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Seanad: Affordable Housing Bill 2021: Second Stage (17 May 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Many of us have been concerned that a generation is being left out of reach of home ownership. That is our legacy, unfortunately, of a lost decade, but now in this decade we can rebuild and start building. When I heard people criticise Eoghan Murphy when he was Minister, some of them were in the ivory tower of being in opposition and never making a decision except to cross the road or come...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Apr 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...people and working with people. I commend Dr. Aoife Ryan in UCC on her report. There is a need, as I think we would all agree, for continuing investment in dietetic services. To that end, I would be happy for the Minister to come to the House to discuss the matter because it is an important part of cancer care and treatment. It is also important that we recognise that it is about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to the Order of Business. I join the Senator in paying tribute to, and remembering, the late Liam Gilmartin, who has passed away and who was a member of the famous Rossies team that won the All-Ireland. I thank the Senator for bringing his death, his memory and his legacy to our attention. I hope a new generation of Roscommon footballers and supporters will be able to win the...

Seanad: Traveller Accommodation: Statements (6 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State to the debate and thank him for being here. We area facilitating the requests of Senators Warfield and Kelleher in having this debate and it is an important one. I speak as a former member of Cork City Council and a former chairperson of the Traveller accommodation committee. I opted to chair that committee because I believe in the integrity and value of all...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 11 Members of the House for their contribution to the Order of Business. Both Senators Ardagh and Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of the Rebuilding Ireland home loan, a Government backed mortgage scheme for first-time buyers launched in February 2018 with a projected 1,000 loans during a three-year period. The scheme has exceeded expectation. Some 575 people have been helped...

Seanad: Housing Provision: Statements (30 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...What is important is what the Minister spoke about already in his remarks. I refer to policy change. All of us in our constituencies and offices deal with people every day and every week. I have come to the conclusion, rightly or wrongly, but I think I am right, that we need to examine the cost base. Let us take Cork City Council as an example. Family sizes are smaller and nearly half...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Dec 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...House. The Minister has reopened several beds through the HSE. We have had a debate on the matter in the House. Senator Hopkins has raised this matter as well. I am happy to have the Minister come to the House, but perhaps Senator Boyhan could put in a request for a Commencement matter tomorrow to get his issue resolved. Senator Humphreys raised the matter of affordable housing. I...

Microenterprise Loan Fund Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Jun 2012)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Bill and the Minister's commitment that employment will continue to be the Government's top priority. This Government is committed to jobs but I ask the Minister to tell his Cabinet colleagues that rather than carry out the budgetary process in public and on the airwaves of our national broadcaster they might do it privately in the Cabinet room. That would do us all a service....