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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: The Deputy's supplementary questions were the final straw.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: The matter is simple. An earlier contributor asked whether Irish Water has learned anything from the past. Has the Oireachtas learned anything? I hate to suggest that we have not. The difficulty is twofold - a lack of oversight and a lack of access to information. That is a flaw in the legislation brought forward by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: What is the bonus? Is there a maximum bonus?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to staffing at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1083/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to a person in receipt of a pension who had the telephone allowance, if there are any exemptions or allowances for persons living alone who have monitored phone alarms or panic buttons, who rely on landline telephone connection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1709/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55318/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the funding allocated to each county and town enterprise board; if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the way this funding is spent-allocated on grants, pay and administration and other for 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to a table (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the funding applied for and the headings under which each local authority application's were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2885/14]

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I, too, welcome the amendment. I notice the Minister’s two party colleagues from Waterford are in the Chamber. The statement springs to mind about the 20% reduction in rates in Waterford thanks to the Minister’s grant. I am not sure if my memory serves me correctly, but if it does, I would not mind some of the grant going to my local authority.

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I agree with previous speakers, particularly Deputy Denis Naughten’s point on the valuation Bill which is being dealt with by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin. It is important that the Minister’s Department feed into it. He referred to the concept of flexibility. I have spoken to county managers, many of whom do not want flexibility in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that was given by Irish Water to local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by local authority; and the purpose it was to be used for. [3016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a grant for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3179/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Investigations (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 171. To ask the Minister for Defence if all the required reports-investigations have been carried out into the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; if these are in order; if consideration has been given to re-examining any of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) has been on a hospital waiting list; and when an appointment will issue. [3028/14]

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I will not take the full 20 minutes or anything near it. I forewarn the Minister that he will be summing up shortly. I am delighted to speak on this legislation. I wish to elaborate on the point Deputy Terence Flanagan made about funding being used to prevent an individual getting elected. What he is talking about is that the money would be currently used to promote or support a...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: It is important to remember that notwithstanding that we cannot borrow, we must be responsible in what we do. Throughout my time in this House I have grown tired of the Opposition consistently looking for expenditure and being very reluctant to outline how to gather in taxes other than the simplistic approach of taxing the wealthy by imposing a levy on everybody with incomes in excess of...

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I have not been outside the door.

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: Deputy Mathews can use those posters during election time but they do not count as election expenditure. That is my understanding of the legislation and the election expenditure. It does not count towards the election expenditure, if it is purchased outside the election period. Am I correct in that?

Oireachtas (Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices) (Amendment) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: Am I incorrect?