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Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy was most of the reason for setting it up in the first place.

Leaders' Questions (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: With a razor.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the IRHA for the presentation, which was helpful. I propose that we compile the evidence we have taken today and submit it to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. Mr. Nolan identified three particular solutions. I am not so sure we can implement those solutions as some of them are outside the control...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I will complete my questions because I will not be able to come back after the vote. It is obviously a function for the Irish Government and Parliament to change the laws and to change the tax code to make it competitive. It is very difficult for hauliers to operate their businesses south of the Border. From my contact with hauliers, quite a number of them are considering re-registering...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Haulage Industry: IRHA and FTA (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: From my knowledge of dealing with the witnesses and others, the difficulty we have is that there is not an efficient enforcement of cabotage in this State. If we upped the ante from our point of view and enforced cabotage laws here, we might have some bargaining chip with our counterparts in other states.

Other Questions: Community Involvement Scheme (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: There are so many of them with the same question, it is clear the answer is going to be positive. The Minister is still trying to tell me he does not co-ordinate the questions.

Other Questions: Community Involvement Scheme (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I would say the press releases have gone out already.

Other Questions: Haulage Industry Regulation (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Joint Committee on Transport and Communications meets after this session and the Irish Road Haulage Association will appear before it. Much of what has been discussed will be dealt with at the meeting, which will afford the group an opportunity to outline its position. One of the reasons I tabled Question No. 9 was the user levy being introduced by the UK and its impact in the North....

Other Questions: Driver Licences (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Two of them have gone.

Other Questions: Haulage Industry Regulation (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 9. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the discussions with his British counterpart regarding the introduction of a heavy goods vehicle road user levy in the United Kingdom which will have a significant impact on Irish hauliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15133/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Is it correct to say this is a change from the procedures used under the previous Administration? Am I right to say that under the previous Administration, the civil servants carried out the scoring and recommended the allocation of funding? It seems it is only this Administration that carries out the process of distributing the funds but will the Minister confirm that?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister clarify that under the previous Administration, the notional allocation of funding was done by the Civil Service rather than the Minister? The departure seen in the Minister's tenure is the allocation of money at a political level by the Minister rather than by permanent officials.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: It would be a first in my experience if a club got everything it asked for. I understand now that somebody at a political level completes the process of distributing the pot of money across projects. I accept that the Minister argues it relates to scores but that is a departure from the existing practice. It is a worrying development as it brings politics much deeper in the allocation of funds.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: It is an advantage having a Minister in the constituency.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the assessment procedure followed and the objective criteria used in deciding on the allocation of funding under the sports capital programme. [15375/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: In the interests of transparency, can the Minister outline the assessment procedure followed and the objective criteria used in developing a scoring criteria or model for the sports capital programme?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I get the piece that one official looks at the application to see whether it is eligible and that it meets the criteria and a number of others review that. At what point is a number or a scoring reference given to the individual application?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Administration (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: To be clear, the scoring is carried out by officials of the Department and the Minister takes the pot of money and, effectively, distributes the loaves and fishes. Does he refer to the score or not?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Airlines Superannuation Scheme (2 Apr 2014)

Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the expert review of the Irish airlines superannuation scheme dispute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/14]