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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Prior to the ministerial amendments I had already tabled an amendment to delete section 34. I have seen nothing in the Minister's amendment that would negate the necessity of opposing the section. The Minister will appreciate that this is the first time the Government has sought to legislate for a private pension scheme. That creates great concern. It is well worth noting the deep concern...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I am sure there were.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: This section refers to superannuation, and we are opposing it for that reason. I will discuss this more fully under section 34.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: My apologies. It relates to the two previous ones. As I opposed the two preceding ones, I oppose section 33 as well.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Is the Minister deleting subsection (4)?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: What the Minister is saying is that the functional management structure that existed at Shannon and Cork Airports is no longer in place and that there is now more hierarchy within the organisation than heretofore.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Is it envisaged that it will be provided with an annual budget?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Am I correct that the Minister is saying it will not have its own budget?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: On the basis of the Cork Airport position within the DAA, I would have thought that like any business unit within a large multiplicity of entities it would be assigned a budget on a annual basis based on its own projections and that, if necessary, it would receive the support of Dublin in the context of the considerable borrowing referred to by the Minister which has to paid down, I presume...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that at DAA board level it is a separate business entity.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: A view previously expressed is that Shannon and Cork Airports had been retarded to some extent in their potential for growth because of the manner in which the DAA monopolised the entire aviation activity in the country. The view was that it retained all of the activity for itself and left only a small amount of business to the other airports. The notion of independence would allow more...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I oppose this section which again proposes to substitute "Dublin Airport Authority" with "DAA". Concern has been expressed in Shannon and Cork about the entity that has effectively controlled the three airports. I know the history of the establishment of the Dublin Airport Authority. The expectation at the time of its establishment in 2004 was that separation of Shannon and Cork Airports...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I am disappointed that the Minister has reached this conclusion. It is not a case of the workers not believing they have a legal case. Rather, they do not have the wherewithal to take on the State with the Attorney General defending. Recognising that they are pensioners and their pensions are meagre compared with what they might have had had they remained in the employ of the Civil...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: We oppose the section on the basis that people in Cork had a legitimate expectation for an independent entity similar to what was established at Shannon. A certain part of the business community is concerned that Cork does not have the same ability to chart its destiny. Cork is a significant city and has a regional presence. There is a belief that its airport could manage its affairs well...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister talks in general terms about the conferral of additional functions on the Shannon Group. What does he have in mind? What is in the minds of those who have sought this provision?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: This committee participated in the discussion around the heads of the Bill when it was first published. At the time, we sought the views of different stakeholders. In that context, we had a number of submissions. I recall there was concern in a number of quarters about the borrowing potential, which I think is set at €100 million. The concern was that there might be a need to...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: That came from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: We would never accuse the Minister of that.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014: Committee Stage (3 Jul 2014)

Timmy Dooley: On Second Stage, I outlined my concerns about a particular group of employees of Shannon and Cork airports. They are people who from 1969 onwards transferred from the Civil Service to Aer Rianta on the urging of the Department and with the expectation that it would not involve any worsening of conditions of employment. This was circulated by way of office notice 4/68. That assertion was...