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State Airports (7 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue and the Minister for being present to discuss it. I welcome the Minister's publication of the Booz & Company report, which is very comprehensive. The company consulted widely and brought considerable experience to the report while reviewing international models for ownership and management of airports, which is helpful. The...

State Airports (7 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister and appreciate his clarification. He spoke about subvention and the difficulty that a subsidiary would not be independent if it was dependent on another for subvention. The Booz & Company report makes it clear that an airport with fewer than 5 million passengers would not be self-sustaining. Therefore, it would require a subvention from somewhere and it would be from...

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Steady now.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy's party is out celebrating today. It should get a grip.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Out you come, Jerry, if you want.

Leaders' Questions (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: They should take the spring out of that jack-in-the-box.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: In recent days, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport has indicated that the VAT reduction, which it was indicated earlier this year would continue to 2013, will now terminate at the end of this year. That is clearly a change in policy. As Tánaiste will be aware, the Minister indicated at the time that he had provided for it, through the raiding of pension funds, to extend to 2013.

Order of Business (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Clearly, that is a policy change. Does the Government intend to bring forward legislation to give effect to that policy change and when does it propose to do so?

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. First, I wish to correct Deputy Matthews on one particular matter which may have slipped his mind. He referred to the agreement made by the Government with the troika in November 2010. I remind him there was no agreement to sell State assets in that agreement and there was certainly nothing relating to a sum of €5 billion; that was...

Sale of State Assets: Statements (8 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy. I would expect nothing less. I do not have a personal hang-up about the disposal of State assets, and I do see merit in the sale of certain non-strategic State assets to deal with the debt burden. I recognise the need to inject liquidity into the economy to assist the Government in its job creation proposals and certainly, where non-strategic State assets can be...

Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy must be in there with his €40,000.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: "They" used to be the Taoiseach.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: In light of the decision of the Minister for Education and Skills to circulate information on the schools building programme on Sunday evening to Government Deputies and Senators only-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The question I am asking the Taoiseach is-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Taoiseach agree this action compromised the impartiality of the Civil Service and, as such-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Ministers and Secretaries Acts.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I am asking the Taoiseach if he intends to amend the Ministers and Secretaries Acts. He has an opportunity to ask the Minister for Education and Skills, who is sitting beside him.

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I want Deputy Tom Hayes to point out the ones that were pulled off the list. How many were pulled off the list that Deputy Mattie McGrath got put on?

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: On a point of order-----

Order of Business (13 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The rules of the House have gone out the window. We are operating to a completely different agenda.