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Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: I will tell the Opposition Members why the people are upset.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: They are upset because they see this House as irrelevant. Deputy Mattie McGrath will be the Opposition's Billy Earle if they are not careful.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: They are angry-----

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: Much of the business of this House is politics as usual. However, it is not politics or business as usual for the vast majority of people who are enduring this economic recession and who are in crisis in terms of losing their jobs. We are here this evening discussing a Fine Gael motion which as Deputy Michael McGrath said, seeks to bring forward the budgetary process, one of the most...

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: They have been calling for an election for a long time. There is a clear process following which there will be a general election but Opposition Members are playing politics with the election. They are seeking to drive a wedge between Fianna Fáil and the Green Party. They are trying to play politics as usual.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: The people are not fooled by it and they do not accept it. If they had any sense, they would realise the people have no interest in it.

Stability and the Budgetary Process: Motion (Resumed) (1 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: Opposition Members also regularly start up the cant about the guillotine regardless of what legislation is in question. If a decision is taken by the Whips to advance a Bill and to bring it to a conclusion to get rid of the filibuster, Opposition Members are on their heels and voting against the introduction of the guillotine. There is outrage on all sides. Now the Opposition parties want...

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: We are giving the Opposition a chance to-----

Order of Business (9 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: Is there proposed amending legislation dealing with NAMA? As the Tánaiste will be aware, NAMA has opposed a number of high-profile examinerships recently. An example pertains to the Whelans Group, in respect of which NAMA sought to oppose the examinership as proposed. This has an impact on jobs, which are being lost. Is it possible to review the legislation and look to the broader...

Hospital Services (14 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: I also wish to thank the Ceann Comhairle for facilitating the Clare Deputies in what is an important issue for us. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate tonight. Concern has been raised with me and other public representatives in the past number of days regarding the possible downgrading of cardiac services at Ennis General Hospital. As the Minister of State here tonight...

National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: With the permission of the House, I wish to share time with a number of colleagues.

National Minimum Wage: Motion (Resumed) (15 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this important matter. We debate on a daily basis the economic crisis in which the country finds itself. This is very much to the fore in national issues and in the international circumstances that have brought about the economic crisis. To an extent, during the various debates on individual topics, we can lose sight of the real issues. We focus a good...

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: I sometimes think the Deputy is on a Duracell battery.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: Fine Gael is permanently-----

Order of Business (16 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: God help us.

Schools Building Programme (16 Dec 2010)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for affording me the opportunity to raise this important matter. St. Joseph's secondary school in Tulla, County Clare, has had difficulties with its accommodation needs for over ten years. Various proposals have been put forward by the Department to resolve those difficulties. Some time ago, it was decided by the Department that an extension would be the most...

Water Utilities: Motion (13 Jan 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to address this motion, which was tabled by Fine Gael. This is a suitable time to discuss the issue in view of the difficulties that have been encountered by many of our citizens over the Christmas period. I am speaking from experience, having been without water for four or five days over Christmas, and I know the burden it places on families and the difficulties...

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. On many occasions, the House has discussed the health service and this is another opportunity to do so. The debate, however, seems to revolve continuously around the same old story, which is that the solution to the crisis in the health service is to get rid of the Government regardless of who is in power.

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I am sure it would be no different if there was another party on the Government benches.

Health Care Services: Motion (19 Jan 2011)

Timmy Dooley: They want to get rid of the Government, bring in a new policy and develop a new system. The notion of money following the patient, which Deputy Costello talked about, is not a bad system. I understand that has been proffered by both parties in the run up to the election. In tandem with that, however, Deputies from different constituencies want to retain the status quo, regardless of...