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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Arising from today, I wholeheartedly endorse inviting NPHET and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. We should also invite the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: This is about testing, testing, testing. As our two excellent witnesses have said-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I will come back to Dr. Horn in a second. This is about restoring the confidence of the travelling public. Dr. Horn must be available to continue his role as chair of the aviation task force so that it can be reconvened. The other point for us as a committee is that we should not be afraid to re-invite in representatives from the airlines in the context of the refund issue we heard about...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: He is right though.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I join with Senators Carrigy and Keogan in asking that we have a debate about the issues of travel agents and travel. Only this week, Ryanair has announced the closure of its bases in Cork and Shannon. I will repeatedly demand that we have an honest debate about whether we, as a country, are going to be open and open for business. It is incumbent upon us to have that honest debate in this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator does not have to second it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator will need more stationery.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, Hear.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, on his appointment as I have not seen him since then. I thank Senator Burke for sharing time with me. Section 60 of the Waste Management Act 1996 is very important, but it urgently requires clarity. As Senator Burke has eloquently outlined, a myriad of plastics is used for business, commercial, building and farm purposes. A uniform...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I support Senator Burke and thank the Minister of State, although I acknowledge it is not a matter for the Department in which he has responsibility. The industry needs support. The collection, holding and recovery of this material urgently needs a new way of thinking and a new model that can assist private and public contractors in working together.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I join Members in asking that we support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization. Lawmakers in most European countries are in favour of Taiwan joining the WHO. It makes no sense, if we are collectively trying to defeat Covid-19, that Taiwan cannot participate in the WHO. I urge the House and the Minister for Foreign Affairs to lend Ireland's support to its participation. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Cathaoirleach and the Ceann Comhairle on their decision to invite President-elect Biden and I congratulate him and Senator Kamala Harris on their election. I join with Senator Byrne in congratulating John King of CNN on his wonderful exposé of how to carry out analysis of politics and I commend my past pupil, Brian O'Donovan, of RTÉ. I primarily rise to support...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is a good man to text and email councillors himself.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: Fair enough.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I know the rules of the House.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise to the Cathaoirleach but it is disingenuous of Members to come in here and claim different things. We are a political people and we are entitled, as Members, to share information just as Departments are entitled to share information. Senator Craughwell is a good man to give it but he had better take it as well. I apologise to the Cathaoirleach as it would not be my intent to be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I appreciate that.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I did not hear the Senator and ask him to repeat what he said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I can assure Senator Gallagher that when it comes to the collective sharing of information, we can do that. I am sure that he knows what I mean by that. A Chathaoirligh, I ask that the Minister for Health comes to the House as a matter of urgency. There is absolute confusion around the flu vaccine this morning. At the time of a pandemic, there is a need for certainty and confidence in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for their contributions. I recognise the role played by the workers and union members in our airports who have made gargantuan sacrifices, adopted new work practices and endured lower pay and job losses. I thank them sincerely, particularly the members in Cork. All of us on the committee are acutely aware that the presentations today are about getting planes back in...