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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Turf Cutting Compensation Scheme Applications (2 Feb 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 598. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a decision on an application for a turf cutting cessation compensation grant in respect of bog designated as an natural heritage area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4460/16]

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: You suffered a bit of harm when you crossed swords with her. The recovery has been hard won, and credit should be given to Brian Lenihan for his achievements. Ultimately, the national recovery plan brought the State finances back on track and set out the structure we needed for economic recovery. It was interesting to hear Ajai Chopra of the IMF giving evidence at the banking inquiry...

Joint Committee of Inquiry into the Banking Crisis: Statements (28 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: I begin by concurring with the Tánaiste on just one aspect of what she had to say, that is, to extend all our thanks to those members of the committee of all parties and none who spent very considerable time holding the public hearings and sifting through the mountains of documents to produce this report. I do not know if it will benefit them electorally but I believe it was a job well...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (28 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 115. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Garda station in Broadford, County Clare is up for sale by the Office of Public Works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3526/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 143. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3513/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (28 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 146. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive farm payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3525/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to make a point. While we were talking, I put a message on Facebook about what we are doing here and I got two quick responses. One stated that coverage in Doolin is fairly bad. The other told me about Whitegate in County Clare, which I know a lot about, stating that Vodafone Ireland says the coverage is classed as fair but the responder has two phones, one of which is the older...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: We can tell Mr. Godfrey the complaints.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to mention two matters, one of which follows on from what Deputy McEntee said about the issue of the smartphone not being as capable of engaging with the networks as older technology. What discussions has ComReg had with the network operators to enhance their broadcasting capacity to make contact with the new devices which, as indicated by the witnesses, are less sensitive? We have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Fahy have that data with him today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: With the greatest of respect - I do not want to jump in - that is what the witnesses are here for. It is not to give us the glossy overview of what ComReg intends to do with spectrum release and all of that good stuff. The reason we wanted the witnesses here today was to address the absolute failure of coverage across the State. There are parts of the country where people could get...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: I want to make a proposal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: I second that proposal. The proposal has been made and I want to second it. I concur with everything that Deputy Moynihan has said. ComReg has carried out an analysis of the failures in the system. Can it put together a presentation that sets out the problems it has identified and a path to resolution? The witnesses talked about the objectives of the various network providers....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: -----and, to finish, set out the engagement from the consumer? Obviously, ComReg is receiving communications from people who are dissatisfied with the networks. Can ComReg set out the number of people who have identified problems and how it has tried to address them with the operators? A lot of this stuff is the stuff we know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: ComReg needs to get a new driver.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if there is an audiologist for the adult clinic in the county clinic in Ennis, County Clare; when did the audiologist take leave; when will the audiologist return or be replaced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3317/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Eligibility (27 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 166. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a child (details supplied) in County Clare has been refused school transport given that the school the child is attending is closer to the child's residence than the schools identified by Bus Éireann; if she will provide the detailed maps supporting this decision to refuse school transport; and if she will make a statement on the...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: That was 12 years ago.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (26 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the tax saver scheme for public transport users; the number of users of the scheme and the average annual benefit to a user of the scheme in 2014 and in 2015. [3162/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Management (26 Jan 2016)

Timmy Dooley: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine given the current flooding of the Shannon Basin and the benefits that trees can have to prevent flooding in river basin catchments and his wish to use forestry to offset greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock sector, if it is time to increase the planting targets to the past target of 20,000 ha as suggested in the 1996 Growing...