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Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Just do not claim the airport.

Other Questions: Pilot Training Colleges (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy Mac Lochlainn has covered the two issues I had in mind, which related to Enterprise Ireland and the audit committee. Has the Minister considered referring any report that either he or the Irish Aviation Authority might have produced to the Director of Corporate Enforcement? It seems that if there is a phoenix company-type situation arising in respect of a new company, there is...

Other Questions: Tourism Promotion (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: My component of that has already been answered.

Other Questions: State Airports (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive reply. He has indicated that the steering groups are on schedule to bring forward a business plan, which was probably part of the original legislation. The Minister spoke about the breaking up of Shannon Development. This very important agency has been of strategic importance to the mid west region and I am very disappointed that this Government...

Other Questions: Pilot Training Colleges (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his reply, although the information provided does not give any comfort to the parents and students who find themselves with an enormous financial burden. I refer to young people who accepted a place with the PTC in the belief that it had the backing of the State, not just in terms of the regulatory role of the Irish Aviation Authority. The Minister said that, as part...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: The Gathering (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the work being done regarding the Gathering 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45401/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: The Gathering (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his reply. I have had the opportunity to meet Mr. Miley, who has responsibility for running the event and he is very clear in what he wants to do. I am concerned that it does not appear to have a comprehensive budget. I have spoken to representatives of a number of community groups in my area who are anxious to be part of The Gathering Ireland 2013 and see it as...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: The Gathering (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: As the Minister is aware, a number of the smaller existing festivals receive funding either from the Arts Council or the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. We should utilise to the greatest extent possible funding that already exists. For this particular year there should be a requirement for Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht funding to have a Gathering dimension. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason he withdrew funding of €36 million for CIÉ two months after approving it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45399/12]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Public Transport (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Does this mean that, in the event of CIE being unable to make the saving the Minister is seeking, €36 million is still available that has been reassigned from the projects mentioned and not spent on the original plans? I asked the Minister before what projects this money was taken from but I have yet to get an answer. How does the Minister see CIE being able to make the necessary...

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Ireland Website (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive outline of the background to what happened. I fully support what Tourism Ireland has done. It was excellent use of public moneys to purchase this domain name. Clearly, it was ludicrous to have Ireland.com in the ownership of an agency that does not have the promotion of Ireland within its remit. We have seen where similar cases occurred with...

Topical Issue Debate: Vocational Training Opportunities Scheme (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Do Fine Gael not have parliamentary party meetings?

Topical Issue Debate: Tourism Ireland Website (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Last Monday, Tourism Ireland announced that it has acquired the Ireland.com domain name from The Irish Times, in a deal worth almost €500,000. In doing so, Tourism Ireland has greatly inconvenienced as many as 15,000 Ireland.com domain users who have been told they are about to lose their e-mail addresses. The Minister may be able to provide us with more information on this. The...

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy should not be looking for a climate Bill; he should be looking for a roof to be put over Ireland.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: There is a fair bit of it around Sandymount as well.

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: We read in a newspaper today that an international firm has been hired by the Government to raise the ceiling on bankers' pay. As the Minister will know, bankers' pay was set at approximately €500,000 per annum. When the report is concluded, does the Government intend to bring legislation on this matter to the House?

Order of Business (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Does the Minister think it will fall?

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Sadly, third level students are now starting to find out about those. Since the June summit, the Government has also sought to add to the confusion surrounding the deal. It has tried to confuse the issue of promissory notes with the deal supposedly achieved in June.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I have a minute to put my supplementary question and the Ceann Comhairle might allow me to do so.

Leaders' Questions (18 Oct 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Is the Government still seeking a deal on Ireland's bank debt, as outlined in June? Is it holding out in the hope that the promissory note process under way well before June will somehow be resolved, as the interest issue was resolved? The Government will go on another lap of honour, and perhaps the Taoiseach will be on the front of Vanity Fair the next time.