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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The other one was about the proposed tendering of the PSO routes for Bus Éireann.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: What sort of plan has Ms Jupp, as chairman of CIE, put to the Government in terms of the protection of the integrated network and, effectively, a statement that if subvention is reduced, this will be the ultimate impact on the network?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: Just to clarify, I wanted Mr. Doherty to outline the impact that privatisation would have on the cash situation of Dublin Bus.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the three chief executives. I also welcome the chairman of CIE, Ms Jupp. Is this the first occasion on which she has been before the committee?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: One of the main reasons for this meeting is to discuss the overall financial position of the public transport network. There was much concern last year when CIE came back to the Government looking for an additional €35 million outside the profile that existed and that had been presented by way of a budget for the year. The Department was able to find it within its overall budget but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: CIE Group Financial Situation: Discussion with Group Management (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I agree with that approach. A couple of minutes each should be sufficient and then we can retain the timeframe. We have the documentation and it would save time.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: It is not agreed. This is a Bill that would make it easier to repossess the family home - effectively an eviction Bill - that plays into the hands of the banks. I suppose it is consistent with Government policy that leaves control in the hands of the bankers on the resolution of people's personal indebtedness
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: Is Deputy McNamara on the right side today or on the wrong side? Does he know what buttons he is pressing?
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The Deputy is back in the pack anyway - he is back in tune with Deputy Stagg.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The bottom line is that we disagree with the way in which it is being rushed through the House and guillotined. We disagree in principle with the Bill.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The Government took the banker's shilling.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: In a break with tradition and custom that was exercised by those on the other side when they occupied these benches-----
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: ----- we will not be seeking an extension of this session. We will not be complaining about the length of the Dáil session. However, on a serious point I hope in the course of the next session we have an opportunity to discuss real Dáil reform. It is not about the length of time we sit, but about the way in which we order our business.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: The way we do our business in this House needs to be reformed. While I will not make an overly political point, it is unfortunate we are dealing with so many items on the last day.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I would argue we should take a summer break of approximately four weeks, but the other four weeks should be dispersed over the year-----
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: -----so that we do not have this glut at the end of it.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: I am. I am raising Dáil reform.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: In the reform of the Dáil procedures we should reduce the big block of time in summer-----
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: -----and share that time throughout the year in a way that allows us to do our work effectively.
- Order of Business (18 Jul 2013)
Timmy Dooley: It would also allow the staff of the House to do their work more effectively.