Results 21-25 of 25 for buttimer speaker:Paul Gavan

Seanad: Business and Covid-19: Statements (30 Apr 2021)

Paul Gavan: ..., with Shannon, and that means reintegrating Shannon into a national airport authority. I would ask the Tánaiste to agree not only with me, but with his colleagues, Deputies Carey and O'Donnell from the mid-west, and Senator Buttimer, all of whom signed up to this call to reintegrate Shannon into a new national airport authority. We have had years of failure regarding Shannon. It...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...aviation policy must be developed and given priority by Government, setting out a co-ordinated national approach to ensure balanced recovery and growth across the aviation sector".As Senator Buttimer said, we must reposition the aviation sector. That key recommendation but has not been implemented. Recommendation No. 20 is: "Recognising the very significant shock to the aviation sector,...

Seanad: Appropriation Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Dec 2022)

Paul Gavan: ...to tell the Minister of State the impact it is having in terms of the huge level of despair. Effectively, Limerick has been put on hold in terms of transport issues. I see that my colleague, Senator Buttimer, is in the Chamber. We really cannot see where the Cork-Limerick motorway is at this point. We would like to know whether it is going ahead. I am not convinced that it is. The...

Seanad: Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2021: Second Stage (9 Dec 2021)

Paul Gavan: ...Minister when I again raise the issue of the Government's blockage of the intellectual property, IP, waiver so that developing countries can generate their own generic versions of these drugs. I support Senator Buttimer, who said the Government needs to do much more for the developing world. I hope he was referring to the Government changing its stance on the waiver of IP for vaccines....

Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)

Paul Gavan: ...ago, Cork Airport had 100,000 passengers per year more than Shannon Airport. As of last year, it had 900,000 more passengers. It is an airport not without its challenges, as I am sure my colleague, Senator Buttimer, will allude to but it had streaked ahead and was the fastest growing airport in the country within an integrated network. At the same time, we had Shannon Airport having to...