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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Chairs Designate of the Road Safety Authority and Dublin Port: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I thank both chairpersons designate for their presentations. I compliment Ms O'Donnell on the work she has done. She is coming back to us with a proven track record, which is exceptional. She has laid out very clearly the efforts she has made in advancing the strategy that was drafted. The results of those efforts speak volumes. I hope she continues with the good work and I wish her...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for coming before the committee and for his forthright explanation of the many challenges that still lie ahead. I would like to raise just one issue with the Minister in addition to all the other myriad issues he has addressed and which have been well ventilated at this stage. Some retailers, particularly those in the west and those around the east coast that are served...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Engagement on Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (2 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: It is well recognised that today is a momentous day in the fight against Covid with the first person on the island of Ireland having received the latest vaccine at around 8 o'clock this morning. Hopefully, that heralds the beginning of the end of this enormous crisis that has bedevilled societies right across the globe and impacted on the lives of so many. We have seen many lives lost and...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015: Statements (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister to the House and thank him for his, as always, very thoughtful presentation and for sharing with us his ambition. Maybe I am not as taken as others by his presentation today because I have had the benefit of working with him on committees for years, and I have seen the diligence and the approach that he has taken, which has continued here today. I thank him for that....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I would like one of the witnesses to make a clear statement as to whether they find the approach taken by Eir to be unacceptable. I will follow on from that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: The witnesses stated that they do not believe they have the appropriate tools to make eir comply with-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that, but they have come before the committee and it is hoped they will do so again. We will give them plenty of opportunities. The witnesses do not have the tools to impose fines. I ask them to bring forward recommendations to us, as well as to the Government. My recollection is that ComReg's only connection with the parliamentary process is that it is reports to us on an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I will ask a final question. Does ComReg believe that Eir is using current structures to benefit itself? It knows about the complaints. It is getting them and ComReg is getting the second bite of the complaints cherry, as it were. Eir also knows that the fines process is cumbersome. Is Eir effectively gaming the system because it knows how long it takes and how much red tape is involved?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Will ComReg report to us on what it thinks about the legislation?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consumer Complaints Process: ComReg (9 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: It is worth noting that Eir has not passed on the recent VAT reduction to customers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the witnesses, who are fortunate in that they are from the mid-west and understand the sector very well. There is a great synergy about what both do but there is some conflict in terms of the evidence today. Reading both reports, Mr. O'Callaghan indicates that there is no need for another ship. Based on what I read last night, his presentation spoke about not having another ship.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is good to hear. What I read from the documentation was that the answer may not have been a ship, but I am pleased that this is not part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is what I am trying to get to the bottom of. All of these foreign companies have located themselves here in the knowledge that we do not have the kind of air freight Cargo Logistics is offering. I am trying to understand where we are missing out. It has always seemed illogical to me that we truck stuff all over Europe. When Dell was here, we were road freighting. I see Mr. Drennan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is what I hope.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is good. Have the witnesses done some costing? We all like the idea of having this base at Shannon, which the witnesses are proposing. For far too long, we have recognised that there is redundant capacity with regard to ground handling, runway and storage. It ticks all the boxes. What would they estimate that the State's financial requirement is to make this service viable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Do the witnesses have a detailed business plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Why do the witnesses need the Government's permission? They are coming to us and I want to support them. If the witnesses can give us a business plan telling us what the opportunity is and what it will cost, then we will get behind it, because it would be of considerable benefit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: We are where we are with companies that are getting their product away without this service. Mr. O'Callaghan is offering the idea of a service to resolve some of the potential complications from Brexit. What additional potential investment might we be able to get from other companies? What other sectors would it open it up to if we had that kind of link?