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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: That is fair enough. I welcome the fact that there may be a court case. To be fair to Aer Lingus it needs to take ownership, which it has, and also have accountability on the other side. I thank Mr. Moriarty. I am a bit confused, and I know I am probably in a small dilemma given that I am from Cork, when I hear Ms Embleton, Mr. Moriarty, Ms Carberry and Mr. O'Neill speak about Aer Lingus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Would Mr. Moriarty do me a favour?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Recent Issues Concerning Aer Lingus Flight Booking and Check-in Services: Discussion (5 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Will he list the routes that Aer Lingus did not resume and explain why? I will give the example of Barcelona.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Senator Conway for allowing me to contribute first and the committee for its indulgence. I thank Dr. Ní Bhriain for coming before the committee this morning. I am a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, LGBT, community and am involved with our group in the Oireachtas as well. I welcome a number of points, including that the category of people who will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Could Dr. Igoe explain what will be done in respect of widening the criteria? Who will be vaccinated or what criteria will be applied? At the moment it is syphilis and then we do not seem to know where we are going as regards the communication. I welcome the extension to the 11 designated centres. Where will they be located?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Can Dr. Browne answer on the locations and communication?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Long Covid and Monkeypox: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Chair for his indulgence and I thank the committee for letting me go first.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Will the Deputy Leader facilitate a debate with the Minister for Finance on the decision of the Central Bank to ease mortgage-lending limits and thereby allow first-time buyers to borrow up to four times their income? It is an important decision by the Central Bank which I am sure we all consider welcome, but it raises a fundamental question as to its import and what it means in order that...

Seanad: VAT Rate for Tourism and Hospitality Sectors: Statements (Resumed) (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State and I concur with a lot of the sentiment expressed in the debate. This is an important sector of our economy and it is one in which we must look at the protection and retention of jobs in what, as Senator Murphy rightly said, is an energy crisis in which the costs have escalated. I will give the example of the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery, where the chief...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I concur with Senator Murphy in congratulating the boxers on a fantastic achievement. I ask that the Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for mental health and older people, Deputy Butler, come to the House to discuss the ongoing issues in nursing homes and care of the elderly. The Home and Community Care Ireland annual conference today will hear that six in ten...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Senator Garvey is correct in that the Senator may receive a tome of context but sometimes the answer is not given at all. We are Government Seanad Members, but it is as frustrating for us as well.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I promise my statement will not be as dramatic as Prime Minister Truss’s.

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I have no notion of resigning. Not at this occasion, anyway. I join with Senator O’Loughlin in commending my colleague and friend, Senator Malcolm Byrne, on this very important and appropriate Private Members’ Bill on Seanad electoral reform - if I can use that use that dreaded term, “Seanad reform” - to expand the franchise. He is right that it is time we did...

Seanad: Seanad Electoral (University Members) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: She has resigned.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome our witnesses to the meeting. I compliment the members of the committee on their questioning thus far. There is a real need for our witnesses to reflect upon the questions that have been asked and the issues that have been raised. I have been a bit disappointed with the responses we have got. Deputies Carey and Lowry made some very important points. We got very interesting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I want to put on record my complete support for the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána. I was vocal at the recent meeting of the Cork city joint policing committee with regard to GoSafe vans. Surely the positioning of GoSafe vans should be about saving lives and not about being a potential cash cow for An Garda Síochána or the RSA

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: We have roadworks at the junction at the Glanmire end of the tunnel and we have lane closures. Most mornings and most afternoons there are tailbacks. Why is there a GoSafe van right on the lip of the tunnel? This is one example. My second example is members of An Garda Síochána on the N40 heading west towards the Ballincollig and Macroom end of the road. There is a motorcycle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not mean that in particular to the RSA. I have to be fair. I accept that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The website of An Garda Síochána and GPS navigation give information on collisions and issues of safety. I would love justification for the two particular speed operations I have mentioned. We can go to any website and look at any camera. At 2.55 p.m. on a Wednesday the traffic on the N40 heading east towards the Glanmire exit of the tunnel is backed up to the Mahon Point exit...