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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: This may be a question I cannot ask, but Bus Éireann must be dismayed that, despite recognising the reports which showed that the company was doing a very efficient job, the Government decided to hive off 10% of the routes and put them out to tender. It will be up to Bus Éireann to try to win them back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: I will take that as a yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: If Bus Éireann loses the business in Waterford, it will not expect drivers in Waterford to relocate to Dublin. It seems to be a rushed decision by the Minister to try to quell the strike. It has not been properly though out, no more than the privatisation agenda has been properly thought out. The long-term implications for Bus Éireann and Dublin Bus are that they will end up with...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is correct that I am fully aware of the current position. However, to paraphrase an advertisement, when it is gone, it is gone. If the State decides to sell its stake in Aer Lingus, it will have no capacity whatsoever to influence the direction of the company. A shareholding of 25% is significant. I accept there are limitations to what a minority shareholder can do but...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: That is why we held on to the 25%.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: We did. Why did we hold 25%?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: With respect, that is why we retained 25% of the company. The Government is now trying to sell off the piece we believed it was important to retain.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his position regarding the sale of the Government’s shareholding in Aer Lingus to the International Airlines Group; the nature and character of any assurances sought from the group on connectivity, jobs and the management structure at Aer Lingus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16719/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: Some time ago the Minister indicated that he would bring to a conclusion relatively quickly the Government's deliberation on whether to sell to IAG the Irish people's shareholding in Aer Lingus. Can he update the House on where that process is at?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Aer Lingus Sale (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister states, in response and on a number of occasions, that the Government is seeking legally-binding guarantees on the slot access to Heathrow from the three State airports. Can he tell us what the nature of such legal guarantees might be? Can he indicate what kind of recourse would exist and, in default of such agreements, what kind of remedies might be put in place? In the minds...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: It is ideology over economics.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will discuss the ongoing industrial dispute, and plans for industrial action by workers, at Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, over the decision to put 10% of routes out to private tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16718/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: As we face into this holiday weekend our entire public bus network will grind to a halt because of the actions of the Government in attempting to follow the ideological path of privatisation. What do Fine Gael and its Labour Party colleagues in government intend to do to address the very severe impact this strike will have on commuters and tourists? Obviously, it is not just this weekend;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister's privatisation strategy is in a shambles. Last night, in an effort to placate the concerns of drivers at the two companies, he said that no driver would have to transfer in the event of the route being lost to a private competitor. In effect, what he intends to do is place an additional burden on the balance sheet and books of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann, making them less...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: What the Minister failed to say is that the 2008 Act is the consequence of a 2007 directive from the European Commission which the European Parliament supported at the time and which was a requirement on the State. The Fianna Fáil strategy in dealing with it, in agreement with the unions, was that the competitive tendering process would only be in place for new routes and would not...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to ask the Minister when his Government is going to reappoint the Minister of State and show up the Labour Party for what it has perpetrated on the workers and the Irish people by giving to believe, through its programme for Government, that it somehow cared about public transport. When the going got tough, when the deal was done and Fine Gael's privatisation agenda was firmly on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Development Projects (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the level of investment that is required to upgrade facilities at Ireland West Airport Knock; his plans to provide a package of State supports to the airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16504/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Administration (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 22. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the criteria employed for deciding upon the allocation of funding provided through the sports capital grant programme; if he is satisfied that these criteria are followed in all allocation decisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16507/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when a decision will be taken with regard to the best route and infrastructure option in connecting Dublin city with Dublin Airport; his views on a particular option of the six options being examined by the National Transport Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16505/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (29 Apr 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 101. To ask the Minister for Health when the wheelchair of a child (details supplied) in County Clare who suffers from cerebral palsy will be repaired, as the child currently has no working wheelchair; when the wheelchair, which is over one year old, will be fitted with the correct back; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16933/15]