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Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The Government's policies have been an abject failure.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The Government has not set down limits for unemployment.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Does the Tánaiste have windows in his office? Can he not see what is happening outside?

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: By increasing the VAT rate.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste is doing it now.

Leaders' Questions (1 Dec 2011)

Timmy Dooley: The Tánaiste was fairly good at indignation when he was in opposition.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: That side of the House wrote the script.

Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important Bill. Like my colleagues, I am disappointed at some of the submissions from the other side because there has been an effort to create, to some extent, a mock battle between us. Certainly, nobody is concerned about the registration fee as it is pegged at a relatively modest level of €50, nor is the inspection fee at €20 for...

Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Where does this impact on the bottom line with the troika?

Order of Business (30 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Will they get more time than the German Parliament?

Leaders' Questions (30 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: There is no Mullingar accord on this side of the House.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (29 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 500: To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the inadequate level of physiotherapy support and speech and language therapy support for stroke victims in the midwest region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36937/11]

Sport and Recreational Development (29 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important topic. I refer to the recent resignation from a Government high level co-ordinating group of the president of the Olympic Council of Ireland, Mr. Pat Hickey. The group was established to find ways in which Ireland could capitalise on the fact that next year's Olympic Games are being held in London. In particular, it was charged with...

Sport and Recreational Development (29 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Cannon, for his frank position but it is not adequate that the Minister of State, Deputy Ring, is not present in the Chamber. This co-ordinating group seems to have identified opportunities arising from the London 2012 Olympic Games. Unfortunately, many people can sit there and identify opportunities. What is needed is an action plan to exploit these....

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 4a: In page 11, before section 11, to insert the following new section: 11.—(1) Where a vehicle is about to be used for the purposes of the road transport business of an operator under an operator's licence or a Community licence, the operator shall give to the person who is to act as driver of the vehicle while it is being so used a true copy of the licence or a...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I will not push the matter to a vote. The provision in the Bill hankers back to a bygone era when if one was presented with something one carried it as a token of its existence. With the advent of the Internet, online access makes the question of who is licensed abundantly clear. Other road transport legislation requires that people display their NCT certificates, insurance discs and tax...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: That is okay.

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: On Second Stage, the Minister was helpful in identifying the exemptions provided for in statutory instruments or other legislation that are not included in this Schedule. Does he intend to codify in a Schedule all of the pursuits that do not require licences?

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Section 2 provides that passenger transport operators must notify the Minister of any potential conflict in respect of drivers, but the same provision does not apply to road hauliers. On Second Stage, I sought the Minister's guidance as to why this was the case. I can understand the importance of a driver who carries passengers being of good and sound repute, but the same requirement should...

Road Transport Bill 2011: Committee and Remaining Stages (24 Nov 2011)

Timmy Dooley: I would understand it if we were just discussing the potential to cause harm or a conviction for inappropriate sexual activity, for example, sex with a minor, but drug trafficking is also one of the serious offences laid out in the Bill. I do not understand why the Minister has decided that a driver's conviction for a drug offence, such as the importation of drugs, would cause harm to...