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Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: What about the Labour Party?

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Nor any Opposition Member.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to share time with Deputy McGuinness. I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. The legislation has been much discussed and it formed a central plank of the policy of change the Government sought to spin to the public during the election campaign. Sadly, this is a bit of a fudge. The establishment of the Department is a solution to a political problem, one which arose...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: To some extent I was taken by Deputy Barry's right wing rhetoric. He referred to the necessity for change, how change would be forced through and that people need to be moved aside. I remind him that he is part of a Government that involves the Labour Party.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: If they could not even manage to decide who would be the Minister for Finance at the outset of the negotiations it is highly unlikely that they would be able to instil that across the 340,000 staff who work in the public sector. It is not an easy job to introduce change. I caution the Government on taking a high-handed approach or using bully-boy tactics to pursue its agenda. I hope that...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Indeed. Deputy O'Dowd would be familiar with that.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Certainly not.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The fact that the Bill has been brought to the House in a rushed manner to resolve the political concerns of the Government parties-----

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: We were because we knew the proposal was not properly planned. I refer to the fact that a White Paper was not published and that the parties had not talked about it in advance of the election.

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: It did not form part of the proposals of either party prior to the election. It emerged late in the plans for the programme for Government. It was clearly about resolving the difficulty of the coalition partners on who would become Minister for Finance. Neither side was prepared to capitulate which resulted in the confused Bill before the House. While the desire to deal with public sector...

Departmental Offices (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to give consideration to a plea from a group of farmers in the east Clare area to retain the Teagasc office as a service provider in the town of Scarriff. As Deputies know, there are proposals, decided on in light of budgetary requirements, to close a number of Teagasc offices across the country. While we must...

Written Answers — Taxi Regulations: Taxi Regulations (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 58: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide further details on the review of the taxi industry; when he expects the details of the review to be published; the terms of reference for this review; and the person charged with overseeing the review. [13688/11]

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 61: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is committed to the provision of funding for regional airports under the OPEX and CAPEX schemes and if he supports regional links to international airports which are vital to regional economic development. [13689/11]

Written Answers — National Car Test: National Car Test (1 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 212: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had any discussions with the Road Safety Authority regarding the uniformity of standards applied by Applus in its fulfilment of the national car test contract; and if he will publish the consistency audit report carried out by an independent contractor. [13863/11]

Requests to move Adjournment of Dail under Standing Order 32 (2 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: You will have to get in earlier, Seamus.

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Fine Gael Deputies are defending the Tánaiste. That must be a consolation to him.

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The parties opposite knew all about this before the election.

Order of Business (2 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Perhaps we need a couple of heavies in here.

Diplomatic Representation (2 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 38: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will open any new embassies or consulates this year. [13916/11]

Spent Convictions Bill 2011: Second Stage (7 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this Bill and I congratulate my colleague, Deputy Calleary, for re-initiating the Bill and for the work he has undertaken to ensure it is being debated on the floor of the House so early in this term. The issue under discussion was raised by the previous Government in 2007 and a Bill was initiated and published at that time. It was...