Results 7,781-7,800 of 11,024 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I can understand the ineligibility criteria and am aware of clubs that were rightly deemed ineligible and informed to that effect. I am not talking about ineligible clubs but about clubs that appeared to have met all the stated criteria, both on cursory and more detailed investigation. I am aware, however, of at least two cases in which a Fine Gael councillor told one club money would be...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I have no problem where there is written evidence; I am trying to obtain a picture of what occurs in private meetings.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in view of the large number of applications for the sports capital grant and the relatively small budget available, if he has had to change the allocation criteria used in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52912/12]
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I have received what I consider to be troubling information from councillors around the country who have been informed by some clubs in their respective areas that they are not on the favoured list. They seem to have information that is not readily available. I understand from at least one club that it has been told by the local Fine Gael councillor that it has not met the criteria but that...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I ask the Minister to inform the House as to the level of contacts or the number of meetings that have taken place-----
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Sports Capital Programme (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister inform the House the number of meetings he has had with members of his own party or the Labour Party on the subject of sports capital grants in the period since the applications were submitted? I ask him to provide the House with these details and also to give details of other individuals or delegations involved. Such information would be helpful.
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: That is a very fine statement, but the facts that underlie it are different. The Minister of State is aware of the auditor's report that identified the future viability of CIE as being in jeopardy. The reaction from the CIE group of companies was to increase fares and cut services. I understand the fiduciary duty of the company directors and their requirements to balance the books, but the...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: When will the Minister of State set out the Government’s strategic policy position in terms of what it wants the public transport network provider to provide to the citizens of this State?
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: That sounds like a response from a quack doctor that seeks to resolve the fact that one has a sore toe when one’s heart is failing. The heart of the CIE group of companies is failing. The integrated nature of the network is being disentangled as services are stripped to meet budgetary requirements. The Minister of State will have to rethink in its entirety what kind of public...
- Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to ensure a viable public transport system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52911/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52496/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he will take regarding the fall off in the number of visitors from Britain during the three months to the end of September; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52913/12]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (27 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he has taken in the wake of An Bord Pleanála's decision to refuse planning permission for the Slane bypass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52756/12]
- Leaders' Questions (22 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: That is a separate question to muddy the waters.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: Deputy Ross brought his own audience with him.
- Leaders' Questions (21 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: The Taoiseach is casting aspersions on the legal team.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: Segways on Grafton Street.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: Maybe the Taoiseach will put up photos.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: It shows how little the Taoiseach knows. He spends too much time with his Garda driver.
- Leaders' Questions (20 Nov 2012)
Timmy Dooley: Fewer police cars, that is the way to do it.