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- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach is failing then.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Clearly, they are not listening to the Taoiseach.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach has the super majority so he can come up with the solution.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach should forget about the card and think about the people.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is not working.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: And we are giving the Taoiseach the cases.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Well said.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach could not care that his councillors were stuck in the middle.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: And Deputy Adams's friend built it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: That was a Fine Gael-Sinn Féin partnership.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is all about the Taoiseach.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (14 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: 11. To ask the Minister for Health the reason the latest Health Service Executive service plan did not contain a 2014 projection for discretionary medical cards as per the 2013 plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21275/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the expert review of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme dispute; his views on the threat of strike action at Aer Lingus in the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21651/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I am seeking the Minister's intervention in the ongoing industrial unrest at Aer Lingus. The Minister, like everybody else, is acutely aware of the damage that the threat of strike action can do to the image of a country, especially at this time of year. It has a negative impact on the sentiment expressed towards that country and, in particular, on the potential actions of a person who...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The State industrial relations machinery is just not working for the aviation sector, unfortunately, particularly when it comes to the ongoing dispute about the pension scheme for the airports and the former State airline. The unions, for their own reasons, believe they have no choice other than to engage in the kind of stand-off in which we now find ourselves. While I accept that the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: While I accept that is the case, I emphasise that we have a crisis on our hands. Tourism is an important part of our economy. The regrowth of the tourism industry and the focus on Ireland as a destination have the potential to ignite a level of activity within our retail and hospitality sectors. The Minister is well aware from his work in the Department that people in the United States, in...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of non-civil servant staff in his office and the offices of the Ministers of State at his Department; their roles and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21652/14]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: This question is one I intend also to pose to other Departments. It seeks to determine the relationship between the Minister, his private office and his advisers and their interaction with the Civil Service. Will he outline how these interactions take place in his office and in the offices of the Ministers of State at his Department?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the Minister's clarification. However, his tone appears to indicate a belief on his part that I am somehow trying to ascertain the costs relating to the operation of his office. That is not the case. I am trying to understand the relationship between external staff and civil servants. The Minister stated that one individual advises the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, on...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is shocking that someone from a political background is involved in day-to-day departmental activity. I understand the need to employ external advisers to provide advice on policy or assist Ministers in understanding their role and brief. I do not believe that the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, requires much advice when it comes to politics.