Results 9,141-9,160 of 11,050 for speaker:Timmy Dooley
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: They are now. Can the Taoiseach tell us who was not focused?
- Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: What did the Taoiseach say?
- Written Answers — Coastal Protection: Coastal Protection (20 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Question 79: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will clarify the situation in relation to his involvement with the Dublin City Council flood defence scheme at Clontarf, Dublin 3; when the Office of Public Works was first involved in this; if a summary of the situation will be given; if the OPW advised that the height of the defence scheme should be increased above...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I too compliment my colleague, Deputy Michael McGrath, on the tremendous work he has done to produce this Bill to meet an urgent need in a relatively short period. To address the remark from across the floor that the mortgage problem dates back two years, while we all know the economic crisis started in late 2007 and 2008,...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: If I am allowed to continue, I will explain the position to Deputy Lynch. The difficulty is that the Government has spoken at length about transparency and doing business differently in the House. It has produced an agenda for Dáil reform and arranged topical issue debates during which Deputies may put forward ideas. While it has technically accepted the Bill, this legislation will join...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: We often hear that my party was in power for 14 years. If one examines the record of the current Government parties while in opposition during that period, one finds they were large on criticism but light on detail and alternatives. We are providing the Government with an opportunity to accept this Bill as a platform for proceeding and amend it accordingly. This can be done by taking a...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: I am disappointed the Government is not prepared to work with us. We recognise the importance of taking a non-judicial and non-adversarial approach to debt settlement. This is the appropriate and sensible approach to the problem, as recognised in the Keane report. It is critical, however, that the solution adopted addresses personal debt and mortgage debt together because any attempt to...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Notwithstanding the widespread negative comment about NAMA at the time, its establishment had the effect of cleansing the banks' balance sheets. While it has not resolved the problem and NAMA has come at a significant cost, the agency has created greater transparency, unbundled debt and simplified the balance sheets of the banks. As a result of its transparent balance sheets, Bank of...
- Debt Settlement and Mortgage Resolution Office Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: The people to whom I and Deputy McGrath have spoken take a different view. If Deputy Lynch checks the blacks of today's meeting of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, he will find that the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, the free legal advice centres and other groups do not share his view. I would be pleased to debate the issue with him at another time. The...
- Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme) and Remuneration Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this Bill and like my colleague, I acknowledge that this Bill was initiated by our late colleague, the former Minister, Mr. Brian Lenihan, who had a clear picture of where the reform agenda needed to go in recognising that what one might call the excesses that exist within the public services were not sustainable in the present economic climate....
- Radio Licensing (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Question 6: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, following the introduction of digital television, he intends to instruct ComReg to ensure all 3G and 4G licences issued will be subject to a requirement of 100% population coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30098/11]
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: The flow of information to the Taoiseach is not very good if he has to read about such discussions in the newspapers.
- Leaders' Questions (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: And shorten his replies.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: You can. You are in the Chair.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Yesterday, the Minister for Health confirmed to a number of us that he is to privatise the management of a number of hospitals in the west and mid-west. Obviously, this raises some very serious issues. Is it the beginning of a path towards the privatisation of the health services generally? When will the appropriate legislation be brought before the House to confirm the process which is...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: I raised an issue on which I seek a response from the Taoiseach.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Clearly, the Taoiseach is confirming that privatisation works.
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: Is it the case that next week-----
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: -----nurses will be provided through agencies-----
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2011)
Timmy Dooley: -----and that all nursing care will be privatised?