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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: The Chair cannot even say St. Munchin's College.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: That is a very good point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Why is that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Brady and Ms Hughes to the meeting. The proposal to lower speed limits by 10 km/h, if I read TII's document right, would result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 0.7%. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: From that, then, TII states that a reduction in the speed limits on national roads and motorways would have a limited impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: The piece I cannot understand - I apologise for missing it - is that the potential for road deaths and accidents would increase. Will the witnesses explain that further?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I apologise. How many additional deaths per year could that scenario result in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: If we were to implement reduced speed limits as per the report, there would be an economic impact. Did I see somewhere that the impact would be a loss of €3.8 billion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I thought I saw it in the report. I could be wrong.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: As for the Macroom bypass, has TII reached a conclusion with the contractor in the form of an agreement to open the project early?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I am concerned. If the Macroom bypass is to open early in the context of a vanity project by a certain date - I will be careful in what I say, a Chathaoirligh - and if there is no agreement with the contractor, what is the impact of that on TII? Second, what is the impact of it from a safety point of view in the context of the assessment, in particular around the entire development of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I will not put the witnesses on the spot or create a row in the context of the additional budgetary costs. I ask and propose, however, that we invite in the relevant section of TII as soon as possible to discuss the issues in this regard. In the report there is a section on speed cameras and consultation involving Garda checkpoints or speed checks. Is that within TII's remit?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: May I ask two further questions? Let me put everything in context. I am a strong supporter of the road safety strategy and having speed checks on roads. Members will have heard me make reference to two points at a number of meetings. I do not understand the rationale for why there is a speed van as you head eastbound into the Jack Lynch tunnel in Cork. The second issue is in coming out of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: That is all right. I appreciate that there are works going on in Dunkettle that require very strong public safety messages, traffic calming and speed management. I understand that. Coming out of the tunnel and heading towards Blackrock, Rochestown and Mahon Point, there is a temporary speed sign and a construction sign but there is no construction heading westbound. Those types of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: They are.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I am not against speed vans. Ms Hughes might think I am a crank but I am not. I just think it defies the whole purpose of what TII and the RSA are trying to achieve. It is not right on that particular section of the road. That is my only observation on that. I would love to hear the rationale TII is employing with An Garda Síochána on the N40. I have campaigned for speed...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: Both. In America, there is a member of the police force at either end of the construction. I support the need for the ongoing work and it is great that it is being done at night, but some of the advance notification could be improved. That is all. It is just my observation, having travelled at night and witnessed the way people ahead of me must take corrective action. Advising people...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: I have noticed in the last couple of weeks as I head home from Dublin at night that there has been a lot of construction. That is great but the level of advance notification could be improved. That is all. I am not being critical; it is just an observation. I thank the witnesses for everything and I appreciate the work they are doing.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister was in the Seanad last week. He is here more often than Senator Craughwell is.
- Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Oct 2022)
Jerry Buttimer: The Minister appeared before the House last week to discuss the Defence Forces.