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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation. I and my party fully support his appointment as chairperson. Obviously, it is for the Minister to move the appointment from designate to actual chairperson but the fact that he has identified Mr. Murphy as the chairperson designate appears to suggest that his appointment will be confirmed, and rightly so. Given the time he has been involved with the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I apologise as I have to leave the meeting.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: As it is Deputy Burton's first opportunity to take Leaders' Questions in her new role as Tánaiste, on behalf of our party, I wish her well in the work ahead as Tánaiste and look forward to continued robust interaction with her here. The decision seven days ago to prevent two of the five Garth Brooks concerts going ahead should have signalled to the Tánaiste and the Government...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: -----that had the potential to strike an economic blow to the city of Dublin and tarnish the international reputation of Ireland from a tourism perspective. Unlike the backbenchers in the Labour Party, I do not believe this is about a particular genre of entertainment. It is about the loss of €50 million in revenue to the hotel and catering sector of this city and the surrounding...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: A week ago I published a short Bill to bring about a constructive outcome to this fiasco. The Taoiseach sat on his hands for a week. On Tuesday, on the Order of Business, I made it clear to him that, based on the contacts I had made, it was still possible to bring about a resolution to this issue.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: However, the Taoiseach said it was too late because the artist had made his decision. By so doing, the Taoiseach allowed the reputation of Ireland to be sullied by the hundreds of thousands of media clips of a negative connotation that appeared.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is embarrassing and it should not have happened. The Tánaiste's backbenchers laughed at us and they are continuing to do it, yet the Labour Party's own Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs wanted the Taoiseach to contact Garth Brooks-----
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I am trying to. With respect, I am being prevented from doing so by the heckles.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I am attempting to. I need a bit of ciúnas.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: My question is very clear. I said at the outset it was not about the genre of entertainment or even-----
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is very clear now, and the Tánaiste's backbenchers are adding to it, that the issue has gone from fiasco to farce.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste and the Government bear considerable responsibility in that regard.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The questions I put to the Tánaiste are these. Why did the Taoiseach sit on his hands for a week? Why did the Government sit back for a week, when even the Mexicans and the Moneygall native, Barack Obama, are getting involved, yet neither the Taoiseach nor the Government was prepared to do it?
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Will the Tánaiste tell us, now that the penny has dropped with the Taoiseach that this is an important issue, what options are being addressed or discussed by the Government and what direction will issue to the city manager?
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: That is why they are at 7%.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It is welcome that the Tánaiste treated the issue with the seriousness it deserves and based on the economic criteria I have set out. It seems that there is something of a disconnect between the Tánaiste and her backbenchers. Clearly, the members of her party sought to ensure she was elected. If Garth Brooks is tuning in on the web, as I understood he did to some of Dublin City...
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: With the greatest respect, I have been heckled from the time I stood up.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I dare say Garth Brooks will be somewhat confused by the Tánaiste's request to finish up his tour here when she has not outlined a mechanism by which it can happen. She talks about process and facts coming to light.
- Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Can she tell us the facts that have come to light that would raise question marks over the process undertaken? What measures can be put in place in the absence of an appropriate appeals mechanism to try to resolve the issue?
- Order of Business (10 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: On that point-----