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

Jerry Buttimer: I am conscious that my time is up.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I could stay for the day but I am cognisant of the 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...

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

Jerry Buttimer: Yes.

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

Jerry Buttimer: Deputy O'Rourke referenced earlier the operation of the bureau. Is there anything that we as a committee should be advocating on its behalf in terms of equipment, staffing or its operational matters. It is important. I am genuinely concerned by the increase in fatalities on the road in 2022. I would like to hear Dr. Bedford's views on that matter as well. In the context of the bureau's...

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

Jerry Buttimer: Is that sufficient?

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

Jerry Buttimer: Right.

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

Jerry Buttimer: May I ask one question if we have time?

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

Jerry Buttimer: In the introduction to Professor Cusack's report of 2020, on page 1, he speaks about the number of preliminary drug testing devices supplied to An Garda Síochána for roadside use having increased as a result of a further 43 devices having been released from Garda stations for roadside use. At the end of 2020, there were 130 devices available for roadside drug testing in comparison...

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: First, I wish to express my absolute confidence in Mr. Henry as chair. Despite his very modest assertion 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....

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: Good man.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that we have a debate with the Minister 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...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I raise this on behalf of the 36 children excluded, particularly Eimear and her mom Julie. This is about the availability and accessibility of a life-changing cystic fibrosis drug. A total of 36 children between the ages of six and 11 are being excluded. It makes no sense, as the treatment prevents damage to the lungs. Cystic fibrosis...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medicinal Products (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Minister of State for the encouraging words at the end of her contribution. She is right that the drug has been made available to some people. I believe that others should not be excluded from receiving the drug and hope that progress will be made. As the Minister of State said, there is work under way behind the scenes. I ask her to ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: This morning, the Irish Property Owners Association had a very informative briefing across the road in Buswells Hotel. All of us recognise, from our work as politicians living in communities, the difficulties in housing provision and the housing market. It is probably the greatest challenge our generation is facing. I ask that the Deputy Leader facilitate a debate on housing in the context...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I hope the Deputy Leader got home after "The Late Debate".

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank our guests for attending. Everything I wanted to say has been said. The important point is we listen to the contributions today, recognising the four pillars of a post office network in the context of reliability, reach, resilience and relevance should be at the forefront of everything we do. Mr. Tom O’Callaghan from Limerick, whom the Chairman knows, of the Independent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Future of An Post Network: Discussion (18 May 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: It is a minimum and a per annum figure.