Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

In the context of the debate on these two amendments, there is a lot of commonality, a shared goal and a collective objective. This week we saw from the documentary on Tuskar Rock that aviation safety is paramount, and I commend everyone who was involved in creating the documentary. In the interests of bringing everyone with us and to bring a shared commonality, and the Minister of State might derail me for my next comment but I do not mean to be confrontational or controversial, is there merit in amalgamating her amendment and Senator Doherty's as a Report Stage amendment? Perhaps the Minister of State will reply that we will bring in regulations and it will be regulated, which will be good, but my only concern is that when, as an example, we abolished the dual mandate, the manner in which the Members of the Oireachtas have been dealt with since is by a meeting with city management or a county manager and his or her team. I would put the question to all of those in this House now, who in many cases were members of a local authority, how often does the meeting take place and how successful is it? I am cognisant of what both the Minister of State and Senator Doherty are trying to achieve, so perhaps we could have a meeting of minds around what both amendments ultimately seek to achieve, which is the same thing, namely, safety and taking on board the concerns of those who work in the aviation sector. I hope we could have an amalgam of the two amendments and a meeting of minds because we are at the same juncture with the same concerns and the same ambition.