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Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Is it a combination of time and a lack of resources that matters not concluded?

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Okay.

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: How is the local intervention initiative working out?

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank our witnesses for being here today. I ask that we request the committee secretariat to have a further discussion in private about the outcomes of today's meeting. I thank Mr. Justice MacCabe, Ms Logan, Mr. Hume and Ms Healy for being here. If I had read my reports right, I should have looked at table 4 before I asked the question about table 5. I wish Mr. Justice MacCabe every...

Committee on Public Petitions: Engagement with the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (28 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: That is a worrying trend that we should come back to again. I have one final question. In table 5 on page 7 of the briefing we got for the meeting today, it is stated that 4,615 queries were handled in 2021. The number of allegations dealt with in that the complaints were closed was 2,902. Am I to extrapolate from that that almost 1,700 cases are not closed? Am I right or wrong in that?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Well said.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome the students and staff and thank them for being here. Democracy and politics are very important in every aspect of their lives. I wish them well in being here today. I seek a debate on vaccines beyond Covid. This is World Immunisation Week. Ireland spends 0.2% of its health budget on immunisation. That figure would alarm and amaze all of us. If it does not, it should because,...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: All of us are acutely aware, as members of the committee, of the importance of this Bill. It should be put on the record of the House that there has been extensive consultations on this Bill. I thank Michael Kingston for his engagement with us. I ask Members to read the report on pre-legislative scrutiny and the heads of the Bill from the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications....

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Tomorrow at 10.30 a.m.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the witnesses for attending and for the presentation. This is an important meeting and I echo the remarks of Senator Horkan that we should have the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform before the committee as a matter of urgency as part of an ongoing discussion on the reform of public works contracts. Deputy O’Rourke spoke about difficulties that are beginning to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not wish to sound pedantic but what does that actually mean in real terms for the projects under Ms Brogan's remit? Deputy O’Connor spoke about CMATS, for example. I commend the allocation and resourcing of a specific office in Cork and Mr. AJ Cronin on his proactivity in that regard. Where lies that project? Ms Brogan told Deputy O’Connor that she did not have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: What is the implication on the delivery of construction projects in the context of inflation and the whole issue the Construction Industry Federation, CIF, will speak about in the efficient functioning of public projects and their delivery in line with Government expectations in respect of hyperinflation, price inflation, skill shortages and risk transfer? What are Ms Brogan’s...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I am asking about the whole issue around public works contracts and the impact on those of hyperinflation and price inflation. We are going to be told later on that there has been a considerable rise in the different costs of products and in delivering projects. Delivery on time, per schedule and within budget will be difficult, as has been referred to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Are the Minister and his officials proactively involved in this process or is it being done at arm's length, so to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Does Ms Brogan see this engagement as having a positive outcome?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Reform of Public Works Contracts for the Construction of Transport Infrastructure: Discussion (27 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Ms Brogan for her presentation, presence and responses to my questions. I ask her to send me a copy of the CMATS response being sent to Deputy O’Connor. I wish Ms Brogan every success in what is a flagship Department, as alluded to by the Chairman, in respect of sustainable travel. We have a roads network which we need to address in respect of the issue of active travel. I...