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Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this Bill and like my colleague, I acknowledge that this Bill was initiated by our late colleague, the former Minister, Mr. Brian Lenihan, who had a clear picture of where the reform agenda needed to go in recognising that what one might call the excesses that exist within the public services were not sustainable in the present economic climate....

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I too compliment my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on the tremendous work he has done to produce this Bill to meet an urgent need in a relatively short period. To address the remark from across the floor that the mortgage problem dates back two years, while we all know the economic crisis started in late 2007 and 2008,...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: If I am allowed to continue, I will explain the position to Deputy Lynch. The difficulty is that the Government has spoken at length about transparency and doing business differently in the House. It has produced an agenda for Dáil reform and arranged topical issue debates during which Deputies may put forward ideas. While it has technically accepted the Bill, this legislation will join...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: We often hear that my party was in power for 14 years. If one examines the record of the current Government parties while in opposition during that period, one finds they were large on criticism but light on detail and alternatives. We are providing the Government with an opportunity to accept this Bill as a platform for proceeding and amend it accordingly. This can be done by taking a...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I am disappointed the Government is not prepared to work with us. We recognise the importance of taking a non-judicial and non-adversarial approach to debt settlement. This is the appropriate and sensible approach to the problem, as recognised in the Keane report. It is critical, however, that the solution adopted addresses personal debt and mortgage debt together because any attempt to...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Notwithstanding the widespread negative comment about NAMA at the time, its establishment had the effect of cleansing the banks' balance sheets. While it has not resolved the problem and NAMA has come at a significant cost, the agency has created greater transparency, unbundled debt and simplified the balance sheets of the banks. As a result of its transparent balance sheets, Bank of...

Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The people to whom I and Deputy McGrath have spoken take a different view. If Deputy Lynch checks the blacks of today's meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, he will find that the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, the free legal advice centres and other groups do not share his view. I would be pleased to debate the issue with him at another time. The...

Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (20 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation in relation to his involvement with the Dublin City Council flood defence scheme at Clontarf, Dublin 3; when the Office of Public Works was first involved in this; if a summary of the situation will be given; if the OPW advised that the height of the defence scheme should be increased above...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Was Deputy Durkan not part of it?

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: They are now. Can the Taoiseach tell us who was not focused?

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: What did the Taoiseach say?

Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach will not be in a hurry to have a presidential election again.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Over the course of the weekend, the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport indicated he was about to review the State Airports Act. He talked about the privatisation or the potential lease of airports at Shannon and Cork. The notion of privatisation of those airports or the lease arrangement of those airports is not contained in the State Airports Act. Is it proposed to introduce...

Written Answers — Judicial Appointments: Judicial Appointments (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current status of the judicial council; if it will have a role in judicial appointments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/11]

Written Answers — Unfinished Housing Developments: Unfinished Housing Developments (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 367: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 20 July 2011, if the Dun na Rí estate in County Clare has been granted funding to carry out work to finish the estate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31154/11]

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 522: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she plans to hold a referendum on the substantive issue relating to the rights of the child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31012/11]

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 647: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the Irish Aviation Authority is not complying with the directive stated in the letter dated 15 December 2008, from a person (details supplied) which states that with effect from 1 January 2009, employers must discharge their existing responsibility to allow PRSI relief at source on the social welfare benefit...

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Why did the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, go to New York on day 99 and make comments to the contrary?

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy Buttimer spent a fair bit of time looking at the media.

Leaders' Questions (2 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: That was more than six months ago.