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Seanad: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (6 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...probably within the remit of the Minister for Justice but I hope we can look at that further. The dynamic traffic management of the M50 is a measure we all welcome. Will the Minister engage with TII in the context of the works that are under way at the Dunkettle interchange? As one heads eastbound towards Glanmire, Little Island or the Dublin Road, there are extraordinary delays. I am...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: That was TII's fault.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects and Related Issues: Discussion (6 Apr 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...ramifications which we should try to avoid. Regarding Cork Metropolitan Area Transport, CMAT, the NTA is the approving authority for metro and light rail projects. I ask Mr. Walsh to outline TII's interaction with the NTA on that. What is the status of that project's delivery? I invite Mr. Walsh to meet the people involved in the Lee to Sea greenway. Funding was recently allocated...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Travelling in a Woman's Shoes Report: Discussion (9 Mar 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...to finish on the process as a whole. In Ms Cahill's contribution she speaks about this being the start of a journey. I hate using the phrase "corporate buy-in" but how are we on the buy-in from TII, Iarnród Éireann, Bus Éireann, Luas, the metro or whatever? I asked a question about how we can ensure we are never back here again having the types of figures in the report...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the merger of government organisations and road safety. I will begin with the issue of road safety and the Cork-Limerick motorway, to which Senator Horkan referred. Will that be a priority for TII to develop?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: It is important that TII fulfils the programme for Government commitment and the aims of the national development plan in the development and completion of that project. That is the case for a number of reasons. The TII's record on road safety is very good. Mr. Llewellyn spoke about a parliamentary committee meeting in his opening remarks. People did not notice how they arrived safely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish Mr. Llewellyn well. I hope that he will come back before this committee again, with his colleagues from TII, to discuss different projects. I thank him for being here today and wish him every success.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland: Chairperson Designate (1 Dec 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...see delivery in this area. I keep saying that the delivery of projects such as BusConnects and light rail for Cork and other areas will signify the success of Mr. Llewellyn's tenure as the chair of TII and of the organisation itself. I wish him every success.

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...xc9;ireann launched the BusConnects for rural Ireland programme after a period of consultation. It is an exciting and new significant departure by the National Transport Authority, NTA, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, the Government and Bus Éireann. I am excited because the plan is about increased capital investment in public transport. It is part of the commitment, as the...

Seanad: Public Transport: Motion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...I would remind him to read the transcript of today's transport committee meeting where we had a robust engagement with the National Transport Authority, NTA, and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII on the delivery of the national development plan. The point I make repeatedly, which I made at the committee today, is that people want to see delivery. They want to see project realisation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...that we are being engaged with even if the orders are a bit reversed for Senator Horkan. Nonetheless, I welcome the engagement. The important point is that there is ambition on the part of TII, the NTA, ourselves and local authorities regarding the €200 million BusConnects plan for Cork, which we all welcome. I am not trying to be in any way discordant, but Deputy O'Connor made...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...voting to proceed with bus lanes? I thank them for today. I thank them for the engagement on Monday and Tuesday this week. I wish them well. I hope that we will have ongoing engagement with TII and the NTA.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Is TII looking at it being a five-year project or a ten-year project?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Revised National Development Plan: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...remarks about project visualisation and delivery. People want to see that. The ambition is one that we all subscribe to and want to see achieved. There is a collective will. Have the NTA or TII made any submission to the Cork city or Cork county development plans currently being drawn up?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Sep 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I request that we have a debate on transport. I so doing I welcome that Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and the National Transport Authority, NTA, have awarded a contract to Jacobs Engineering Group to undertake route option analysis and develop an initial design for light rail from Ballincollig and Mahon Point as part of the Cork metropolitan area transport, CMAT, strategy. I also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: According to page 3 of the substantial document we received from Dr. Meade, TII recommends that e-mobility vehicles should not permitted to use bus lanes or tram lines due to their speed and the mass differentials. Why should they not be able to use bus lanes when cyclists can? Footpaths may become the favourite place to go. The document also referred to how an American study had found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (2 Feb 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: ...change and where we are today vis-à-visthe pandemic, with commutability having changed and the whole issue around working from home. In the context of working from home, wherein lie the views of TII and the National Transport Authority with regard to more people working from home vis-à-visthe transport network and the proposed reconfiguration of our road network? The Minister,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (2 Feb 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: As a member of the N28 group, may I make the point that if TII had engaged meaningfully on the first day, we would not be where we are today. I am not seeking to have an argument, but let us be fair. The residents of the area were trampled on. If there had been proper engagement, the problems could have been avoided. The majority of people in the area were not against the road but they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Jerry Buttimer: ...are three elements involved with this, including education, enforcement and engineering. There is a deficit in engineering and that involves the councils and Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII. I hope the RSA can address that. I have a "hobby horse" issue in the way the speed vans and Garda checkpoints are located on motorways in particular. I hope they are not a money-making...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Jerry Buttimer: ...Senator Murnane O'Connor raised the issue of the weather conditions last Sunday. I cannot for the life of me understand how the National Transport Authority, NTA, Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, or the councils were not prepared for it because a weather warning was issued. It is an issue we need to consider for the future. Senator Mullen raised the issue of Irish overseas aid....