Results 21-40 of 165 for going forward speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...they have all the associated problems of dirty water for hours. Sometimes it takes a day or two to flush out that dirty water and there are also airlocks. Farmers, particularly dairy farmers, are going through a busy period. They need fresh water to clean out their milking systems but they cannot be guaranteed a water supply to do it. After the morning milking, it must be completed...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...right about that pathway towards a career rather than just an entry based on whatever misguided views a person had as he or she approached his or her leaving certificate. Perhaps it is a good job for all of us that the title "politician" is not on the CAO form. Overall, from a whole-of-government perspective, is the Minister content that enough work is done to effectively look at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointment Process for Chair of Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement with Department of Transport (18 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...to intimate knowledge that nobody else will have access to in a competition for the new positions? Did Mr. Towey not consider that the interim chair be appointed on the basis that they would not go forward for that role? A route has been opened up here which does not look good. This does not in any way question the capacity or abilities of the interim chair. We can have all those...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Aviation): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...will be later this year; maybe it will be next year. The critical thing the State is trying to do, through the supports the Minister of State talked about and with which I think it will have to go further, is to ensure those companies survive. When I talk about companies surviving, I am talking about their ability to retain staff, pay them and give them some level of income to get them...

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...more than any. Whether young adults, students or people who are in or out of college, they are under enormous pressure.I appeal today to the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, ASTI, to go back into those talks and engage fully and appropriately. No dispute was ever solved by people walking away from each other. For sure, it will take compromise and people will have to take a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...can to assist trade and business, it is often the case that those who will encounter the greatest difficulty are the hauliers on the ground because the practical manifestation of the rules that govern are theirs to try to address. They will be coming under pressure from their customers, often with a lack of full appreciation of what is involved in the minutiae of crossing these frontiers....

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...previously where her party were really engaged with the committee and did fantastic work, but when it came to accepting the principle of a carbon tax, which is recognised right across the world as the way to go, there was immediately a rejection of it. I would have rejected it flat out too if the committee had not recommended responding in a way that Senator Boylan has rightly identified,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...but they have come before the committee and it is hoped they will do so again. We will give them plenty of opportunities. The witnesses do not have the tools to impose fines. I ask them to bring forward recommendations to us, as well as to the Government. My recollection is that ComReg's only connection with the parliamentary process is that it is reports to us on an annual basis,...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I look forward to his ongoing work in the Department. He is a straight talker who says things as they are. He usually gets things done. The subject of flooding is difficult. Water, wind and fire are the three enemies of every homeowner. Wind and fire must be mitigated by the homeowner but, unfortunately, with water it is very difficult to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...I feel we should be at level 3 and not level 5 but that is a moot point now, and we have moved on from that. There would be very considerable resistance among the public if a person had an issue going from Tulla to Lissycasey because it is outside the 5 km radius but could toddle down to the airport and head off to Spain for a week's holidays. While Mr. Philips is putting forward a very...

Seanad: Shannon Group: Motion (14 Oct 2020)

Timmy Dooley: We should go back to the model that existed prior to the DAA, which was Aer Rianta. This would be the way. This is where we need to go in terms of the review talked about in the amendment. This is the outcome I would like to see from the process. We should come to the point that the three airports are together, not named according to one particular airport or another but with an overall...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...supply of timber.There is deep concern among them that if we do not address this pipeline rapidly, there will be further pressure on our economic activity. I do not think anybody here needs me to go on any further about the implications for our economy as a result of the Covid pandemic. While there is a need to ensure the supply of timber, we need to have a robust regime in place. I come...

Seanad: Microenterprise Loan Fund (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (9 Jul 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...the House. The reality is that small to medium-sized enterprises are the backbone of our economy. Many of them are struggling through no fault of their own but as a result of a decision the Government took effectively to shut down the economy in the best interest of public health. However, we have to be careful. Loans are not the way forward for the vast majority of these companies....

Environmental Impact of Quarries and Incinerators: Motion [Private Members] (4 Dec 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...are invested and that company and society are effectively locked into the processing of waste in what is now recognised as an outmoded system of waste management. What is really needed is more forward thinking waste management, for example, better use of the recycling process or better composting procedures. That requires education, Government policy and Government thinking. Unless we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Collection by Digital Assistants: Discussion (26 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...was among a number of people who raised this issue back when Apple made an announcement - it was probably reported in The Guardianor one of those publications - that a number of people had been let go because of the issue of human review of sensitive private conversations. We were probably all a little concerned that more information than was necessary was being captured. I think part of...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...this budget, given the possible impact of the UK leaving the EU without a deal in the coming weeks. As this is the first budget since the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency, the Government will equally be judged on the priority it gives to taking action in face of this defining challenge. This is clear from the major protests taking place outside this House today. We...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I look forward to the passage of the Bill in due course. It will be supported by Fianna Fáil. The Minister, rightly, identified the crisis in public service journalism which affects the broadcasting and print sectors. He identified the basis of the crisis, namely, the loss of commercial revenue to digital platforms and the way in which the younger demographic is consuming media....

National Broadband Plan: Statements (9 May 2019)

Timmy Dooley: .... However, the announcement made in the past number of days is anything but a rapid roll-out. It is an absolute confirmation that there will be continuing delays. It is dressed up as a good news story to assist the Government's candidates in the local elections, but the reality is that it is an announcement of delay. What was expected to be delivered in a three-year period will now be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...scant regard for people who want to address climate change through feed-in tariffs from their own energy generation within and around their own businesses, whether solar or wind energy. It has brought forward no proposals whatsoever for planning guidelines to assist with the continued roll-out of onshore wind energy. No supports have been provided for solar energy for the farming...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Broadband Plan Implementation (19 Feb 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ...than that it will happen within weeks. Perhaps the Minister can give us some clarity on that point. Have these announcements in the past week or week and a half delayed decisions being brought forward by the Minister and his Department? Had the Minister any foreknowledge or forewarning that these announcements were imminent? Did he know that the companies concerned were working on plans...