Results 41-60 of 24,555 for speaker:Jerry Buttimer

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I agree with Deputy Burke that, despite the challenges outlined, the growth necessitates that this road be expedited. The Minister, Deputy O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and I in the Department of Transport, working with An Taoiseach and other members of Government, will do our damnedest to expedite the project delivery for this road. I fully concur with Deputy Burke. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: On the Ryder Cup, I congratulate the European team, including Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry. Deputy Burke is right. We are committed to the Adare piece, but the Cork to Limerick part is equally important. I am confident that-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not sure we will get there for the Ryder Cup, but it needs to be-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Gabh mo leithscéal.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank Deputy O'Flynn for this very important question, and for his commitment to the people of Mallow. I look forward to working with him because we both share a desire to see the town of Mallow continue to flourish and develop. As he is aware, the National Transport Authority's Local Link and rural transport programme is, in the case of Cork, managed and administered in Cork by the Local...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to working further with the Deputy to alleviate the traffic gridlock.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to coming to visit Mallow. Deputy Colm Burke, who is sitting behind me, has also asked me to go there. I look forward to meeting with Deputy O'Flynn in Mallow. I visited Mallow recently.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps the Deputy was not there. There is an issue in the centre of Mallow and going from A to B. There is traffic gridlock going to the roundabout heading towards the Killarney Road, coming from Fermoy, which requires a lot of patience and persistence by motorists and cyclists alike. However, let us look at what the Government has done in the town of Mallow in terms of the frequency of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Perhaps he can bring me to the particular spots where he thinks there should be bus stops as well.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: The line Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, and the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, and I have €92 million more for roads this year and I hope we will have more next year in the budget. There is a real need for this funding. Deputy Colm Burke has a question on the Cork to Limerick motorway. We need that motorway. All of us who travel that road know that is the case from an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I look forward to working with all Members. Deputy O'Flynn referred to other Members of the House. We should bring them on a journey.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I assure Deputy Ward that the Department, the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, the Minister, Deputy Darragh O’Brien, and I are aware of the needs of Donegal, which I visited in July. It is not correct that the Government has not invested in transport in Donegal. I referenced the Local Link service. We can see the phenomenal investment and growth in that service. I fully...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I do not want to get into a political back and forth with Deputy Ward because I respect where he is coming from. However, if we look at the Local Link service in Donegal and talk to the TCU manager there, Fionnuala O'Shea, we see the investment in the 966, 959, 957, 954, 952 and 953 routes. People are using Local Link. If the Government had turned its back on Donegal and was not investing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter. I am taking this question on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Canney, who regrets he cannot be here. As the Deputy will be aware, the final report of the all-island strategic rail review was published in July of last year. The review's recommendations for County Donegal involve the development of a new rail line from Letterkenny...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: They know the answer to the question. There are 212 minutes tomorrow.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport, I fully recognise the vital role that enhanced connectivity plays in supporting communities across rural Ireland, including County Wicklow. Operational decisions regarding service delivery rest with the National Transport Authority or the NTA, in collaboration with transport operators and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: As Minister of State at the Department of Transport with special responsibility for Rural Transport, I would like to reaffirm this Government's recognition of the distinct needs and opportunities of communities across rural Ireland, that must be at the heart of decision-making. In recent years under the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, the NTA have been focusing on both...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: In relation to the Deputy's query, I understand that the National Transport Authority, or NTA, has an aspiration to provide an all-day train service of every two hours between Kilkenny and Dublin, with additional train services during the peak, and an hourly service between Dublin and Carlow. This would build on the rail service improvements of recent years. From an infrastructure...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (30 Sep 2025)

Jerry Buttimer: I wish to thank the Deputy for his question as I know that this road is of particular interest to him. It is for the local authority, as the statutory roads authority, in the first instance, to engage with TII regarding the progression of any proposed national road project. However it is important to point out that a number of interventions have been funded on the N81 in recent years,...