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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Issues (12 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 242. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the annual cost of motorway maintenance; under what authority this maintenance is carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53504/13]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: On a point of clarification, due to the reconfiguration of hospital services, because many of the smaller hospitals are no longer on call for emergency service, an advanced paramedic, usually in an emergency vehicle, will often attend an incident before the ambulance arrives to the scene of the emergency. Are they covered by this?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rationale for Sanctioning Energy Price Increases: Discussion with Commission for Energy Regulation (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: These paramedics are using HSE vehicles.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 6: In page 16, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:"Amendment of section 106 of Principal Act 15. Section 106 of the Principal Act is amended—(a) in subsection (1), by inserting after paragraph (a) the following:"(aa) if injury has been caused to any person, or any person appears to require assistance, the driver of the vehicle shall offer...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: On a point of clarification, due to the reconfiguration of hospital services, because many of the smaller hospitals are no longer on call for emergency service, an advanced paramedic, usually in an emergency vehicle, will often attend an incident before the ambulance arrives to the scene of the emergency. Are they covered by this?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: These paramedics are using HSE vehicles.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I can appreciate what the Deputy is trying to do and at one level I can support it, but we need to ensure that young learner drivers are inculcated with a road safety culture. They need to be careful and mindful of speed limits. We have all broken speed limits on many occasions and have the penalty points to show for it but, notwithstanding that, if we are to change the way in which we do...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The fact that the penalty for a speeding offence has been increased from two to three points makes sense. We all know of examples in which a person is caught when going on a journey and then caught in the same location on the way back.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill: Committee Stage (11 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: On balance, this seems sensible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (10 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for his very comprehensive presentation. As always, he sets out issues clearly and concisely and often detailed questions are not required. However, I have one or two questions. I ask the Minister of State to expand on the banking union. He rightly identified the heads of state and government Council decision of 29 June 2012 to break the link...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to debate this issue. As Deputy Eoghan Murphy said, it must be debated much more. This legislation is certainly too little and certainly too late. It is too late for those who were part of a defined benefit scheme that closed in the past two years and impacted on deferred pensioners and those working who will find themselves with no pensions when they retire. For...

Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: That is not so bad.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (5 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 170. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has requested the continuation of Operation Freeflow this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52448/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Issues (5 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 252. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way his Department plans to improve the reliability and frequency of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann services; the current statistics as to Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann punctuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52449/13]

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy O'Dowd holds all the power.

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Let me clarify this further.

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I am being careful.

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that. However, what I am saying is that an individual who has a unique insight creates a perception of an unfair advantage for EirGrid.

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I do not think that is acceptable, nor do most of the committee members. People in the Minister's party and Fine Gael raised similar issues. Some took a particular view in regard to his NIMBYism about whether a pylon close to a home would impact on him. I will not get into that because it is a sideline issue. Next week, the committee will vote on a motion I have put before it calling on...

Electricity Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (4 Dec 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I hope the Minister will be able to clarify this for me this evening. I had an opportunity to question the chief executive of EirGrid at the committee today on the issue of undergrounding and the associated costs.