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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I am thinking more of the planning side. If you have the advice and experience from elsewhere, you can to some extent force a change of direction. Witnesses mentioned methods in different countries that would not necessarily be germane to our culture and the way we live. Change has been forced in the past through planning, such as making it more difficult for people live in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: On the point Deputy Bruton rightly identified, some of the Georgian buildings in this city in the 1970s and 1980s were brass-plate offices for smaller solicitors, accountancy firms and so on and are vacant now, yet heritage in various local authorities require them to be maintained in exactly the same format. I do not suggest we should not try to protect and preserve our heritage but in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Some planning requirements are particularly onerous and put an encumbrance on a developer or somebody who wants to go ahead with a project. It may not be for anything other than aesthetics or trying to be in character with the area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That is an issue in every village and town. In Ennis, tremendous work is being done by the State and the local authority in upgrading the public realm. However, the above-the-shop spaces, if you want to use that term, are largely unutilised. We need to find a way to use those spaces. I suspect we will need to do so by offering more supports. The grant scheme that is there at the moment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: VAT on repairing and upgrading a building in Ireland is different to the rate in the UK. The relevant figure may not be one that our witnesses have off the cuff but they might provide that to us. There is a difference in how VAT is applied depending on the cost above which a property requires renovation. I have heard the situation in Ireland makes it less interesting for those who would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That is the point.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That would generate more activity in the development sector. Certain people in the development sector would bring those to the market. It is not everybody who wants to purchase a property and do it up themselves. Perhaps Mr. Fitzpatrick could provide to the committee a note on that topic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: They are not lobbying against it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That would be-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to make a comment on that. Regarding the report on the circular economy, it is all about utilising assets insofar as we can. This goes back to the couple of points I made on VAT and the issue of Georgian property. There is a difference between the way in which properties such as those are treated here and in the UK. The witnesses might share information on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: It is not part of the circular economy, but it is about making better use of an existing asset. While I am not talking about the life cycle of the material, at the end of the day this is about reducing our carbon footprint.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to Construction Sector: Discussion (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That would be helpful.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I want to raise a couple of issues. I recognise the appointment of Senator Seán Kyne as Deputy Leader. I wish him well and look forward to working with him in the Seanad. Last Saturday, an individual collapsed at the Cliffs of Moher. My understanding is that the individual passed away. It took over an hour for an ambulance to arrive at the scene. We often talk in this House about...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy gives a fair bit of time out for-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I will start where the last contributions concluded, with expressions of sympathy to the organisation on the loss of two greats. I did not get to Sligo even though I knew Tommie for many years. I did get to Dingle on Saturday for the funeral of the late Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh. They were clearly two wonderful ambassadors of RTÉ and great representatives of what Irish...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Bakhurst believe this will be enough to assist in the exit packages associated with the 400 staff, whatever way they move? The plan is in place, the organisation has been stabilised, the team has been changed and the structures, oversight and governance are in place. The rubber hits the road now in terms of the difficult task of actually implementing that plan. I can only wish Mr....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I wish Mr. Bakhurst well with it. I remember being on this committee a good few years ago and there was a similar encounter where projections were made and the organisation was getting smaller, and ultimately it never happened. I know it is an entirely different context now and that latitude is not there. It will not be easy.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: That was actually going to be my next point. In trying to transition from that legacy organisation, this was attempted before and, sadly, it failed. It took a crisis like what happened for the rubber to hit the road for everybody to say “Stop, we need to go.” We know what the reason is. The legacy media organisation that was there is no longer relevant in today’s...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I will conclude. At the outset, the Leas-Chathaoirleach wished a Clare man all the best on being appointed to London. His dad is from Wexford and that is where he got that touch in. I wish Tommy Meskill well. He was a trusted member of RTÉ's staff around this House and he will be a loss, but I am sure it opens up an opportunity for somebody else.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Expert Advisory Committee Reports into RTÉ: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (2 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: No, it is time to let these people go.