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Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: This is a very important part of the debate.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: I am always concerned when making a proposal here that some vacuous and cheap editor of a newspaper will interpret it incorrectly. For example, in the homelessness debate that has been taking place for the past few days the most obvious solution to avoid having people sleep rough on the streets is the introduction of legislation to make it illegal to sleep on the streets. Sometimes a...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: The Deputies will not be calm in a few minutes. In recent times Sinn Féin has put itself in the vanguard of opposition. A couple of days ago its Deputy Leader articulated the names of a number of people against whom allegations had been made. I do not believe this served democracy well. It is important, now that the names are in the public domain, that a mechanism be found to get to...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: It is important, in the context of the attempts being made to destabilise the Government, that we see what people have to offer. To name people in the House and call for the truth in certain matters in only one aspect of Irish society is not satisfactory. I can understand a Member being disorderly and being asked to leave the Dáil; it has happened to me, as sometimes one believes it is...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: If, following a vote to suspend a Member of the House, that Member refuses to leave the Chamber, a sanction of suspension from the Chamber for in the region of 83 days should apply.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: This Chamber was recently closed to 165 Members for half a day because of such activity. Where a Member sees fit to cost other Members the loss of a day or half a day in this Chamber, he or she should be punished for doing so, be it Deputy Mary Lou McDonald, Deputy Billy Timmins, Deputy Peter Mathews and so on.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: I have no difficulty in speaking harshly about Sinn Féin, but there are other groups represented in the Chamber that also deserve a lash.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: I listened to my colleague, Deputy Shane Ross, articulate a view on the ineffectiveness of the Chamber in recent times. He also outlined an approach which he and Deputies Finian McGrath, Stephen S. Donnelly and John Halligan proposed to take. I am inclined to disagree with him. Trying to move the flower power of the 1960s into the Dáil Chamber might not necessarily be the most...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: Recently, on each occasion I have got up to speak, I have looked over and seen the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection, Deputy Kevin Humphreys, representing the Government. I hope he is not neglecting his constituency.

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: We should not be here today, as we all know. We are here, I suppose, due to the failure of Government to properly plan and implement policy on an issue that should have been a positive message. That failure was due to a complete disregard for this House and, by extension, the Irish people. The Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 passed through this House almost a year ago to the day. Deputy...

Water Services Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2014)

Billy Timmins: That is okay. I said "the majority". Maybe Sinn Féin is the minority. In any case, we could have challenged or looked at the various options and then had the vote. It demeans this House for us to come in here and make a contribution when it is only for the optics, because it is completely irrelevant. My concern is that this issue has given rise to a certain instability, which is...

Finance Bill 2014: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (26 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: I concur with most of the contributions made so far. I have an ideological difficulty with the concept of an inheritance tax. Recently, I read an historical document about a landed estate that ceased to exist during the early part of the last century because of the payment of debt duties. No less than other Deputies, I get around quite a bit. I have never met anyone who likes paying tax....

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: Just briefly-----

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: I do not disagree with the Taoiseach, but the report questions the basis of some of the projected expenditure and revenue figures. That is a worrying development.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: I do not disagree with what the Taoiseach has said, but that is an issue that needs to be addressed.

Order of Business (25 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: On 21 October, the Minister for Finance stated he was looking forward to the fiscal assessment report. Statements were held in the House at the time, and the matter is No. 48 on the Order Paper. Will the Taoiseach put time aside as soon as possible for these statements to be resumed? 5 o’clock That report now questions the expenditure figures outlined in the comprehensive...

Water Sector Reforms: Motion (Resumed) (19 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: It was depressing to listen to some of the contributions prior to Deputy Denis Naughten. The Irish Water board members should resign and, if not, should be sacked. The Minister did not mention the board although he mentioned at the press conference afterwards that new positions will be advertised tomorrow. The board, which should ensure policy is carried out notwithstanding that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: I appreciate that the Minister for Health is not available, but I hope that the Minister of State will pass on my points. County Wicklow may be the only county that has never had a general hospital. As a result, the area has historically been served by hospitals in Naas, Tallaght, Loughlinstown and, in some cases, the general hospital in Wexford town. This has led to a fragmented service,...

Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: Wicklow has an organisation called the community first responders. It comprises approximately 400 or 500 volunteers based in various locations who assist the ambulance service. When a call is received concerning a cardiac arrest, an ambulance may be dispatched from Townsend Street, but a local volunteer who has been trained to an acceptable standard is also called to the patient's location...

Social Welfare Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (11 Nov 2014)

Billy Timmins: I should have known with Deputy Durkan at the wheel it would not have happened.