Results 8,401-8,420 of 11,050 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- International Sporting Events (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: That sounds like Westport should put in an application for the sports capital programme as it might find it would be putting it into a receptive Minister. As Deputy Eoghan Murphy said, hosting the Rugby World Cup would be a fantastic opportunity. I am sure the Department of Finance would be the first to indicate the State's capacity to put in place the appropriate funding. While I accept...
- Pension Provisions (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his clarity. While I accept the role of the trustees, I am disappointed that the Minister is not taking a more hands-on approach. He was right, in that the people who depend on these pensions are concerned. The belief was that the State would be involved as long as it retained a 25% shareholding in the company and that it would be prepared to ensure the pensioners'...
- Pension Provisions (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister's explanation for his stance. He indicated that, since he did not expect the taxpayer to have a liability, he should remain at some remove from the situation. The people in question were effectively State employees. I understand the legislation underpinning the separation of the pension fund but the State ultimately has a liability. This will need to be addressed in...
- Pension Provisions (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: The Minister argues that the individuals were employed by a State owned company rather than direct employees of the State. In truth, however, they were employees of the State, albeit at a remove created by the commercial semi-State structure. Another group of workers transferred from the Department of Transport to the DAA in the expectation that they would be employed on the same terms and...
- Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: The Deputy is looking after his constituent.
- Mahon Tribunal Report: Statements (Resumed) (28 Mar 2012)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. There is no doubt that the publication of the final report of the Mahon tribunal marks a dark chapter in the history of my party. There is little doubt it will have a significant impact on the way in which politics is recognised or perceived by the Irish public and a wider audience. There is a necessity, however, to put this report and...
- 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?