Results 1-20 of 165 for going forward speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...parties over the years have tried to not engage in this debate, because things were often better left unsaid. That has created a microcosm that has allowed certain far-right actors to put forward untrue tropes and information that have now unfortunately become part of common parlance. It is incumbent on all of us who believe in the importance of migration and truth in relation to this...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...Warfield spoke about the funding model and he threw around certain accusations against the Government. That is fair enough. That is the politics of it. The model I have long-believed is the way forward is a household charge. I shared that in a paper we devised a number of years ago and that it should be collected by Revenue. I have a concern at the notion of it coming from central...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I welcome the decision taken by Senator Pauline O'Reilly to bring forward the motion. We are often left wondering what it is about women's health in this country that the Legislature and the apparatus of Government have for so long sought to ignore the basics of women's health. It is not all that long ago that we moved on contraception, we were blisteringly late to address...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...issue. A Chathaoirligh, you may have noticed from recent media reports that there is an impasse at the University of Limerick whereby the governing authority has failed to select the name put forward for appointment to chancellor, as set out in the legislation. However, while the legislation sets out the procedures to elect a chancellor, it does not seem to set out a strategy in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...a number of ways. I will deal with the practical matters first. At a time when Dublin is under enormous pressure in terms of growth and the provision of accommodation for students, UCD might put forward a good case because it has a centre that could be built onto, and others might say this sounds practical. However, we can go back to the principles established by Tom Parlon when he was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The committee could write to the Department, based on what we have heard from the CRU, and ask it to come forward with a response to the legislative challenge in this regard. That would be helpful. My next point relates to the general cost of electricity being based on the wholesale market. The CRU rightly put forward the principle of hedging, which has protected us from extremes on one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...have the benefit of life and seeing how that practice needs to change but I will not lecture the people who have supported and elected me. I will try to encourage them to understand there is a way forward that is sympathetic to the environment. Being on this side, it is for me and others to try to ensure there is a viable livelihood for them. When we reflect on the way people emigrated...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (23 Feb 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...Minister for Health and the Department to address the continued overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick, UHL. We discussed this matter in the Seanad a number of weeks ago. The proposals put forward by the HSE for the greater utilisation of Ennis hospital, Nenagh hospital and St. John's Hospital were meant to take some of the pressure off but they have not done so. We have had...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...a company that sustained the Covid pandemic really well. Ryanair retained staff and was able to be back up and running when people right across Europe were depending on an Irish airline. It was good to see that so I thank the witnesses for that. I look forward to the company's continued growth and success. A lot of people have talked about the national piece but I will stick to the...

Seanad: Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...that if a determination is made, specifically on a visual inspection, and the homeowner loses his or her opportunity to enter the scheme, that person is effectively shut out. If it is only going to be a review or a paper-based exercise, that does not really amount to an appeal. I would have thought that if a person is coming forward with additional information, it should, at least, be...

Seanad: Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...people who have issues around the paper cup and the way in which it contributes to litter throughout the country. I am not so sure that the approach in this Bill is necessarily the right way to go about it for a whole variety of reasons. Principally, the amount of plastic in a paper cup is so small. I think the Government is using a sledgehammer to crack a nut when the consequence of...

Seanad: Air Navigation and Transport Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...the approach taken by Senator Boylan relating to the scheduling of such meetings. That is a concern for IALPA. I have had numerous conversation with IALPA and found it to be upfront and straightforward about what it is trying to achieve in the best interests of the people they represent and the travelling public. The amendments the Government has brought forward are welcome. There has...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...from the Corrib gas field and the output from this field is declining; - renewables currently account for 13 per cent of Ireland’s primary energy requirement; - the recent ‘Sixth Assessment Report’ from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reemphasised the need to decarbonise our society and economy; - responding to this need, the Climate Action...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (27 Apr 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I sat on the transport committee and this issue got a good hearing. The issues raised by Senator Boyhan and others were well ventilated, were thrashed out and, I would say, reached a conclusion that did not meet the expectation or the wishes of anyone on the committee, but we reached a kind of a truce with assurances from the Minister. Senator Buttimer, other members of the...

Seanad: Carbon Budgets: Motion (5 Apr 2022)

Timmy Dooley: .... We were not in government and we did not have to do it, but we did so because it was the right thing to do. I very much welcome the fact the Greens are part of government and that they have brought forward certain elements that will help us to address the climate crisis. I have always advocated that we need to take the climate change debate away from environmentalists and academics....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (27 Jan 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...xfa;. Perhaps the witnesses will come back to us with a detailed outline of issues National Broadband Ireland has that we might be able to resolve through our engagement with the Department. Rather than going back over those waters, it would be helpful to do that. From public representatives' point of view, the only thing the people we engage with and the people we represent want to...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Nov 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...those who work in it deserve better. I call on the Minister to come before the House at the earliest opportunity to set out a path to the reinstatement of this service. It cannot be allowed to go on for a protracted period. We have waited five years for the publication of an investigation into the death of one of its volunteers, Caitríona Lucas. That is a very long time and should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...previous speakers, I offer a warm welcome to Pádraig Ó Céidigh as the incoming chairperson of Shannon Airport. We should be particularly thankful that Mr. Ó Céidigh has chosen to put himself forward for this role. With his immense experience, undoubted ability and clear understanding of the needs of the region, he is the ideal candidate for the very difficult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (7 Oct 2021)

Timmy Dooley: On that point, there is precedent in a number of areas where, on occasion, a State board, through the decision of a Minister or the Government, has upgraded the position of chair to that of executive chair for a variety of reasons. Sometimes it might be based on the departure of management, which is not the case in this instance. We have a fantastic CEO but the scale of the challenge in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...Belarus, is to be welcomed. I think most right-minded people have been deeply disturbed by what has transpired in recent days. The effective hijacking of an Irish-owned airliner by the Belarusian Government was an audacious act which must be condemned and in respect of which appropriate sanctions must be put in place. The free movement of people within and between member states is one...