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Leaders' Questions (26 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Teddy did not tell us about that.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (26 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to advance the digital society here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10060/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Proposed Legislation (21 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when he will make a decision on the structured non-judicial debt settlement system proposed by the report submitted to him by the Company Law Review Group in September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9082/13]

Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The only member allowed to so do.

Order of Business (20 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: How would the Deputy feel?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (20 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, in relation to the recent nuclear weapons tests by North Korea, he will be proposing to have this matter discussed at the next EU foreign affairs council meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8918/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Affairs (20 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to develop a coordinated strategy on the Arab Spring and Middle East with his EU counterparts and EU High Representative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8936/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (20 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of money spent on advertising to Londoners last summer to visit here during the Olympics and the number of persons from there who visited here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9198/13]

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Government will be giving them camper vans shortly.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: That was not the car in which the Taoiseach was being driven.

Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Check it out with teddy.

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: I accept the Minister's point but the Government will have to borrow €1 billion less. The Estimates and the budget were prepared on the basis of the capacity the Government had to borrow. The Government should borrow that €1 billion because it will form part of what the Minister's colleague's friend, Jack O'Connor, has been saying. I listened with interest to him earlier....

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy is distancing himself from Mr. O'Connor already.

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: They are the only ones providing the Government with money at the moment.

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: That is understandable, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, in light of the number of Fine Gael Deputies who have tabled parliamentary questions today. They clearly do not hold parliamentary party meetings at which they get an opportunity to ask the Minister behind closed doors. Nevertheless, it is good to see they have an interest and are assisting the Minister-----

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: They are assisting the Minister in his efforts to lobby for a greater slice of the budget. Members received a small history lesson from the Minister on the difficulty he faces based on who caused all the problems. He then suggested that somehow the county councils should provide more money. Never having served on a county council but having a keen understanding of what goes on there, I...

Other Questions: Road Maintenance (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The improvement on the road network has led in no small way to the lack of death on the road. It would be a highly retrograde step if we were to allow the road network to deteriorate back to its former state and the only way one can avoid this is by continuing to invest in it and to not allow the state of the surface revert to the position it reached in the past. More money is now available...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme Applications (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister of State has met a fair scatter of them.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: Has the Minister of State seen the five-year business plan, sought external advice on it, passed it to the Department of Finance for comment and signed off on it?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Rail Services (19 Feb 2013)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his assessment of Iarnród Éireann's prospects; his strategy to ensure a viable rail network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8968/13]