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Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms O'Reilly.

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: In the context of the last discussion with Deputy Murphy on the procurement and roll-out of vaccines and the role of the Commission and the member states, I, as a parliamentarian at a remove, would be critical of the European Commission. If a straw poll were taken of members of the public, they would say unambiguously that their confidence in the European institutions as a consequence of...

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: My final comment is on the role of our committee and of the European Network of Ombudsmen. How does Ms O'Reilly see us engaging further with Europe, with her and with other petitions committees in the European Union?

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: On that point, when will the minutes of the meetings be made public?

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: The minutes of the meetings will not be published.

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: They will not be published in the short, medium or long term.

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: There are outstanding issues that we have to address and the Chairman also has issues to address on behalf of the committee. We have raised these previously but I will not go through them this morning with Ms O'Reilly present.

Committee on Public Petitions: Work of the European Ombudsman during Covid-19: Discussion (30 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: A number of members have raised issues which have not yet been clarified. I will not engage on them this morning in the presence of the European Ombudsman.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the travel industry, travel agents and the issuing of travel vouchers. As the Leas-Chathaoirleach and Leader will be aware, EU Regulation 261/2004 protects the rights of consumers and travel agents. Travel agents have been without income, or have had negative income, for a year as a result of Covid-19. Our travel agents now operate under what is...

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thought the Senator was not going to be adversarial.

Seanad: Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements (29 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Burke for sharing time. I welcome the Minister and wish him well. The vaccination programme is the single most important public health campaign in a century and we must have confidence in it. I commend the Minister for the work he is doing. I ask him to expedite work with regard to the role of our pharmacists in the vaccination programme. Our pharmacists play a key role....

Seanad: Residential Tenancies Bill 2021: Second Stage (26 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State. It is important that, in a debate on housing, there is a degree of listening and understanding. There is no silver bullet. I hear members of particular parties claiming in the House to have the answer to everything and that they are the only ones to understand people but that is not true. We can all relate to, understand and know the situations of a great...

Seanad: National Development Plan: Statements (22 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister and I wish him well in his brief. His stewardship of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform will be judged not on his current actions, but his future actions. The majority of us in this Chamber today are not from Dublin. There is an over-reliance on Dublin in this country that needs to be addressed. That would be the Minister's legacy, in part. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for being here this morning and I thank Mr. Aidan Jordan for his extensive emails to us. I hope we can have the other group representative, Mr. O'Reilly, before the committee regarding his correspondence with the Chairman. First, how many of the registered ADIs does Unite represent? The RSA was before this committee recently. It has an approved driving instructors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: What has been the process at the forum that is in operation? What interaction has there been between Unite and other people in the forum regarding the legitimate views and concerns expressed this morning? What engagement has there been between all involved in the forum?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: In the context of the health and safety issues and the bathrooms, has Mr. Brophy raised those with the HSE or the Department of Health? What has he done regarding that in terms of when he will see action on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Covid-19 on Driving Instructors: Unite the Union (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: No. I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I am in Leinster House. Mr. Towey has not given us a definitive answer as to how long the appointment will be for, which is disappointing. My remarks do not in any way cast aspersion on the appointee. Given the background of the chairperson designate and her involvement with Shannon Airport, does Mr. Towey believe she has a conflict of interest given that this is a national authority,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a new role that affects all airports. Following the separation of Shannon Airport from the DAA, it was projected that 3.2 million passengers would travel through Shannon when in fact it was only 1.7 million passengers. That does not augur well, does it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I am a former chairperson of an Oireachtas committee. Would Mr. Towey accept that this process today and the appearance of any chairperson designate is a clear act of folly because we, as an Oireachtas committee, cannot say we have no confidence and cannot say we should not appoint and therefore there should be a review of the whole process whereby the person or persons should come before...