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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 610. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the breakdown in the €46.5 million in cuts relating to his Department's road budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44574/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 611. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €3.1 million reduction in funding for the Irish Sports Council will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44575/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Funding (22 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 612. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the impact the €0.9 million reduction in funding for the rural transport programme will have; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44576/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Code Reform (17 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: 13. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her views on whether changes made in recent years to the one parent family payment create a disincentive to take up employment; her plans to change this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43336/13]

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The money was supposed to be used on an annual basis for the sports capital programme, but for the past couple of years the Government has taken the money from the national lottery and put it into the Exchequer fund. The Government is proposing to have a new sports capital fund with the up-front payment but it will not come on an annual basis. I fail to see the sense in what is being done....

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I do.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: There are approximately 2 million. I am in touch with my constituents and I know people who are under immense pressure. There is a belief that there are 70,000 medical cards sitting on mantlepieces waiting to be used in the event that somebody becomes ill. Much of that fat has been taken from the system over the last number of years.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Medical cards are presented because of means, but perhaps the Minister represents a more privileged part of the country than I do.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: If the litmus test of the difficulties faced by citizens of this State is my constituency office or that of a colleague, I assure the Minister that the saving of €135 million that is being talked about by the Minister for Health cannot be achieved through efficiencies.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Government has done a reasonably good job at presenting the budget in a manner that seems to indicate there is no pain, no cuts, no new taxes, that it is all very amicable. We were told the need for an adjustment was a tough decision but subsequent detail was very scant. We were informed by the Minister for Social Protection that the general scheme remained the same with no increases on...

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Yes. In order to be fair and honest, the pain must be shared. However, for the past number of budgets this Government has been targeting a cohort that is not the centre of media attention and these individuals are being affected in a dramatic way. I refer in particular to young mothers. The combined cut has a very significant hit on the income of mothers. Giving them free GP care is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Coughlan. His presentation was very helpful and he concentrated on the areas he believes require some tweaking. The one aspect of his contribution I want to highlight and support strongly, although that does not mean I do not support the other statements he made, goes back to what I said about Shannon Chamber. It is important that the new Shannon Group is embedded in and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: We will be submitting a report based on all these submissions and I presume they will go across with----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: It is up to the Minister whether he decides to do that. Failing that I will be submitting them as amendments when the legislation is published if they do not appear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate Mr. Reidy's input. He made some valid points on the overall situation, many of which I made at the time of separation. Unfortunately, that time has passed so we must do everything that we can to make the current situation a success. He raised issues about heads 18 and 22 and Shannon Heritage, which I identified. We might want to see those issues fleshed out in legislation....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Thompstone and appreciate all his work in this regard. The reason it is important for someone like Mr. Thompstone to appear before the joint committee is he is uniquely qualified, in that he has an interest in the region and previously acted as the chief executive officer of Shannon Development. Consequently, members would be wise to take his counsel on the issues he has raised....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Pakey for his presentation, in which he has set out his vision and we wish him well in his endeavours. I believe the Bill makes no reference to Shannon Heritage, which would have been an integral part of Shannon Development or SFADCo. Does Mr. Pakey know what is due to happen to that entity?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I agree with Mr. Pakey's recommendation on the €100 million limit for group borrowing and we will make a similar submission to the Department on that. Is it Mr. Pakey's understanding that the board members of the subsidiaries will be appointed from the general membership of the group company or could people other than those who sit on the board or who are on the staff of the company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Shannon Aviation Services and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2013: Discussion (16 Oct 2013)

Timmy Dooley: For clarity, the board of the group as it will be is to be appointed by the Minister.