Results 5,661-5,680 of 10,962 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Free Travel Pass: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I thank my colleague, Deputy O'Dea, for tabling the motion. One would be forgiven for believing that this crisis situation was created by Fianna Fáil, but the opposite is the case. It is a fact that the Government, including the new Labour Party leader and Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, initiated...
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Fifth Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: We have agreed to the conclusion of the Bill, which will now pass. I am in broad agreement with the provisions of the Bill, the importance attached to the establishment of Shannon Airport as an independent body, the bringing together of the assets of Shannon Development, notwithstanding my reservations about the viability of the combined entity. I hope, as a result of the decisions taken...
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: That is a double whammy for the Deputy.
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I would be with the Deputy on that.
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: We have confirmed that section 34, as set down by the Minister, has been agreed by the House and, therefore, we cannot amend it because we have already accepted it.
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: In conclusion, to respond to the comments of the Minister as Deputy Clare Daly did, historically the DAA and Aer Lingus, when it was a State entity, employed people to particular staff levels, often at the discretion and direction of the Government, because at times of high unemployment they were often seen as a way of dealing with a lack of economic activity in north County Dublin, parts of...
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Given that it has been ruled out of order, will I have an opportunity to discuss it when we come to it?
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: Therefore, in the context of this grouping, I will make some comments about the pension entitlements of a number of employees who in the late 1960s transferred from the Civil Service to the companies at Shannon and Cork Airports. They did so on the clear understanding that their terms and conditions, including their pension entitlements, would be no worse as a result of the transfer to the...
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I am sure of that. Other Ministers have sought to address issues before they depart from office. Some have appointed political acquaintances, people of considerable note, to State boards. If these are the Minister's final hours in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, will he look at making a commitment to this small group who accepted in good faith the word of previous holders...
- State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Report Stage (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Minister will appreciate from what he has heard on Committee Stage and, so far, Report Stage that there is a general view that the main provisions of the Bill as they relate to the establishment of Shannon Airport as an independent entity and the bringing together of the parts of what was SFADCO are accepted and appropriate. That initiative is receiving almost unanimous support in the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I apologise as I have to leave the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Éireann: Chairman Designate (9 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Murphy for his presentation. I and my party fully support his appointment as chairperson. Obviously, it is for the Minister to move the appointment from designate to actual chairperson but the fact that he has identified Mr. Murphy as the chairperson designate appears to suggest that his appointment will be confirmed, and rightly so. Given the time he has been involved with the...
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: There is still time.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: On the matter raised earlier by my party Leader in relation to the planning and development (amendment) Bill-----
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: I beg the indulgence of the Chair.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach indicated to the House that as the concerts in their entirety have been cancelled the passage of legislation was a moot point. It is my understanding that if there was an appropriate appeals mechanism-----
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: -----put in place over the next couple of days there would still be time to have these concerts go ahead.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: There is still two or three days during which the Taoiseach can act. I am not particularly hung up about the Bill as drafted and am open to the Government amending it if the Attorney General has some views on it.
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: It could provide a mechanism to attract the individual concerned back to Ireland to participate in the concerts and ensure the economic life of this city is protected at a vulnerable time-----
- Order of Business (8 Jul 2014)
Timmy Dooley: ------when tourism is under extreme pressure. I appeal to the Taoiseach to give appropriate consideration to the proposed draft legislation.