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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: The more people have to move to Dublin to make a life for themselves and earn a living, the more phenomenal the congestion will be there. The M50 has reached a critical point in terms of congestion and people are now asking how the problem might be solved. This is an issue for policymakers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: My view has always been that if there is investment in locations other than Dublin, it makes it easier for industry to move there and for people to live around a network of cities, such as Limerick and Galway, and the county towns. Thus, we can create a counter-pole. It will not happen overnight and will certainly not happen unless the critical infrastructure is installed. Industry and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: It would be good to have a business plan that set out investment costs and ongoing annual support, and then to factor in how that might develop in terms of attracting more business and developing more rail-based enterprise, which would obviously reduce subvention over time. That should not be seen as a barrier but as a long-term commitment to that overused and underfunded phrase, balanced...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 65. To ask the Minister for Finance if hosts of short-term tourist accommodation using online exchange services (details supplied) to rent tourist accommodation are monitored by the relevant authorities to ensure they are tax compliant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourist Accommodation (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 233. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures in place to ensure that short-term hosting and lodging tourist accommodation being advertised via online exchanges (details supplied) are compliant with public health and safety regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9553/15]

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: That is the legacy the Deputy has left behind.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: It is about time Deputy Adams addressed them.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: But the Taoiseach does not.

Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: Explain that statement.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Free Travel Scheme Review (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when the draft report of the interdepartmental working group to examine and report on the current operation and future development of the free travel scheme will be available; the measures she is considering to deal with the financial pressures imposed on operators due to the funding cap and increasing number of passengers under the scheme. [8991/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Investigations (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 159. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has completed an investigation into the revised contract for all meter readers for the Electricity Supply Board with effect from 1 September 2009; if not, when a decision is likely to be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8897/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 202. To ask the Minister for Finance when the Revenue Commissioners will complete an appeal by contract meter readers in the Electricity Supply Board, for a claim for relief under the provision of section 192A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8899/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (3 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 203. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason contract meter readers in the Electricity Supply Board in two counties were refused relief under the provision of section 192A of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, resulting from lump sum payments, on foot of a High Court case on 21 February 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8953/15]

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: Yesterday in the Dáil the Minister for Health, Deputy Varadkar, stated:We need additional resources for the fair deal scheme, home care packages and home help provision. As the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and Mr. Tony O'Brien have outlined, there are three options for achieving these objectives. We could opt to reprioritise spending within the health Vote or we could...

Order of Business (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: He also stated:When it comes to a decision on the three options, it is not one I can make on my own; it must be done in conjunction with the Cabinet committee on health and the Economic Management Council. All members of the Cabinet committee and the EMC are fully apprised of the situation and have been since November.My first question to the Tánaiste is whether the Minister for Health...

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: How many did the Tánaiste open again, if they were so important to her?

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: Did the Tánaiste reopen even one of them?

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: There is no pink. All I see is the white flag being raised by the Tánaiste, in line with the colour of her jacket.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: I will see Deputy Durkan at the public meeting tonight so.

Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2015)

Timmy Dooley: The latest national census figures show an increase in the population in urban areas. However, 40% of Irish citizens still live in rural areas and, unfortunately, the Government's record shows that these people have been largely forgotten. General practitioner, GP, vacancies are not being filled, 200 bank branches have closed, post offices are under threat of closure while some have been...