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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend Senator Dolan and Deputy Stanton who have been championing the after-hours use of school buildings. In addition, could we give further consideration to the use of higher education facilities, for example, universities or institutes of technologies? The reality is that the usage of our school buildings and associated facilities, outside of school hours, would benefit and empower...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Facilities (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I will be brief. I thank Senator Dolan for her work. I also thank the Minister of State for his reply. I commend him on his commitment to community development, not only in his brief as the Minister of State but prior to that. Sometimes Ministers who come into office have no feel for the Department for which they are responsible but in the case of the Minister of State, Deputy Joe...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that we as a House join in calling all airlines to keep their prices low or free for those people fleeing Ukraine on humanitarian grounds. We accept that flights from Ukraine have been suspended but there is a real need for airlines - not just Ryanair and Aer Lingus - but all airlines to look at keeping the price of flights for the Ukrainian people fleeing neighbouring countries as low...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I will begin with a text message I received this morning from a friend who worked in Kyiv and who I had the pleasure of meeting when I was an election monitor. It reads as follows: Talking with all my co-workers, it's like 1939-1941...trying to flee West, jumping on trains, finding cars, leaving wives and kids at the border..the amount of destruction to infrastructure - horrible. That...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: We are on the cusp of St. Patrick's week. The latter gives us, as a nation, an opportunity to have the focus of the world on us and on our diaspora. Ours is a history of emigration, in some cases forced, and of having to leave our homeland in Ireland to travel to Sydney Harbour, Ellis Island or the UK. Senator Dooley spoke very eloquently. We stand with the people of Ukraine today and we...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Dooley for letting me speak first. I thank the Minister for his engagement at committee level. I also thank him for his contribution and its overarching philosophy. I welcome what we are trying to do in this legislation. The review of marine casualty investigation, the Clinch report, is critical to that. I thank him for his contribution in that regard. Any marine...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask Senator Sherlock to listen to Dr. Ronan Collins’s remarks on the renaming of the road on this morning’s "Today with Claire Byrne". There are lessons in it for all of us, notwithstanding the need to stand in solidarity with Ukraine. I would advise her to listen to that radio interview. It was an interesting interview with a resident who is supportive of the people of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome all our witnesses and thank them for their engagement. I will show a little bias in welcoming Mr. O'Brien to the meeting. I had the pleasure of being in school with his dad. It is a family tradition-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: His grandfather and grandmother were also great entrepreneurs. In fairness to Mr. O'Brien, he has been very proactive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Will's dad and I were in school today but our politics are very different. That is beside the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: We are still friends. I thank everybody for being here. It is important that this engagement and that which we have had previously can set the scene for what is very important legislation. Having used electric scooters on a trial basis, albeit in a very controlled environment, I know that the safety issue is absolutely paramount. We had representatives from the National Council of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: My total contribution can be distilled into the safety issue. We all accept the argument about reducing congestion and we are all in favour of climate action. We must consider how to address parking problems as well, as we do not want our footpaths or pavements littered with electric scooters. There is also the question of speed, age verification and helmets. A fundamental concern of mine...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that a universally accepted view? There seems to be some confusion about it. Can we take it that everyone here today agrees that footpaths will be a no-go area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The apple does not fall far from the tree.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I am conscious of time. I welcome all the witnesses and thank them for being here. I will start with Mr. Pencharz. In fairness to him, he is probably no stranger to parliamentary committees. To be fair to him also, e-scooter safety is something he has pioneered in the context of his company. He has an app that has been very good, which I have looked at in advance of today's meeting. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I found the focus on speed and different levels of permission for payment on the app very impressive.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The slow-ride zones and no-ride zones are built into the app. Today, in the city of Bristol the e-scooter scheme was extended again until November. It impressed me that the operation of the scheme was suspended from a safety point of view between Christmas and New Year. What have the learnings been from Bristol? There were 90 accidents over a four-week period. We can learn from the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Discussion (2 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. Pencharz for his presentation. I have been watching the pilot in Bristol with interest. I congratulate him on his proactivity. My colleagues and I have met with various people and engaged on safety, which is an issue of great concern to me. In Mr. Robertson's presentation, he mentioned case studies in London and Barcelona as part of his work in this area. It is fair to say...