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Seanad: Statements on COP27 (8 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: It is always refreshing when the Minister joins us in the House because he speaks with such passion. He has done so again without notes. It comes naturally to him. He has been an advocate for most of his life - certainly from the time I got to know him - on this issue. As has been said, he became an overnight success at COP27. That expression is in recognition of the number of years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Wilson and Mr. O'Leary sincerely for coming to see us again. I will put on the record my thanks to them for everything they have done, especially in the past couple of years. Ryanair has done an immense amount of work for Irish aviation over the years. We do not always agree on certain aspects of it but the proof of the pudding is the way Mr. O'Leary has built a company that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: What could that policy do, over and above what Mr. Wilson has already said, to give more certainty about placing more aircraft for Ryanair's own business model in Shannon?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Could Mr. O'Leary use his genius to explain how to create demand or put in place a connection between one of those international hubs such as Schipol? I know there are constraints there and in Frankfurt. Is it doable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: When Willie Walsh was here, we were commenting on and feting Mr. O'Leary for his early investment in sustainable fuel research at Trinity College. Could he talk to us a little about that and what he is trying to achieve there? I ask him to connect it to what is happening in the mid west, where the ESB is proposing to generate hydrogen from offshore wind at the times of the day when the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Ryanair (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: It is probably undervalued and under-recognised. The witnesses talked earlier about getting to net zero by 2050 and this is obviously an important part of that journey. I thank them again. They should keep at it, and keep an eye on Shannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Ms Craig her team from the BAI and I thank her for the presentation. It is heartening to see the work the BAI has done and the progress that has been made. I wish that other sectors of our society could take the same credit. I am interested to understand the BAI's initial reaction to the response from the broadcasters within the BAI's remit - local, regional and national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Before Ms Craig answers the second question, I have just had a thought. Would Ms Craig accept that the efforts of broadcasters generally to inculcate climate change issues into their news programmes have been really helpful? For a while a lot of it was in documentaries and various different programmes. I have noticed the difference myself even in the past number of months. Consider, for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I thank our guests very much and just want to say " well done” and that the BAI’s approach is very much working.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We need to try that in politics.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (6 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I thought there was no alternative

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I thankful the Minister and Minister of State for the presentation and their ongoing work. I appreciate that a review of the mid-term position of the aviation policy is now possible, as was said. I hope this will be more than a review and that it will lead to concrete changes. That is the expectation. I will concentrate on a few aspects, and again these are somewhat parochial. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Those are welcome comments. On the wider aviation strategy, I will again concentrate on Shannon Airport because it is symptomatic of the other airports outside Dublin. Key connectivity is of vital importance. Schiphol Airport would be ideal in this regard. I refer to a situation where slot access turns out to not be possible. The Minister of State rightly identified that this is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that. I have done a lot of good work on PSOs in the past.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Minister for Transport and Minister of State at the Department of Transport (7 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I am very conscious the PSO may not work, so we cannot put all our expectations on that. It is nice if it does, but we had this issue before and it is extremely difficult to get it over the line. I appeal to the Minister of State to please keep working on it but also to look at other options and incentives that can make Clare, the mid-west and Shannon attractive. For the little bit of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We promise to be as robust when the Senator is Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the group from Aer Lingus. I appreciate their being with us. They are probably in a different position from some of their predecessors. They are here representing a private company. We are not its board and, therefore, I see our role as working with them to try to figure out how, collectively, we can do more for Ireland. My understanding, at least, of where we are trying to get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: For Aer Lingus, then, it is the effort on the attractiveness of the area from a tourism perspective so it is about tourism attraction.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Aer Lingus (Resumed) (14 Dec 2022)

Timmy Dooley: The likes of the Cliffs of Moher, the investment in tourism on Lough Derg, say, or the golfing facilities throughout Clare-----