Results 681-700 of 11,006 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: The taxation changes on Brexit have significantly reduced the number of cars coming in from the UK. We had the statistics recently. They have gone through the floor. If you talk to the industry, there is a shortage of cars.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Sure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: The point I am making, with respect, is that if the rates of pay were attractive, the provider would not have to go to Spain, the Philippines and elsewhere. If RSA is engaging with Applus+, will it look at the rates of pay? Issues have been raised with me by people working in those centres about overtime. They are paid per car rather than per hour. There are issues around whether new...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: I will throw one question before Mr. Waide goes to Mr. Walsh. It has been suggested to me that some of the backlog is associated with car lift issues and that there were faulty car lifts in place prior to Covid that resulted in significant delays. Were the witnesses aware of that?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Was it an issue at a certain stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Did Applus+ suffer any penalty, loss or sanction for allowing that situation to develop?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Fair enough. Mr. Walsh can make the comparison but the proof of the pudding is in the eating. They are not getting the staff and the customer is suffering as a result because the delays are there. Mr. Walsh made a comparison across the industry but it is a unique system. I suggest he goes back and reviews the pay grades based on supply and demand, rather than looking across the industry.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: That certainly seems like a good approach. Moving to driver licences, one issue we all are challenged with on a daily basis is the number of young people approaching us who, for one reason or another but often because they cannot find accommodation close to their college or university, are driving or carpooling. They have to do so because the accommodation is not there. I met recently...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: When does the RSA hope to be in a position whereby a person who applies for the test will have to wait only two weeks? What do the witnesses consider their goal to be in terms of the time people have to wait for a test?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: What would it take to get the waiting time down to a fortnight or even four weeks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: I accept that but it is a separate issue. In terms of the time from when people apply for the test to the time they sit it, whether they pass or fail, what would it take to get that down to four weeks? If there were a policy decision in the morning whereby the Government set that timeframe, what would it take to achieve it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Mr. Walsh may not have the details to hand but will he come back to us detailing what the RSA would need if a policy decision were taken by the Government to have tests delivered within four weeks of application? Regarding the NDLS offices around the country, there was a particular problem at the facility in County Clare. I do not want to get into the specifics but the witnesses are well...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Engagement with Road Safety Authority (12 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Walsh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: To follow on from that, Mr. Vickers is saying that the corporate decision that Electric Ireland has taken does not benefit those who make an effort to reduce energy consumption.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: An allocation of cost to whom?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: Consequently, although the regulator and the Government are telling everyone to reduce consumption, insulate their homes, make an effort to reduce the amount of electricity they are consuming to have an impact on our carbon emissions, the net effect of Electric Ireland's decision is to work against that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: No it is not. With respect, that is a kind of corporate speak. It is spreading costs but it is actually penalising people who have made an effort to insulate their homes and reduce the cost of electricity because it is putting a higher standing charge on them. Mr. Vickers is saying the only reason is because it is easier for Electric Ireland to tell people that it is charging a lower rate...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)
Timmy Dooley: But have they gone up significantly in recent times?