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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: It was password protected.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The budget is this day week, with respect.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: We thought we were into a phase where the Department would engage constructively with parliamentarians who are attempting to do their duties. To be handed a document such as this one a couple of minutes before the witnesses come before us is unsatisfactory. I will not labour the point because everybody wants to get through. It is unacceptable, but for the benefit of brevity, let us move on.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Macroeconomic Forecasting: Discussion with Department of Finance (8 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: It was, and we received the document as Mr. McCarthy walked in the door. With respect, Mr. McCarthy has made his point. Could he clarify to the committee later what happened, why it happened, whether a decision was taken by somebody that put us in a position where we did not have the documentation in advance of the meeting and, if so, by whom?
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: That is unbelievable. The Taoiseach should consider what he has just said.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: Even the Labour Party does not believe that.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: He is taking cover.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I can bring in a bundle of them tomorrow.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: There is now 14% unemployment; we accept that.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: Can we all bring them in for the Taoiseach? We will have a clinic with him this evening.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach's pigeonhole will be full.
- Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach is out of his saddle now; he is not sitting back.
- Other Questions: Sale of State Assets (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: 8. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will subject the sale of any State assets to a post-sale value for money review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42484/13]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for the detail he provided. With regard to the first item on the agenda, the Minister said there were concerns about some of the proposals as they might have an impact on interlining arrangements between airlines if the airlines believe the sanction for a late transfer would ultimately mean that the carrying airline pays the full cost of the journey. Can the Minister...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The concern relates to the compensation rather than the effort the airline must make to ensure the passenger gets to the destination.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: What level of interaction has the Minister had with Irish airlines in respect of the impact it will have? Have there been broader discussions or have the airlines raised issues over and above what the Minister proposes to address tomorrow?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: With regard to the rail issue, a previous proposal would have required Ireland to invest significantly in our rail infrastructure. Is that part of this proposal?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: Has the Department undertaken an assessment of the cost impact of the proposals on Irish Rail?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Forthcoming Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council: Discussion with Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (9 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister. The rest is straightforward.
- Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (10 Oct 2013)
Timmy Dooley: 9. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the impact on job creation and entrepreneurship of the mandatory PRSI increase on the self-employed recently advocated by the Advisory Group on Tax and Social Welfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42718/13]