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- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: That is not my point, a Chathaoirligh. I have no issue with that. I accept that-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: That was the point Senator Buttimer started with.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes, but I am making-----
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: I thank Senator Buttimer.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: I thank Senator Buttimer.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise if you think I am having a go at you, a Chathaoirligh. I am not having a go at you at all. It is the system I am having a go at.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: Senator Buttimer started off by saying there was a system of apartheid.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: You are missing the point.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I do not have a Whip.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: The Senator's party Whip sent in this list and his name is on the list. The fact that Senator Buttimer is unaware of it is not the Chair's issue. If he would like me to rectify it, then he needs to do that.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: No, I will do it.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Do you want me to reply, a Chathaoirligh?
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: -----and I raised my hand at 10.30 a.m. to speak. I am not having a row with the Cathaoirleach, but there needs to be an element of fairness in the allocation of speaking time. I will raise the issue again when I get to speak. I would like to make the point that it is not personal.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: But, a Chathaoirligh, you are the custodian of the position of Cathaoirleach, and there is an element of unfairness, however it happens, where Members cannot make a contribution to debates on legislation but predominantly on statements. If we go back to last week, some of us had to either share a minute and a half or two minutes each, or we could not get in at all.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: Some of us have been here since the beginning of the Order of Business to facilitate a quorum, and have been here since half past the hour, and we were not able to get in. I do not know how the system is operated. I am not having a row with the Cathaoirleach, but there is apartheid against some of us in respect of the operation of procedure, which is grossly unfair.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate the element of Covid-19, but Senator Boyhan's fundamental point is right. We are the Upper House of a Parliament and we need to look at how we can ensure that the way we do business is changed to adopt to the new way of doing things in a Covid-19 world, but it is unfair. I am sorry that I am aggrieved about it. Many of us are trying to make an effort to contribute and we...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Mark Daly: I will circulate the email that I received from the Fine Gael Whip, and Senator Buttimer is fifth on the list. That is the system that we have operated because of Covid-19, and I know that the old system was different, whereby Members would come in, raise their hands and be taken in that order. That is not the system we are currently operating because of Covid-19. I have made that clear,...
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)
Jerry Buttimer: On a point of order, that does not apply. That does not apply to all the ways we operate in this House. On the issue of list to which the Cathaoirleach is referring regarding the Order of Business and other debates, whether they concern legislation, or statements, there is no uniformity of application from the Cathaoirleach regarding the names that are submitted. That is the point that I...