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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The chairperson has been dipping.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Property Tax: Discussion with Revenue (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: They know everything else about us so they might as well have it.

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I will take up where my colleague, Deputy Browne, has just left off in respect of the one-parent tax credit. If the Acting Chairman will allow me to do so, I propose to read into the record of the House an e-mail I received from a constituent whom I will not identify. The e-mail in question sets the tone with regard to why we really...

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thought that was what the Minister did last year.

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: In time for the local elections next summer.

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: It was probably confined to Mayo people.

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: And Mayo?

Other Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I do not want to rain on the Minister’s parade in terms of the allocation of the funding. While it is welcome, it comes from the national lottery so it depends on people playing it every week and the Government will be selling the licence in the future. It is wrong we do not have an annualised sports capital programme. I welcome the fact the Minister argued for a second round this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 4. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact on the National Roads Authority and local authorities road maintenance programme as a result of the reduction in revenue allocated in Budget 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47217/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The ongoing reduction in capital spend by the Government, particularly in the Minister's Department with regard to the road network, is affecting road safety. Will the Minister outline the discussions he has had with the National Roads Authority, NRA, and his ministerial colleague in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the impact of this reduction in capital...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Road Improvement Schemes (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minster for clarifying the numbers, and as he indicated, that takes account of the fact that a number of new projects are coming on board. It is greenfield development. I am concerned about the existing road network, including the sections which are the responsibility of local authorities. The Minister has outlined his position on that delineation of duties. Ultimately, the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Fares (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: On the same point, the big difficulty is that a point will be reached at which the fares will be at such a level that it will not be possible for people to continue to pay them and I predict they will revert to using cars and move away from using public transport. The Government must be prepared to carry out a comprehensive review of the public transport system and try to understand what...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Transport Authority (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Perhaps the Minister might start running in the future.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Fares (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport how he intends to address the increasing cost of public transport here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47216/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Fares (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: On Wednesday, 23 October, the National Transport Authority, NTA, approved yet again a fare increase for the CIE group of companies. This is creating an unnecessary and unbearable burden on commuters throughout the country at a time of considerable financial pressure. What does the Minister intend to do to address the situation in which the CIE group of companies finds its only resort is to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport Fares (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister, but he is missing the point. He suggests that if consumers purchase Leap cards they will make savings. If all consumers were to do so, the CIE group of companies would have a bigger financial difficulty. The price increase is necessitated by the 7.4% decrease in the Government subvention under the public service obligation subvention to the companies this year. In...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the resources to be allocated to the Road Safety Authority for the coming year; his views on whether these resources are satisfactory; if he is concerned at the increasing number of deaths on the roads here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47163/13]

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Will he get him a signed copy of the book?

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I apologise for introducing a bit of frivolity into the proceedings.

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to urge the Minister of State to guide us on some of the finer points. Was there any discussion last week on the ESM and the retrospective funding of our pillar banks? In June of last year, a decision was taken at Council level to break the link between sovereign debt and the banks' debt in terms of capitalisation. We were told at the time that the Taoiseach had...