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Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that but work was under way.

Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Minister to restart the work.

State Airports (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Question 1: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport when he expects to make a decision on the future of Cork and Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17163/12]

State Airports (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister. There is nothing particularly new in the statement he has just made. My understanding was that the Minister had said in the past that he intended to announce before Easter his decision on the future management and control of the two State airports, namely, Shannon and Cork, and that it was his intention to bring forward legislation by the end of the year. If it has...

State Airports (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his clarity in that regard. Whatever the decision might be, I have made my position clear on a number of occasions. There is a necessity to retain the three airports under the CIE model we have talked about and identified in the Booz report. The importance of Shannon Airport maintaining its capacity to survive without access to funds is of great concern to many...

Sports Capital Programme (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: That leaves Mayo out.

Tourism Industry (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Question 4: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the number of jobs in the tourism sector created by lowering the rate of VAT for certain sectors as announced in the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17164/12]

Tourism Industry (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister's clarity on this issue. However, his colleague, the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Bruton, stated on 25 January in reply to a question from my colleague, Deputy Willie O'Dea, that the number of people working in the tourism sector had as a result of the VAT reduction increased by 6,000 and, therefore, the initiative was working. The Minister's...

Tourism Industry (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister accept that if Government sets out on a course and indicates a certain provision will be made for three years, that it would be entirely wrong to cut that provision after only two years? Will he further accept that his comments, while well meaning, do not provide the type of certainty which people in this industry need. Much of the tourism sector depends on advanced...

Tourism Industry (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: 'Fess up.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: He can be thorny enough.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Was it part of the deal?

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: The Government promised legislation to deal with the unregulated practice of vehicle clamping. When is it hoped to have the Bill before the House?

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Vehicle clamping.

Order of Business (28 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: A clamp will immobilise most vehicles.

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: In light of the findings and the recommendations of the Mahon tribunal, does the Tánaiste intend to bring any proposals before the House to re-establish the reviews of five local authorities-----

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: -----which were shut down by the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, obviously with the full knowledge of the Tánaiste and other members of the Cabinet?

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: I am asking if legislation is promised or if the Tánaiste intends to bring forward-----

Order of Business (27 Mar 2012)

Timmy Dooley: Unless I can request whether it is promised or not-----