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Seanad: Planning and Development and Foreshore (Amendment) Bill 2022: [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] Report and Final Stages (15 Dec 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...which will be one of the most important roads for Cork city because it will facilitate the movement of the Port of Cork down to Ringaskiddy. Had there been real engagement by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, with the residents and local organisations, there would never have been a judicial review. To be fair to An Bord Pleanála, its old hearing system was very good. It...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...the Government on its decision. In the good mood I am in today, I also welcome the decision by the Cabinet to defer until July the ridiculous proposal by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, to increase toll charges. I ask that the Cabinet ensure that increase is not carried through in July. Hard-pressed motorists, hauliers and bus companies are under pressure. Tá siad faoi...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...heartening and the Chair is right that time is of the essence. I raise one note of discord the timing was insensitive and it struck a very wrong note with many hard-pressed motorists. I ask that TII reflect on that. When speaking to hauliers, bus companies or private motorists, they say that it is a cost-of-living crisis. The decision really rankled with people. I just want to put that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that TII engage with the hauliers on this. On the radio earlier, Mr. Drennan was quite clear in his stance on the issue of the use of the concession that is available to them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I propose that TII do that. It is important. Have the reduced toll fares for electric vehicles commenced? If they have not, where are we in the context of that particular scheme of tagging?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Whose responsibility is it to let people know they can avail of it? Is TII responsible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I ask that TII review this. TII has no idea if the motorist has an electric car. Does TII not get that information? For example, I have a toll tag on my car. If I change my car, I must renew my tag. Is Mr. Masterson saying that I have to opt in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...toll tag I am a big believer in that. For me, as a motorist, it is a fantastic facility to be able to use. I do not mind paying and I am lucky that I can pay the amount per month, whatever way TII uses to take it out. It is a great system. We have had the conversation with Deputy O'Rourke and the Chairman. The whole process seems cumbersome. I accept that there are PPPs,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: Obviously, people were off the roads because of Covid. The volume of traffic was reduced and, as a result, the income coming in was significantly reduced. Was any levy or penalty imposed on TII in the context of its PPP contracts with the toll companies?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...-of-living emergency. We have the war in Ukraine, which is having an adverse affect on everything. These are not normal times. I heard Mr. Masterson's comments about the different processes that TII has undertaken, but is there any recognition that these are not normal times?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: My point is about flexibility. I understand that in order to get to D, TII must go through B and C, but surely there must be recognition on the part of a PPP companies that we are not in peacetime and that there has to be flexibility on their part. They should not, for example, punish TII or the travelling public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motorway Toll Charges: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...no inflation, we are now in a period of high inflation. That probably affects people who use the roads more than anybody else. My time is nearly up but I wish to make three points in respect of TII. I thank Mr. Wash, Mr. Maher and Mr. Masterson. We had a conversation about the roadworks at the Dunkettle interchange. I genuinely appreciate that it is probably the biggest road project...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...important to us. I ask that the Minister come to the House. Senator Lombard made reference to the National Transport Authority, NTA. I want to make reference to Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, as I did last week, with regard to its decision to propose increasing toll charges to the maximum permitted in the new year.Is TII tone deaf and blind to the hauliers, bus companies and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...BusConnects in Cork. However, I am disappointed that the 8.6% rise in the toll from 21 August 2021 to 2022 is continuing again with this maximum increase by Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, on 1 January. I ask that we have a debate, presumably with the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Naughton, in the context of transport and the decision of TII to raise its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I welcome Mr. Brady and Ms Hughes to the meeting. The proposal to lower speed limits by 10 km/h, if I read TII's document right, would result in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 0.7%. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: From that, then, TII states that a reduction in the speed limits on national roads and motorways would have a limited impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: As for the Macroom bypass, has TII reached a conclusion with the contractor in the form of an agreement to open the project early?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: ...open early in the context of a vanity project by a certain date - I will be careful in what I say, a Chathaoirligh - and if there is no agreement with the contractor, what is the impact of that on TII? Second, what is the impact of it from a safety point of view in the context of the assessment, in particular around the entire development of the road? What happens when something goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I will not put the witnesses on the spot or create a row in the context of the additional budgetary costs. I ask and propose, however, that we invite in the relevant section of TII as soon as possible to discuss the issues in this regard. In the report there is a section on speed cameras and consultation involving Garda checkpoints or speed checks. Is that within TII's remit?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Coach Sector: Discussion (19 Oct 2022)

Jerry Buttimer: I am not against speed vans. Ms Hughes might think I am a crank but I am not. I just think it defies the whole purpose of what TII and the RSA are trying to achieve. It is not right on that particular section of the road. That is my only observation on that. I would love to hear the rationale TII is employing with An Garda Síochána on the N40. I have campaigned for speed...