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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate because there is a real issue with defective blocks in County Clare. It is not mica but pyrite and we too want to be included in the scheme. We will not accept anything less than 100% redress. I have visited the homes affected and to say the homeowners are devastated by what is happening is an understatement. Their walls are crumbling...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on the Food and Drink Industry: Discussion (14 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for the three presentations. They are certainly helpful to us. I have a couple of points for Dr. Johnston. He referred to the Northern Ireland protocol and said it was not perfect. Is there anything else he would like to say about the protocol or any aspect of it we might address? While it might not directly relate to the subject matter today, is there anything...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Trade and Co-operation Agreement, Northern Ireland Protocol, and EU-UK Relationships post Brexit: Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I, too, want to be associated with the congratulations to the Commissioner and wish her well at this difficult time. If the UK continues to refuse the alignment with the animal and plant standards, the SPS standards that we have talked about, has any consideration been given to a plan B at EU level? The Commissioner might share her thoughts on a proposal that emanated yesterday or the day...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Trade and Co-operation Agreement, Northern Ireland Protocol, and EU-UK Relationships post Brexit: Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Commissioner.

Seanad: Planning and Development (Solar Panels for Public Buildings, Schools, Homes and Other Premises) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (28 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I also welcome the Green Party's initiative here and I thank the Senators for their work on it. We will certainly support it. It is what all of us have recognised for some time as an unnecessary impediment to the continued increase in ambition of many citizens who want to play their role in decarbonising our economy. The provisions in the Bill set out a clear identification of a problem...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Cathaoirleach for his understanding. I was tied up with a Zoom meeting. As the Acting Leader well knows, many students, last year and this year, through no fault of their own, have been unable to find summer work at home or abroad and have had no choice but to resort to accepting the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. Unfortunately, that payment is now working against them in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Dr. Holohan for his presentation. He gave us some light at the end of a long tunnel when he spoke about the free movement of people to the greatest extent possible within the next number of months. I wish to discuss the pilot study. How long would it take to do to the standard NPHET expects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I take Professor Nolan's point, but will he comment on how other countries, particularly those in Europe, seem to be satisfied with antigen testing? We heard from a representative from one of the airports in Rome that had a bilateral arrangement with the United States so there was free movement of passengers, on that particular route, which was based on antigen testing. Are the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I agree wholeheartedly with what has been said but surely the question has changed significantly in the past six months if one works on the basis of risk analysis. Let us consider the level of vaccination and the very significant reduction in death and hospitalisation. Surely the question now is within reason, how do we get people back travelling as safely as possible, while recognising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is Dr. Holohan saying that 19 July is more an operational matter than a response based on risk?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Was that not necessarily a recommendation made by NPHET?

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to second amendment No. 92. I support both amendments, which are important on several levels. These amendments have been worked on in conjunction with representatives of the farming organisations and farmers generally. The outcome, therefore, is a culmination of the to and fro between the industry, namely, the farmers side of it, and the Oireachtas. As others...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (5 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 92: In page 18, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(9A) The Minister shall, when preparing a sectoral emissions ceiling, recommend to Government to decide that a Minister of the Government may comply with the carbon budget, and a sectoral emissions ceiling for which that Minister of the Government has responsibility, by the removal of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Jul 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. We all recognise that one of the positives from the pandemic will be the opportunity many people have had to work from home and to have the blended experience of working some days in the office and some days from home. It will benefit those who had long commutes and those who live in the west and mid-west. However, concerns have been relayed to me...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is that because the data were not available because the HSE was hacked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Ms Embleton and Mr. Moriarty and thank them for their presentation. Since I come from the Clare area, I wish to discuss the crew base in Shannon. There is a great deal of concern, not just among the staff at the crew base, but in the wider region. The concern is well understood from the staff's perspective because their entire livelihoods have effectively evaporated before their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is in structural terms as the structure was. The staff who have communicated with me were willing to look at changes in structures. I do not think it is fair to suggest that the approach taken achieved union agreement in any shape or form. There was an acceptance of the reality that things would change and that workers were facing a different aviation environment to the one prior to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I am not suggesting that Aer Lingus be spun out from IAG but that the State would take a shareholding in what would continue to be a publicly traded company. It would certainly remove some of the burden of interest and payback.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Slot access to Heathrow from Shannon is a critical component of regional development. Mr. Moriarty has identified the incumbents that exist, going back to the time that the State sold its final shareholding to IAG. That will come up for review next year. Would the witnesses envisage or be open to a continuation of that encumbrance based on Aer Lingus now requiring a debt pile from ISIF?...