Results 7,381-7,400 of 11,024 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: The process started in 2012.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: Deputy Naughten was part of those Governments.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: Only if one happens to be in the commercial zone.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: What is the Minister waiting for?
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: 55. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of electric and hybrid vehicles in the national fleet; the number of electric and hybrid vehicles that have been purchased since January 2017; his annual targets for electric and hybrid vehicle uptake; and his plans to incentivise the uptake of these vehicles. [30143/17]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: I look forward to engaging with the Minister on that aspect at another time, but this question relates to the issue of electric vehicles, EVs.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: If it gets any worse, the remainder of the reply is not worth listening to. If the Minister was serious about addressing the crisis in the transport sector vis-à-visemissions and getting electric vehicles on the road, he would be doing a lot more in terms of incentivising than running a road show around the country. People need serious incentives. There was an action plan in 2014...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: The target is 50,000 electric vehicles by 2020.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: That is because they have so many EVs.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: It all sounds great but the simple question is what target the Minister will hit by the end of the year. The target set back in 2014 was for 50,000 vehicles to be on the road by 2020. At best, there will be 6,000 or 7,000 electric vehicles on the road by 2020. If the Minister thinks it is worthwhile mentioning that he will hit some notional target for electric vehicles by the end of this...
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: The target was set in 2014.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: We were not in Government in 2014.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Electric Vehicles (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: That is what leadership is about. The Minister cannot be scared.
- Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the final draft of the national mitigation plan will be published; his plans for a full and robust debate of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29883/17]
- Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: When will the final draft of the national mitigation plan be published? What plans does the Minister have for a full and robust debate on this plan? I ask him to make a statement to the House.
- Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: Ten minutes each.
- Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 specified that the Government of the day must periodically publish a national mitigation plan outlining Ireland's path to a low-carbon future. It is an important piece of cross-departmental planning, something that is clearly crucial if it we are serious about making a transition to a low-carbon economy and society. The national...
- Other Questions: National Mitigation Plan (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: It appears there will be an ongoing discussion among Ministers but could the Minister give a timeframe or, if possible, a date on when the plan will be published? It is great news to hear about the things that are going right but the Minister must focus on what is not. While I accept that the agriculture piece is going well, that was before the Minister's time in the Department and he...
- Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: 100. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to address the fact that his Department's terms of reference for the review of the north-south interconnector have been met with considerable opposition and disappointment from affected communities across counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath. [29882/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Jun 2017)
Timmy Dooley: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the national broadband plan; the deadline by which all premises will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29933/17]