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Seanad: Emergency Department Waiting Times and Hospital Admissions: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for coming to the House to discuss this important issue. I know he understands the complexities involved and that he has been engaged with it for some time. Specifically, I wish to talk about the mid-west and the hospital there. In the past two days 87 medics signed an open letter. They gave credit to the Minister and the Taoiseach for their open engagement with them....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I take the opportunity to wish the Cathaoirleach well and congratulate him on his election. I look forward to working with him, as he has shown a great capacity to work right across the House in every role he has had. I, too, want to join with others in congratulating my good friend, Senator Chambers, on her recent engagement. I wish her well in her life ahead. It is...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I welcome the Minister and recognise the vision he has had in this area for many years. That vision and the policies he has developed are now starting to lead Government in a particular way. We have been very good at that aspect of things. While this is not a criticism of the Minister but of the wider apparatus of government, there has been a significant deficit in planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I welcome Mr. Jacobs, Mr. Harrison and Ms Gubbins and thank them for being with us. Their predecessors have been here in the past and I think they might have been here with Ryanair previously or certainly some of their representatives were. Their insight into the aviation sector will be helpful to the overall mix. Before I begin my questions, I will carry on from Senator...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Jacobs not accept that having Dublin Airport as the parent, gives Cork Airport an unfair advantage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I would not expect him to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I want Cork Airport to work as well. I have family in Cork and we all want to see the regions work. However, Shannon Airport is being starved to some extent. Notwithstanding the wonderful work that Mary Considine and her team are doing there, it is always against a backdrop that a relatively small amount of the kind of business I talked about - the transit and cargo - would make such a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: From the perspective of Dublin Airport, would Mr. Jacobs be averse to accepting in a new paradigm that the bulk of cargo should be directed through a regional airport, other than that which would operate in the belly of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: For transit business where no one gets on or off, would Dublin Airport be prepared to lose that or allow it to go to another airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I am not talking about hubs. I mean when it is only a technical stop, landing for refueling. Is there any need for that to go through Dublin Airport?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: That is my point. The witnesses had to come to Dublin for a job. I am trying to make it easier for the next wave but that does not happen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I know but the critical mass and the dominance always draw more. I am trying to be helpful from an overall perspective. We are trying to look at policy generally and trying to take a slightly different direction in an effort to secure the future of the regions and recognising that the population is growing. To do that, we have to intervene. Maybe my language, in terms of "forcing", was a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Steady on. Mr. Jacobs should go to his marketing department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I might be giving him ideas.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: He is off to a good start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We promise to be as robust when the Senator is Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the group from Aer Lingus. I appreciate their being with us. They are probably in a different position from some of their predecessors. They are here representing a private company. We are not its board and, therefore, I see our role as working with them to try to figure out how, collectively, we can do more for Ireland. My understanding, at least, of where we are trying to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: For Aer Lingus, then, it is the effort on the attractiveness of the area from a tourism perspective so it is about tourism attraction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The likes of the Cliffs of Moher, the investment in tourism on Lough Derg, say, or the golfing facilities throughout Clare-----