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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Chair very much. I welcome the Minister and thank her for her work. Her Department and her Ministry is generally considered to be one of positive news and one which, with the clear guidance of the Minister, always had a fairly straightforward run. That was clearly not the case in this instance on this side of her brief and she has gone through a very difficult time. This...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: What I am trying to get at is, we have a little experience of it in the Oireachtas in that, when the financial crash happened in the late noughties, the public expected to see cuts to our salaries and that put many people in the Oireachtas under enormous pressure. Gradually, the salaries made it back. The salaries are considered to be high, but it can be a huge disincentive for people to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ Oversight and Long-Term Support and Funding: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (4 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Yes, the issue is the same here. If parliamentarians had to pay to come through the gates of Leinster House, some people on Twitter would want us to pay more every week. It is the same in RTÉ. If the average wage was cut to €20,000, it would not be enough for a certain group on Twitter, so we cannot allow that negativity to drive the agenda. We have to support the 1,800 people...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I wanted to address the budget and to have a quick debate on a couple of issues within the budget. The Leader will be well aware that many primary schools are under enormous pressure with the level of capitation that are receiving. It is really putting them to the pins of their collars. I have spoken to numerous principals in recent weeks about the pressures that exist. They really do...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: No comment.

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

Timmy Dooley: It is customary at this time of the year for those of us in public life who operate constituency offices to be inundated with school transport issues. They normally get resolved in the first couple of weeks of September but this is the first time I have seen a situation where there has not been a resolution in most cases because there is a shortage of drivers. There are routes where there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. It is not an easy situation Mr. Walsh finds himself in, presenting to the people of Ireland or the people who are waiting for a test that the RSA is more than 300% over where it would like to be, and that it is at 30 weeks where it should be ten weeks on the service level agreement. I am not so sure that the RSA has figured out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I am wondering about the impact of Covid-19 on testing, which Mr. Walsh identified as those that were within his sphere. If we look at the number of people across the two four-year pieces, run the numbers on that again, and spread it over the period of time, I suspect the differential will not be as great. However, I can only surmise. In any event, it is just a comment on the RSA's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Rather than providing that update now, I ask Mr. Walsh if he could share the information with the committee. I refer to the kind of data set that was examined-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Perhaps Mr. Walsh could provide it to us in due course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I better be cautious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: If I understand Mr. Walsh correctly, the organisation is expanding to the greatest extent possible but some of the additional staff are working in a temporary capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Is this a migration issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Synnott think the developer would dispute that?