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Written Answers — Common Fisheries Policy: Common Fisheries Policy (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the consideration given to the recently published EU Commission Green Paper on the Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25944/09]

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: Notwithstanding that, I compliment the Minister on the efforts he has made and the engagement he has had with participants in the region to bring about this vital component of balanced regional development. This will augment the considerable efforts made by the Government to develop infrastructure in the mid-west and west. It is a central plank of this Government's policy. The parties...

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I am glad of the opportunity to contribute to this Bill and offer some views on it. I welcome the Bill, which has been some time coming, although when one reads its detail it is clear why the time taken was necessary. Because of the complexity of the Bill and the need to deal with the United States it was necessary and right that due time and consideration be taken. I am somewhat confused,...

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ——who did not want to see the Bill go through the House tonight.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: However, that is neither here nor there as the Bill is now before the House.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: Based on the contributions that have been made, it is clear the Opposition is supporting it, which I welcome. We are all working together in a collective fashion.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I am well aware of that, but the longer we spend discussing the Bill the longer it takes to pass through the House. I am making the point that we had an unnecessary vote, as I saw it, this evening.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: That is not a point of order.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I take exception to the Opposition's seeking a vote to effectively delay the passage of the Bill.

Aviation (Preclearance) Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (30 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I believe that is the case and the record of the House will show it.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to address this motion. While the specifics of the motion are particular to a section within the health service, the sentiment behind it and the approach taken in the House by the Opposition follow what has come to be a common pattern in recent weeks and months. The Opposition identifies a service facing budgetary pressure - what public delivered service funded by...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy Upton should allow me to finish. The funding coming into the State allowed the Government to increase spending in Crumlin by 39% in 2004. The Deputy should work through that logic. Deputy Stagg is blaming the builders, the bankers and the boom. The reality is that as a result of the boom spending has increased in the period 2004 to date by 39%. We are discussing here a reduction...

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: It is not being affected by that. It is still important that we get the best efficiency, based on the advances that have taken place in medical practice.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: It is unreal to suggest that if the budget has increased by 39% we cannot have a capacity to work more efficiently at a time when the money is not available.

Children's Hospital Funding: Motion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy should tell me his solution.

Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: How so?

Unemployment Levels: Motion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I will speak about the amendment. The biggest impact of the banking crisis and the international recession has been on jobs and employment in general. Recent extremely disturbing job losses have caused considerable uncertainty in the economy. Anxiety among those in the vulnerable sectors has added to that uncertainty and further eroded confidence. That has resulted in a further weakening...

Order of Business (11 Jun 2009)

Timmy Dooley: Good man yourself, Deputy.

Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 May 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to address the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2009 and the provisions which the Minister and his Department are bringing before the House on an ongoing basis to deal with the cultural and historical issues in our society which affect the lives of many people. While some in this House dispute the effectiveness of this legislation in regard to crime,...

Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (7 May 2009)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate on this important legislation. This Bill is necessary, as the Minister has identified, to ensure that our port companies are allowed to develop in a commercial manner, recognising the strategic importance of our ports to an island nation such as ours. The Bill is also necessary to give effect to certain aspects of Government policy set...