Results 661-680 of 5,034 for speaker:Billy Timmins

Local Government Reform Bill 2013: From the Seanad (Resumed) (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I agree with previous speakers, particularly Deputy Denis Naughten’s point on the valuation Bill which is being dealt with by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin. It is important that the Minister’s Department feed into it. He referred to the concept of flexibility. I have spoken to county managers, many of whom do not want flexibility in the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 147. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the funding that was given by Irish Water to local authorities; if he will provide a breakdown by local authority; and the purpose it was to be used for. [3016/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Grant Payments (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a grant for a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3179/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Investigations (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 171. To ask the Minister for Defence if all the required reports-investigations have been carried out into the tragic deaths of persons (details supplied) in County Galway; if these are in order; if consideration has been given to re-examining any of these; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (22 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 205. To ask the Minister for Health the length of time a person (details supplied) has been on a hospital waiting list; and when an appointment will issue. [3028/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: County and City Enterprise Boards Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 320. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the funding allocated to each county and town enterprise board; if he will provide a breakdown by county and town of the way this funding is spent-allocated on grants, pay and administration and other for 2011, 2012 and 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2463/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (21 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 490. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government with respect to a table (details supplied), if he will provide a breakdown by local authority of the funding applied for and the headings under which each local authority application's were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2885/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staffing (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position in relation to staffing at a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1083/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 407. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position in relation to a person in receipt of a pension who had the telephone allowance, if there are any exemptions or allowances for persons living alone who have monitored phone alarms or panic buttons, who rely on landline telephone connection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1709/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Rental Accommodation Scheme Eligibility (15 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: 488. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the rental accommodation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55318/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: What is the bonus? Is there a maximum bonus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: The Deputy has asked numerous supplementary questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: I know.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: The Deputy's supplementary questions were the final straw.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Expenditure Issues: Irish Water - Uisce Éireann (14 Jan 2014)

Billy Timmins: The matter is simple. An earlier contributor asked whether Irish Water has learned anything from the past. Has the Oireachtas learned anything? I hate to suggest that we have not. The difficulty is twofold - a lack of oversight and a lack of access to information. That is a flaw in the legislation brought forward by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Timmins: We all acknowledge the under-investment in water and sewerage over a long number of years. In my earlier contribution, I did not mention the Minister, but the Dunlavin scheme costing €5 million and the Ballyconnell scheme costing €200,000 would not have taken place only for his direct intervention. I would like to acknowledge that, but it still does not exonerate people from...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Timmins: I appreciate the frustration. I have suffered a lot of it over the last few months when I was not able to elicit information or get explanations as to why certain things happened. I pointed that out earlier, but I did not get elected to carry out stunts. If people want to carry out stunts, they can go to the Gaiety Theatre, the Abbey Theatre, or the window at the bottom of Grafton Street...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Timmins: Well, wherever. They should be down with the successor of my own townsman, the late Dice Man. We are leaving here today and we do not know either the charge or the allowance. Deputy Naughten has sought certain assurances. When calculating that allowance, certain consideration should be given to families that have members with disabilities. It should not be a simple head count, but...

Water Services (No. 2) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Timmins: I support Deputy Naughten's amendment. I acknowledge the work the Minister of State has done in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. He is a hard working, honest individual and as Deputy Naughten pointed out, when he was in opposition he elicited an enormous amount of information from statutory bodies, not because of them but in spite of them. That must be...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Priory Hall Development (19 Dec 2013)

Billy Timmins: 216. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the issue of insurance cover under the HomeBond scheme was examined in the case of the Priory Hall housing development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54944/13]