Results 981-1,000 of 11,050 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Ms Hynes said she would come to back to him and he came back to her and confirmed he was not of a mind to reappoint her. It was not personal. He was thanking other chairpersons who had reached the end of their cycle or term and opening up the process to appoint new people. This is no reflection on Ms Hynes or any of the others. However, the Minister got a call from the Taoiseach minutes...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: That is okay. We will move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: The reality is Ms Hynes did not see that as lobbying and, therefore, she did not make a return.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Ms Hynes is not yet the chairperson. The purpose of confirming a designate is to discuss his or her modus operandiwith him or her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: That is correct, subject to a conversation here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: So that happens. Ms Hynes got the extended year. In the intervening period, there was an election and we all know where that went. I went out one door, somebody came in another, Ms Hynes was still in situand there was a new Minister. Within a very short number of days of the Minister being appointed, Ms Hynes made contact with him and again offered her services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Ms Hynes never contacted him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: There was no contact. The Minister and Ms Hynes had no conversation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Ms Hynes's view on what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Was Ms Hynes given to believe she would be reappointed?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: How does Ms Hynes mean-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: But Ms Hynes was thinking about it having already looked for the area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Again, Ms Hynes did not make any returns relating to lobbying.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: I am making no accusations. I am asking Ms Hynes a series of questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: I have good reason to be careful and I will be careful.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: I have made no allegations. I am asking questions, and if Ms Hynes chooses not to answer anything, I have no intention of badgering her because, on a personal level, I have good regard for her but we are talking professionally. In 2011 and 2012, Ms Hynes led a campaign to separate Shannon from the DAA promising a bright future for Shannon if it could compete effectively with Dublin. It...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: In terms of procurement, I wanted to understand-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: Early on when passenger numbers were clearly not growing in line with expectations, a decision was taken to amalgamate all the aspects - the airport, the property company and the visitor attractions - under one heading under the group. From then on, a lot of the press releases spoke about the performance of the group in financial terms and there was a lot less discussion about passenger...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: The Chairman gave a lot of latitude to others.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Aviation Authority: Chairperson Designate (24 Nov 2021)
Timmy Dooley: I accept that. The message around the failure to reach the projected numbers at the airport was, in my view, washed to the side and the focus was on the financial performance of the group.