Energy Conservation (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: With the Acting Chairperson's permission, as there is a vote in the Dáil, I will give the Senator an abbreviated answer. She makes a good point. There is merit in what she is proposing about an extension. She will get a copy of the prepared reply as well. Since 2019, over €1.5 billion has been provided to homeowners for 228,350 home energy upgrades. As the Senator knows,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to rural public transport service provision; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Schemes (21 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Government's five-year strategy to support the community and voluntary sector, Sustainable, Inclusive and Empowered Communities, was published in 2019. It is a whole of government strategy, led by my Department and it has been implemented collaboratively over the last five years in partnership with the sector. The Strategy has played an important role in strengthening the community...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Steady, Tommy.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy Smith for the question and for his leadership and advocacy. The Deputy is right. The projects, facilities and amenities in his area in particular are bringing huge, profound and important change. I thank the Deputy for being cochair of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. The PEACEPLUS programme, which runs until 2029, has a total value of €1.1 billion and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Programmes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I will make reference to the issue of the Cavan regional sports campus and give credit to Deputy Smith on that. This is about the reimagining of communities and investment in areas. It is a project that will bring, as the Deputy said, profound transformation to the area. It is a shared space. It represents a new type of modern Ireland and this facility, when it is developed, will be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Both the Minister and I are acutely aware of that. We have been anxious to ensure the distress many people felt is not replicated. That is why the review is taking place. There has been extensive engagement by our Department, and by the Minister, Deputy O'Donovan, with the telecom companies. As part of that review alternative technologies are being examined and considered, because the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: We must take learnings from every storm and apply them in the round to what we can do better. The Deputy is right that there was huge success. There is merit in her suggestion about community groups being involved because they are critical to connectivity. However, the Minister and I have been clear with the officials in our Department that there must be extensive engagement. Pobal staff...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rural Schemes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for her question and her ongoing advocacy, particularly post Storm Éowyn. The Department is responsible for the seniors alert scheme, which encourages community support for older people through the provision of personal monitored alarms to enable them to live securely in their homes with confidence, independence and peace of mind. Funding is available under the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Schemes (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP), is our country’s primary social inclusion programme, which aims to reduce poverty and promote social inclusion and equality by supporting disadvantaged communities and individuals. This is a national programme that is delivered in both rural and urban areas by Local Development Companies (LDCs) to help those in the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (16 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The Charities Regulatory Authority was established in October 2014 pursuant to the Charities Act 2009. The Authority is the State organisation responsible for registering and regulating all of Ireland’s charities, with the mandate to promote good governance practice. Accordingly, the Charities Regulator has published the Charities Governance Code, under section 14(1)(i) of the...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: He is not capable of that.