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Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Who told the Tánaiste that?

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, had it done weeks ago.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Is the Tánaiste a psychologist? Eamon the shrink.

Leaders' Questions (22 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Who is going to pay the bill in respect of those posters?

Written Answers — Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes: Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Schemes (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Question 10: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date in advancing investment under the targeted agricultural modernisation schemes under the various schemes launched in 2010 and early 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14613/12]

Private Members' Business. European Stability Mechanism: Motion (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and I thank Sinn Féin for tabling the motion. While I do not necessarily agree with the content of the motion, neither do I agree to a large extent with the amendment proposed by the Government. Notwithstanding that, I have always believed that if there are difficult issues that involve the people, especially when they are issues that...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Today's edition of the Irish Examiner carries a worrying article about the growth in illegal moneylending. It refers to exorbitant interest rates and intimidation imposed on those who avail of this service. This raises two questions which the Government needs to answer. First, does it intend to introduce legislation to strengthen its hand in dealing with this illegal practice? Second,...

Order of Business (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: My substantive point is that if legislation were in place that resulted in banks lending to people, one would not have had significant growth in the activities of moneylenders.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste is a member of the Cabinet.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste is a member of the Cabinet.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Those in the Government talk at cross purposes.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: That is new territory for the Tánaiste.

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: What about Frankfurt's way or Labour's way?

Leaders' Questions (21 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The only difference is that next year the Government will be charging people a property tax of €1,000.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: One of the most memorable promises that the Government broke within the first months of entering into office-----

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: -----was its pre-election stance on third level fees. We all remember the infamous photograph of the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, outside Trinity College alongside members of the Union of Students in Ireland, USI, in the days before the election when he signed the pledge.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The pledge was not worth the paper on which it was written. The Minister signed up to a commitment not to re-introduce third level fees and committed to reducing student fees. Neither occurred. To add insult to that injury, the Government will make it more difficult for people from the self-employed sector and rural families to get student grants to help them to attend college. In March...

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: It is a temporary arrangement.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I will help Deputy Coonan read it afterwards.

Leaders' Questions (15 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: It is interesting that the Minister stated that this matter first came to light during the tenure of the former Labour Minister for Education. Clearly, it has been Labour policy to target rural Ireland and the self-employed.