Results 6,141-6,160 of 10,977 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Will the Taoiseach confirm the word "veto"?
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Yet the Taoiseach knows of its existence.
- Leaders' Questions (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The articles were subsequently changed. The Taoiseach is not telling the full story. The B shares had no voting rights. The Taoiseach is misleading the House.
- Order of Business (27 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Government's spin is published in the national media.
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: As the House should be aware, nine years ago Aer Lingus was transformed from a crisis-ridden airline on the verge of collapse into a vibrant, reformed, modernised, healthy, independent carrier with investment that flowed from the sale of 75% of the State's share holding. That allowed for the modernisation of the fleet and investment in the company. Since that decision nine years ago, the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The report compares and contrasts the cost base at Aer Lingus with that at EasyJet and Vueling, two well-known and successful budget airlines. Both companies have highly aggressive industrial relations practices and I would have thought that would raise concerns for the Tánaiste. Since this report has been highlighted, there has been a desperate attempt to mollify, appease and console...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Does the Tánaiste expect to be in a position----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Can I ask the Tánaiste if the decision taken by the Government on Monday is final. If, as we expect, the vote passes in the House this evening, will that be final? Does the Tánaiste have any additional powers, outside of the Constitution, that will allow her to block decisions that are already taken at Cabinet and in this House? If so, perhaps she will communicate them to the...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: In addition to that----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: With respect, if I did not have the chorus from the backbenches, I would have fitted within the time----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: If I could conclude, please----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Will the Tánaiste alter the Order of Business to allow for a suspension of the vote----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: -----so that all of these reports can be taken to the Oiireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications where members can have a proper open and frank debate? We can sit next week to do it, in line with original promises made by the Government, so that all of the reports can be considered. We can look at these so-called legal guarantees, the emergence of this "B" share and whether...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I would respectfully suggest----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: With respect, we can have all sorts of banter on the sidelines-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: -----but I am not making political points here. I am making very serious points-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I am asking the Tánaiste, in the best interests of the State, to pause the decision the Government is about to take this evening and allow for an element of consideration by all Members of the House-----
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Government controls the aforementioned Oireachtas committee so it will still get its decision through. Can we have a little bit of time to consider the enormity and the consequences of the decision?
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I thank the Tánaiste. We are now clear that the Government is putting all its stock on the sale on the basis of growth projections for Aer Lingus. Those growth projections were already there. Aer Lingus's corporate strategy proposed the addition of one wide-bodied aircraft per year for the next five years. So it was going to generate those jobs anyway. Mr. Willie Walsh made it very...
- Leaders' Questions (28 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste seems to suggest it only relates to activity outside the State. She must have been drinking the Kool-Aid that was presented on "Morning Ireland" by the chief executive of Aer Lingus where he commented on procurement: "Ah, don't worry about it. It's all stuff outside the State." Ground handling is not a procured service at the three bases in Ireland. I doubt if the people...