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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.

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their interesting testimony. I will ask an overarching question. I am near the end of the list of speakers, so everything that I wanted to ask has already been asked, but what three points regarding school transport should we as a committee take away from today and bring to the Department of Transport or the Department of Education?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Whichever.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: What three requests would the witnesses make of us? Everything I wanted to ask has been asked, but I wanted-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Will Mr. Conway elaborate on that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Feargal Barton, one of the Coach Tourism and Transport Council's representatives, was recently quoted as saying that the issue of insurance for young drivers was a particular barrier. Mr. Conway has just mentioned the issue about needing to be 21 years of age. Would he include that as part of the suite of requests?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The council's representatives have spoken about an issue with regard to training drivers and young people. Is the cost of obtaining a licence prohibitive? Has the council spoken to the Minister, Deputy Harris, or the Minister of State, Deputy Niall Collins, who are in charge of the Department responsible for higher education and apprenticeships?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: In respect of the funding piece, what would the cost to the State be? I apologise because I know Mr. Conway may have mentioned it already. How serious is the issue of pay and conditions with regard to retention and recruitment of drivers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. If the council's wish list were enacted by the Government, what would the import of that cost be to the State?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I again apologise, because I had another meeting in parallel with this, but the issue of the excise reduction on petrol and diesel was referred to on page 2 of the council's presentation. Will Mr. Conway elaborate on that? Other members may have asked him because he said he was keen to discuss it further with them. I am not sure whether he did so but, if he did not I ask that he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I have a ridiculously stupid question. Are we light years away from operation of electric buses or a sustainable model in Mr. Conway's industry? I ask out of curiosity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I know Dublin Bus has it but I am talking about the coach-hire industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. David O'Brien of Cork Coach Hire who has been in constant contact with me for his advocacy on behalf of the industry. I also thank the representatives for being here today and for what they are doing. I apologise for being in and out. The evidence we have had today is important and the representatives provide a considerable service both to the State and many sporting and...