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

Jerry Buttimer: -----the M28, and the timeline on that. That is my question to Mr. Walsh. To Ms Graham, in terms of BusConnects in Cork, I meant to ask at our meeting with her whether the livery would be still red and white. It is a parochial matter but it is distinctive in the context of Cork. The video the NTA had as part of its promotional piece had a red-and-white bus. I accept the NTA is buying...

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: I thank Mr. Walsh.

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

Jerry Buttimer: What are the plans for the office in Cork?

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

Jerry Buttimer: Will that be significant? It is important that we have-----

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

Jerry Buttimer: The Senator is engaging in parish pump politics now.

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

Jerry Buttimer: I will ask a simple question which has a complex answer. Do Mr. Walsh and Ms Graham think we will see the Cork metropolitan area transport strategy in our lifetime? We are committed to light rail and to a public transport system that is integrated. We recognise the complexities of public transport provision in the case of Cork. Yet the number of bus journeys, as we heard this week, is...

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

Jerry Buttimer: I ask the question because it goes back to my earlier 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?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise for not being in the committee room. I am in my office in Leinster House. I thank our witnesses for being here. This is extremely important and quite complex. The import could be gargantuan for a multiplicity of sectors of the economy and society. The last remarks were about heavy reporting and corrective actions. What are the implications and import of that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Yes. I apologise.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I know the penalties are reputational. Mr. Ó Ciaruáin said that, in the round, we are in a good place. What does "we are in a good place" actually mean?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I apologise but I missed part of the meeting because I was on quorum duty in the Seanad. Senator Horkan asked a series of questions that were quite relevant in the context of engagement with the ports and airports. I apologise for missing the answer on which of our airports are affected. There was a comment that increased costs and airfares will be a knock-on effect. I will come back in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: I take the point Ms O'Brien made. I take the point that these proposals have been there since July, but the one worry I have goes back to Ms von der Leyen's address to the EU in September when she spoke about the issue of reduction of targets and the revision of EU climate and energy legislation. Today is a positive in that we are having a transparent and open discussion about us as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Okay. I will finish on this. To be fair, all of us are on board, but I have a worry about the cross-sectoral damage, which is the wrong word, that will be done to our competitiveness. Am I right in saying that these are going to be binding actions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: We have the European Green Deal of 2019 and our climate target plan, Fit for 55. On support measures and pricing, have support measures been put in place for Ireland, from an EU perspective? I apologise if I have used the wrong phraseology.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: If we consider the roll-out of alternative fuel infrastructure, the revised regulation will require member states to expand charging and refuelling infrastructure to support charging the vehicle fleet. If I am reading this right, major motorways would need to have minimum permitted intervals of 60 km for electric car charging points and 150 km intervals for hydrogen refuelling stations....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Mr. Burke referred to an information day. In the context of the promotion of zero-emission and low-emission vehicles, has the Department given consideration to doing a road show for the general public? Members visited National Broadband Ireland this week. It provided a very good information chart on broadband and showed us monitors, screens, different intervention points, breakdown...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: Is there no app available at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (21 Oct 2021)

Jerry Buttimer: No, I am referring to a telephone app.