Results 4,901-4,920 of 10,977 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I thank the Tánaiste for her reply and for the history lesson on the economy and how it got there.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Maybe we can look at a little bit of recent history.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I doubt that shivers are running down the spines of any bankers based on the response the Tánaiste has given.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I do not think bankers feel the Government is about to impose a levy as a result of the approach they have taken in opposition to Government policy. The Tánaiste has, frankly, bought a large supply of the banks' Kool-Aid. The notion that tracker mortgages are the root of all evil is not the case and it would be worth the Tánaiste's while to look into it. If that was the issue,...
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Remember when the Tánaiste was going to burn the bondholders.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Government has bought the Kool-Aid.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste was going to burn all the bondholders. Does she remember that?
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: The only people the Government burned were those who voted for it.
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Reports this morning that the banks will not reduce the variable interest rate on mortgages make for disturbing reading. As the Tánaiste is well aware, there are over 300,000 variable rate mortgage holders in Ireland paying, on average, 2% higher than anywhere else in Europe. That is an extra €4,000 per year that is putting an intolerable burden on many families. If this is not...
- Leaders' Questions (14 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Surely the banks have got the message at this stage if the Government is expressing its message in the way we would have thought. Clearly, they believe this is a cotton wool exercise in the Government's approach and that it is taking a "softly softly" approach. Does the Tánaiste firmly believe the banks should reduce the variable interest rate? Will she address the issue today? Just...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome Mr. Masding and his presentation and thank him for his presentation. The opening part of the contribution painted a relatively positive picture of his institution. He spoke about the restructuring plan and the raising of capital, and he indicated that the institution now appears to be on a road towards a vibrant force focused on the Irish retail banking market, capable of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Masding accept that the principal fact of costs being higher or out of kilter arises from legacy issues rather than any future funding, risk or general costs? Is it fair to say there is a direct relationship between margin of cost and the legacy issues that the bank is attempting to resolve?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Overview of the Banking Sector in Ireland (Resumed): Permanent TSB (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Mr. Masding still talks about Permanent TSB being a profitable and vibrant force focused on the Irish retail banking sector. If he puts on his marketing hat - his customer service hat - and attempts to win new business, while he has 79,000 customers paying well above what the odds might be, it does not suggest he is focused on attracting new business in the way any other business would be....
- Leaders' Questions (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Et tu, Blueshirt?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Draft Public Transport Bill 2015: Discussion (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Doyle for his comprehensive overview of the legislation. I accept in principle that the amendments relate to largely technical issues that are being tidied up. I am not entirely clear about section 1. Mr. Doyle referred to the necessity of the section to deal with bus rapid transit, BRT. What is the difference between the provision of bus rapid transit and any other form of...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Draft Public Transport Bill 2015: Discussion (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Is there anything in the amendments that is required to deal with the current tendering process that is ongoing for buses?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Draft Public Transport Bill 2015: Discussion (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Is Mr. Doyle clear that the law as it stands is solid in that regard? I am aware that one of the unions is challenging the NTA and the State on certain provisions in a previous Act - namely, the 2008 Act - in terms of the issuance of tenders for the provision of bus services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Draft Public Transport Bill 2015: Discussion (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: I do not want to get into the issue that is the subject of current litigation, but is there any measure that is being introduced to support the case of the NTA or the State?
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Funding (13 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: 136. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason the Tusla – Child and Family Agency national lottery grants scheme is not available this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18786/15]
- Leaders' Questions (12 May 2015)
Timmy Dooley: Jimmy knows about it.