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

Jerry Buttimer: Very briefly, on a related digression, if I may, I commend the Minister on the changes in the digital gaming tax credit. In Cork, we are very proud of our gaming industry and sector. I know he is committed to making Ireland a digital gaming hub of world renown and I commend him on that.

Seanad: Social Welfare Bill 2022: Second Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank her for her stewardship of the Department of Social Protection. In his contribution earlier, Senator Kyne rightly book marked where we have come from with where we are today. In this evening's debate we should acknowledge the importance of the Fine Gael, Labour Party Government over a five year period. It stabilised the country and created a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Councillor Barry Sweeny to the Gallery. I join others in welcoming the centenary of the establishment of the Irish Free State. We are here today on the backs of great leaders. It was not the State envisaged by the leaders of the 1916 Rising but on 6 December 1922, Ireland became a free state, independent of Britain.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I had the privilege of visiting Goldenbridge Cemetery this morning and quietly paying tribute to W.T. Cosgrave to thank him and those who led our country. The testimony to their vision and leadership is that for 100 years, despite turbulent and contentious times - and Senator Ó Donnghaile is correct that we have a way to go yet - we have had democracy, the right to vote and the right to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I encourage Members of the House to wear the glow red badge or lapel pin for World AIDS Day on 1 December.In the 40 years since 1982, we have made gargantuan progress yet we have a road to travel still. As a nation and as a world, we are still fighting the stigma of HIV and we are standing up for people living with this illness. I ask the Minister of Health who has responsibility for the...

Seanad: Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2022: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, to the House. I welcome the debate we are having tonight. I will put on record that I am neither an owner or breeder of greyhounds or horses. I am, however, an extraordinary supporter of the industries on which we need to have a balanced debate in these House. To listen to some of the discourse tonight, one would think the men and women who work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Game, set and match.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Could the Chairman take the point Mr. Wilson just made as part of what we take away from the meeting?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: We are supposed to be talking about aviation policy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Wilson and thank them for their contribution to our economy and the provision of jobs. I ask Mr. O'Leary to keep repeating we are a peripheral nation dependent on air connectivity. Will the remarks of the Minister for Transport at COP27 have a negative effect on airline travel for us as a country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Willie Walsh was before the committee a couple of weeks ago. Mr. O'Leary struck a very similar theme in his presentation in the context of Dublin. It will be no surprise to Mr. O'Leary, given I am from Cork, that I will raise an issue with his presentation in the context of Cork, Shannon and other regional airports. What can the committee do to broaden the appeal of airports such as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. O'Leary's previous employee, Mr. Jacobs, is taking over the new role as chair of DAA. I wish him well and propose we invite him, we he takes up tenure, to come before the committee. Will his experience of the aviation industry be a help or a burden to the DAA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. O'Leary has repeatedly raised the €200 million tunnel. Will he explain to members of the committee, people watching and those who are here from the media and reporting on the meeting the import of this tunnel and what it will do for the travelling public in Dublin Airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Is that just Mr. O'Leary's view or is it a universal view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Has Ryanair articulated that formally to the DAA as well?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Wilson for being here. I wish them well and I hope Ryanair concludes that deal in Cork because it is very much needed for our city and county.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: How can we help to inform a different approach with regard to the 60% coming into Dublin? Mr. O'Leary and Mr. Walsh said the same thing.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a great question.