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Seanad: Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: ...is looking at 2022 and beyond. The Minister of State referred to the stay-and-spend scheme. I hope we will extend it. I appreciate and value the Minister of State's comments and he is right that level 5 restrictions have meant that people have not travelled. The scheme needs to be extended and we need to incentivise it.The Power report speaks of a €108 million contribution to...

Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and wish him well in his new role. What we must be focused on is growing passenger numbers and ensuring support for the aviation sector. Let us have an honest debate about that. The sum of €31 million has been allocated for regional airports. Yesterday, there was a very welcome €10 million in the Government's budget announcement for Cork and Shannon airports. I believe...

Seanad: Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and environment on which we can build. I am conscious of the work of my friend and former colleague, Liam Twomey, in this area. Arising from the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015, we have seen a new test for capacity, the putting in place of decision-making supports, decision-making representatives and an end to wardship. There is a new regime which provides for powers of...

Seanad: Budget 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Wilson and I go back 35 years ago and I have definitely mellowed since, as the Senator has. There are challenges but I wonder where the people speaking from the floor this evening were when the budget package of 1,000 extra therapists and 1 million hours of home care supports were announced. There is to be a 50 cent reduction in the prescription charge and a €10 reduction in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: .... We are all aware of and appreciate the significant work being done in such centres. The Senator is well aware that this year the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy Zappone, increased by €1.5 million the allocation of funding for family resource centres. The €18 million given by the Government this year is the largest allocation in a decade and will allow for...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jun 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...;ir to the fact that we have a national maternity strategy up and running. Significant developments in the delivery of the national maternity strategy have already occurred. I remind Senator Ardagh that €3 million was allocated to the development of maternity services in 2016, €6.4 million was allocated in 2017, €4.15 million was allocated in 2018, and an additional...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Jan 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...in working to ensure a resolution. We need a resolution to the issue of the backstop. Senator Marie-Louise O'Donnell raised the very important issue of the Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) Act 2015. I will be happy to take up the matter of the commencement of sections 3 and 8 with the Department. The points the Senator made are very relevant. Senator Kelleher raised two very...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...precarious position in Westminster where we see the resignation of a minister or junior minister almost by the hour. The focus today is on Westminster, as is appropriate, after which it will shift to 25 November and whether the agreement is passed in Westminster. I hope people will reflect politically on what this is about. There is no good Brexit deal for Ireland or the UK. Like...

Seanad: Order of Business (7 Nov 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the peak time. People are working and they take their time off when the peak time ends. In the case of the health system, and I have made my view clear on numerous occasions, it shuts down in some parts at 5 p.m., be it for outpatients or certain types of procedures. We must examine that. To be fair, nobody is advocating that we not allow hard-working members of the health service...

Seanad: Order of Business (11 Oct 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the 15 Members of the House for their contributions to the Order of Business. I will begin by again paying tribute to Emma Mhic Mhathúna, to whom Senator Bacik and other Members referred, to the other lady who died, to all victims of cancer and to all the victims of the CervicalCheck screening programme. As Senator Byrne said, Dr. Scally was before the Committee on Health...

Seanad: Smoking Ban: Motion (25 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...of Health, and I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, and congratulate her on her tenure to date in the Department, we are trying to create a smoke-free Ireland. That means only 5% of our population smoking by 2025. To achieve that, we need leadership from politicians. The Minister of State has demonstrated bravery in her brief over the national drugs strategy and...

Seanad: Order of Business (19 Apr 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the delivery of extra beds. It is important to give the House a number of figures as doing so puts things in context. Attendances are up by 7% and admissions are up by 7.3%. Attendances of over 75s have gone up by over 20.1% and admissions of over 75s are up by 18.2%. There are more people now using our hospitals, or arriving into hospitals. The increased demand is about a combination...

Seanad: Order of Business (6 Mar 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...but it is not just about beds. I know Fianna Fáil's leader, Deputy Micheál Martin, raised it. The HSE has committed to developing a plan relating to the development of services for eating disorders.Up to 5% of our population is affected. The HSE, in launching a new model of care, is committed to creating eight adult and children eating disorder units throughout the country...

Seanad: Order of Business (14 Feb 2018)

Jerry Buttimer: ...quite clear. If one were to listen to the Senator's comments this morning one would think the Government was doing nothing, but the facts - and they are not alternative facts - are that €5 million extra was added to the budget and that 114 assistant psychologists and 20 staff grade psychologists are being recruited. That is being done as we speak.

Seanad: Order of Business (28 Nov 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: That is not part of the €5 million, as he knows

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Apr 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...and people in public buildings and shops. We have to try to change that. The Motor Insurers' Bureau of Ireland figures reveal that the level of uninsured driving in Ireland rose from less than 5% in 2013 to 7.1% in 2015 and the payout of between €50 million and €60 million is being passed onto motorists. There is a need for motorists to recognise that we cannot be a...

Seanad: Order of Business (Resumed) (1 Mar 2017)

Jerry Buttimer: ...a real debate about the type of public transport we want and how we can have a public system that benefits everybody. As the Taoiseach stated and I mentioned yesterday, Bus Éireann is losing €50,000 per day on the Expressway service. That cannot be sustained no matter where one is from. The Senators have raised challenges regarding infrastructure deficits across the country...

Seanad: Order of Business (8 Dec 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...have spoken to Adam's auctioneers. Her officials also have spoken to other stakeholders in the cultural institutions on the price of the letter. One cannot perhaps put a value on it, but as for the value of €1 million to €1.5 million - it has been withdrawn from auction - my information is that such expenditure would not be value for money. I am not in any way trying to...

Seanad: Order of Business (13 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to the House to address the points made by the Senator. Senator Humphreys raised the issue of the payment of social welfare. He referenced savings of €28 million. For the first time, this Government was clear. I will answer the Senator's question. The ambiguity around the date is very simple. This Government wanted to give a €5...

Seanad: Rent Certainty (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage (12 Oct 2016)

Jerry Buttimer: ...is prepared to say " I am willing to act when in government."If the Members opposite do, then let us have a proper meaningful talk. I will give the Members opposite some figures. Up to €200 million has been allocated to the local infrastructure housing activation fund to remove infrastructure blockages to larger housing developments and, in turn, to deliver more supply. A...