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Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second Stage (16 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...said, it must be done by 16 June. While the allocation of Garda resources is a matter for the Garda Commissioner, in light of reports of joint policing committees in Dublin and, in particular, Cork, it is extremely important that we should have an enhanced Garda presence on our streets. The increase in antisocial behaviour and unnecessary attacks on people needs to be addressed as a...

Seanad: Garda Síochána (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (16 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...I am going to say next. It is now incumbent on An Garda Síochána, working with the Department of Justice, to have a very high level of Garda visibility on our streets, especially in our capital city and Cork city. I spoke earlier about the rise of antisocial behaviour, the incidence of public order offences and violence against people. It is important that the Government and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Services (15 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...with a neurological condition. The theme of the campaign is "Patients Deserve Better", which highlights the need for 100 specialist neurologists in nursing and is also about the four we have in Cork and the 16 needed to provide, as Senator O'Donovan said, essential care to people with neurological conditions. One example involves a gentleman I know, Declan Groeger, who suffers from...

Seanad: Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (14 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...it or not. She may well laugh at me but I have not yet, in my 18 years as a public representative dealing with appeals, submissions or objections to An Bord Pleanála or dealing with the planners in Cork city or county councils, questioned its bona fides. It is very independent and extremely fair in how it handles its business. There may be examples in the public domain at the...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ports Facilities (2 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for being here. Cork is the capital city of the south. The Port of Cork is the second largest natural harbour and a key international gateway for trade. I ask that Cork Port become a designated port for the importation of non-EU fresh produce and that it would receive clearance personnel from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for these...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Ports Facilities (2 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State. I support the call and the submission from the Port of Cork for the building of a border control post. I appreciate the Minister of State's response and thank her. A border control post must be established in Cork and in tandem with that is the need for border control personnel from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to be located in Cork. I...

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

Jerry Buttimer: On 14 December 2022, during a Commencement matter debate, I raised the issue of the advanced paramedic motorbike unit for Cork. The Cathaoirleach ruled out of order my raising of this as a Commencement matter on a second occasion because it had already been raised, which I understand, but there needs to be a forum for us as Members of the Seanad to hold the HSE to account for the lack of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...him for coming here today, and for his honesty and candour. "Claire Byrne Live" on Monday night interviewed a former member of staff of the DAA. I speak to members of DAA staff in Dublin and Cork. I think the organisation has wonderful staff. However, I am told, rightly or wrongly, that part of the issue is the staffing contracts. For example, what happens if the same thing happens...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Delays at Dublin Airport: Discussion (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...it was going to happen, I am sorry but they did not. I stand over that in this room. It is not acceptable that on a continual basis some people have said today they want to redeploy staff from Cork Airport to Dublin. We must not cut the capacity of Cork Airport or indeed Shannon Airport because it is critical the capacity of Cork, which is under the DAA's watch, is kept to its fullest....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...digress, with the Chairman's permission, by returning to the issue of aviation in the short time left to me. I will remind the Minister of State, members of the committee and those watching that Cork Airport is the second airport in the country. It had 2.8 million passengers pre-pandemic. I support Deputy Carey's call, which is a call I have made, that the regional airports programme,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I was not going to refer to Cork at all in this next question because I do not want to be too parochial. I appreciate the Minister of State has to wear the Ireland hat, despite the fact she is, like Deputy Carey, probably coming from the perspective of the west, as is the Chair, which is fair enough. Has the Minister of State, the Minister or the Government sat down with the airlines, to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Deputy Donohoe, the Minister for Transport, the Minster of State or someone sat down with Aer Lingus and said "Hang on a second. Aer Lingus has not resumed a number of flights, for example, out of Cork". Has it been asked why? Will those flights come back? Emerald Airlines is taking over some of the short-haul flights. What is its policy? What is its mission statement now in respect...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of the An Post Network: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jun 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I applaud the Minister of State, lest she think I am being critical of the role she played in ensuring that funding was given to Cork, Waterford, Knock and Shannon, for example. I thank her for that. Dalton Philips said today that the airports were losing €1 million a day. My point is that the Government, like the Government before it, is all about regional development and the...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...It is regrettable that the Minister for Transport has said that it will be at least 2023 before the long-awaited regulations are introduced. As we know, the capital city of Dublin and cities like Cork have been left behind while every other big city in Europe has introduced e-scooters, and had them legalised and regularised. I ask the Leader to invite the Minister to come to the House...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Medical Bureau of Road Safety: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...time and the fact other members who wish to contribute. The work of the medical bureau on safety is something the committee should engage on more. As a member of the joint policing committee in Cork city, I am conscious that there are discrepancies between urban and rural areas as well. That is mentioned in the annual report and there is reference to analysis of incidents and detection...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator could mention Cork as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...that he is not an aviation expert, he brings a wealth of experience to the position and has demonstrated that today in his presentation. We all come with competing interests in terms of Cork, Dublin and Shannon, but we should operate in the realm of policy change, as Mr. Henry said. He spoke about the issue of route patterns changing. How can we build route density? Part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree. That is why, arising from our meeting in Shannon and, hopefully, from our meeting in Cork, we will see the importance of the points Mr. Henry made in his presentation and how advocating that all airports outside of Dublin remain in the regional airports programme is essential. The Shannon stopover was removed. The whole aviation policy has changed. IATA will tell us that there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Cork is remarkable.

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

Jerry Buttimer: ...for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister for Transport on our ports policy regarding the designation of ports for the importation of non-EU fresh produce. I ask this in the context of Cork Port, which should be designated as one of those ports that allows for the importation of non-EU fresh produce. Second, I ask that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine extend...