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Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I am happy to do so. Perhaps Deputy Buttimer will give me a little of his time so that I can do so.

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Be that as it may, yet again it calls into question whether what we are doing is about real reform-----

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: -----or if we are filling time for the sake of it.

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: It is an important subject, one which we thrashed out in the committee. I am sure it will be thrashed out again. What I am disappointed about is the Government’s response has been to create a working group to address the issue. I thought that if the Government was realistic about parliamentary reform it would have come back to the committee with a proposal to involve it in such a...

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Please do.

Report of the Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Motion (8 Nov 2013)

Timmy Dooley: That is welcome but it is worth putting on the record that while sport falls within the remit of the committee we did not confine the hearings to just the sporting organisations. We did bring various medical experts before the committee to hear their views on the harmful effects of alcohol. I would be happy if the Government comes forward with a proposal that says the working group should...

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]