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Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Timmy Dooley: If they do not, they might not have an opportunity to do so.

Order of Business (4 Jun 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister will be aware of the difficulties encountered as a result of the recent strike at Aer Lingus. The State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill, due in the House shortly, will compound some of the industrial relations issues there and have an impact on those who are on pensions in the airport sector. When is this legislation, which is currently before the Seanad, expected before the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Green Paper on Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (4 Jun 2014)

Timmy Dooley: In the renewable sector as a whole, Ireland has invested heavily policy-wise and, in general terms, in the wind energy sector, but we have not done as much as we might have in the wave and tidal energy sector. I accept that they are at an early stage in terms of development, but they have been at that stage for some time. The Minister has rightly identified the emergence of hydraulic...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Green Paper on Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (4 Jun 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Would Deputy Burton not let the Minister go?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Payments (4 Jun 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 137. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary is now eligible for a disadvantaged area payment now that their stock density levels have increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23877/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Closures (29 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will alter his small schools policy in the wake of remarks he made on a recent visit to County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23383/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (29 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 50. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he is putting in place following the closure of a number of international language schools; the way he plans to help the students affected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23384/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (28 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: This is probably an area in which the Minister has a role and I encourage him and the Department to try to facilitate some mechanism which would lead to a forum in which these issues could be resolved. We certainly agree on the damage the uncertainty causes, not only for the business travelling community but also in terms of the negative impact is has on the tourism sector. I have spoken to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Transport Council: Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (28 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his presentation. On one of the issues discussed, the policy debate on urban mobility, the Minister's presentation refers to this being a rather repetitive debate. It seems to me that thinking has not emerged too much in this regard. I am taken to some extent by the press coverage today of Google's plans to introduce a vehicle that does not have any controls other...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (27 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 245. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a teacher who was in receipt of an allowance for teaching through the medium of the Irish language in the gaelscoil in Tullamore is no longer in receipt of the allowance now that the teacher is a permanent member of staff in another gaelscoil, (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22606/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Park Access (27 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 318. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the Office of Public Works will finish the viewing platform and repair the storm damage to trees and trails in Mooghaun Park, Newmarket on Fergus, County Clare; when it will be re-opened to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23086/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme Applications (27 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 965. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a sports capital grant application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Clare is valid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/14]

Other Questions: Local Authority Members' Remit (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister should be careful as he might burst their bubble. Many of them think they have a lot of power.

Other Questions: Local Authority Members' Remit (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Will he be happy next week though?

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Eligibility (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: That is where the Minister of State was caught out.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the Minister's clarification. However, his tone appears to indicate a belief on his part that I am somehow trying to ascertain the costs relating to the operation of his office. That is not the case. I am trying to understand the relationship between external staff and civil servants. The Minister stated that one individual advises the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: It is shocking that someone from a political background is involved in day-to-day departmental activity. I understand the need to employ external advisers to provide advice on policy or assist Ministers in understanding their role and brief. I do not believe that the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, requires much advice when it comes to politics.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Even if we accept that the Minister of State has some limited capacity in that regard and that he requires advice from an experienced individual such as former Deputy Paul McGrath, I am still struggling to understand how it is possible for the latter to be involved in the allocation of funding in respect of applications made under the sports capital programme. I need the Minister to clarify,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 3. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of non-civil servant staff in his office and the offices of the Ministers of State at his Department; their roles and responsibilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21652/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ministerial Staff (15 May 2014)

Timmy Dooley: This question is one I intend also to pose to other Departments. It seeks to determine the relationship between the Minister, his private office and his advisers and their interaction with the Civil Service. Will he outline how these interactions take place in his office and in the offices of the Ministers of State at his Department?