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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Aer Lingus representatives for being here and participating. I do not mean to be cranky in the final week of Christmas but aviation is very important to us as a committee. I thank the representatives most sincerely for being here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I was not being robust but very supportive of my colleagues in Shannon and Cork airports. I thank the Chairman.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: The import of the comment is correct. The portrayal was that it was the airlines' fault on Sunday and Monday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: When does that start?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Is the Senator going to give us a song?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I join other Members in congratulating the Cathaoirleach and all members of staff on the very suitable and excellent commemorative event yesterday in Leinster House to commemorate Seanad 100. Senators, including me as recently as last week, have raised the issue of the drug, Kaftrio. I ask that the Minister for Health come to the House and present an update to us. That would be opportune...

Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I will be brief in my contribution. First, I congratulate the Minister. Senator Dooley made the point about the Minister's refreshing contribution. It was brilliant. The Minister, in his speech this morning here without a note, spoke in a simple way. I hope the Houses of the Oireachtas will take what the Minister said and replay it widely to the students and, as Senator Chambers said, to...

Committee on Public Petitions: Public Petition on Housing and Homelessness in County Kildare: Kildare County Council (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Agreed. I apologise but I must leave the meeting now because a vote has been called in the Seanad.

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Chairman, are we on any other business?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the staff for their excellent work and wish them a happy Christmas. Are we to meet next week?

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (8 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: This could potentially be my last meeting of the committee, so I thank you, Chair, and members for their engagement and collegiality, and I thank the staff. We are very lucky on this committee to have an excellent secretariat and staff who do great work. I thank them most sincerely. I will talk to you again, Chairman, before the end of January.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Cathaoirleach. I join with Senator Lombard in paying tribute and in remembering the late Seán Hales. I commend Senator Lombard and the committee which has produced a wonderful booklet for next Sunday. It is fitting, as we celebrate and remember yesterday and today, that in the words of John L. O'Sullivan, Seán Hales was "a truly great man". He had no wish to...

Seanad: Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Terry's family to the Gallery and thank them for being here. He would be very proud of the fact we are celebrating his life today. Senator McGahon gave a very eloquent and touching tribute for which I thank him most sincerely. Terry Brennan was a friend and a colleague, but above all he was a person you were proud to say you served with. For many of us in the period of 2011 to...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I support my colleagues in putting forward this recommendation. I commend the Minister and the Government on the help-to-buy scheme at a time when criticism is being levelled at the Government regarding its housing policy. We accept we have a road to go on this issue and there are challenges to meet. Up to the end of November, 37,300 help-to-buy claims had been made, of which 36, 500 were...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I commend the Minister and the Minister for Defence on their extension of the seagoing credit for Naval Service personnel, which is covered in sections 10 and 11. As somebody who comes from the constituency Cork South-Central, which includes Ringaskiddy, the Naval Service base and Haulbowline at the core of its operations, I commend the extending of this tax credit and congratulate the...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Michael Coghlan to the Gallery. He is the son of our friend, former Senator Paul Coghlan. I wish them all well and particularly Paul. This is a very important issue for me. I have spoken about it at parliamentary party level and I have spoken to the Minister on it. The living city initiative has been successful but it can be improved. I know we have made changes to it, as...

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I second the recommendation.

Seanad: Finance Bill 2022: Committee Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I support what Senator Maria Byrne said and welcome the changes made thus far. Given the new weather advisory for tomorrow, in the short term this will not help us, I know.We will not get the Bill through by tomorrow. Given that climate change has become part of our world and we must take it seriously, there is an urgency about making houses more energy-efficient and improving their energy...