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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I have no doubt about that. I was just concerned that this was going to run in parallel with the other chairmanship for another four or five years, which would put additional pressure on Mr. McGarry's effort for the region. Will Mr. McGarry talk to us about the challenges that he and the port have faced. What does Mr. McGarry envisage as being the challenges for the board over the coming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: That is good to hear. I have regular interaction with Pat Keating, the chief executive, at this committee and because of where I live and the area I seek to represent. From a public service point of view, he is one of the finest in terms of the work he does, the vision he has shown and the effort he has put in. That is obviously a really important part of driving that forward. I attended...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I had a look at the board recently. I was attending that event and I had a look at the CVs of the people. Mr. McGarry has an excellent board there. There are people with diverse backgrounds and phenomenal experience. The company is well set for the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Yes, and Mr. Keating certainly shows that anytime he is before us. He works well with the politicians in the region and challenges us too to recognise the opportunities that are there. I wish Mr. McGarry well with the remainder of his board appointment and his move on to pastures green.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: He will be staying closer to the shore now. He is coming ashore.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (26 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I will raise two related points. On 8 April, a young man in his 40s dived into the River Liffey to save another. That was a fella called Jimmy Nicholl. He was a homeless man who had suffered drug addiction. He was a wonderful character. I knew him well. I met him nearly every week and we chatted on the streets. You had to understand what he had come through in the past couple of years...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I want to follow on from that point about the usage of smart meters. I get the issue of the protection of data. However, it should be possible - and maybe the CRU can explain to us from a legislative perspective if it is not - for the CRU under some programme or the suppliers, to be able to tell me the best tariff I should be on. I used to be able to do it with telecommunications companies...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: It should be an obligation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The best way is to put the obligation on the suppliers. If third parties are brought in, we will be battling with it and it will become another legal wrangle. Where is that idea at right now? Has the CRU sent a request to the Department to bring forward a legislative response?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Is that something we should advance from a legislative perspective?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The balancing point is the more competition, the better. I am conscious that when the ESB was unfurled from the all-embracing company that it was, the price of electricity was forced upwards in order to create a competitive environment and bring others in. I do not believe it has gone back down since. Recognising where we are, has the CRU looked at another model in terms of capping prices?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I have a final point. In the absence of competition is there a stick that, from a regulatory point of view-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I apologise.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: There are very few things that get me riled up but one certainly is the notion that the GAA, as an entity, seems to think it owns the content that is produced by volunteers from the very start. The players are volunteers, the people training them are volunteers, the children who are supported by their families are volunteers, and they pay through the nose every step of the way. It is great...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (9 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: The committee could write to the Department, based on what we have heard from the CRU, and ask it to come forward with a response to the legislative challenge in this regard. That would be helpful. My next point relates to the general cost of electricity being based on the wholesale market. The CRU rightly put forward the principle of hedging, which has protected us from extremes on one...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Foynes Port Company: Chairperson Designate (Resumed) (19 Apr 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Renewable Energy and Port Capacity: Discussion (16 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the ports for they work they are currently doing in highlighting this issue. We have all gotten caught up, to some extent, in the potential or bounty, as it were, particularly in the mid west, where there is lots of talk about the potential for the capture of offshore wind in the Atlantic, not just for the domestic but also for the international market. People are getting carried...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I have more comments than questions. To put my cards on the table, I fully support the approach being taken by the University of Limerick in its desire to have a veterinary school. I look at this in a number of ways. I will deal with the practical matters first. At a time when Dublin is under enormous pressure in terms of growth and the provision of accommodation for students, UCD might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the working group for their advocacy. They are all busy in their own practices. It is really good to see the efforts they are making.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: New School of Veterinary Medicine: Discussion (Resumed) (24 May 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.