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Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ——to try to stabilise the economy. They talk about their own budget strategy, and I am delighted to see that Deputy English has mentioned that. It is terribly light on detail. There are many clichés and much hot air in there.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: They talk about finding efficiencies which will save about €4.5 billion——

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ——but they have not told us the details.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: I would much prefer if the Opposition Deputies came in here with that document——

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: ——and subjected it to scrutiny from across the House.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: Well, you have the document. Bring it in next week.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: Through the Chair, I suggest they bring it in. Let us have a proper discussion about it. If Fine Gael is talking about making savings of €4.5 billion in the budget strategy, it will have to make significant cuts somewhere. The Deputies continue in the same vein, saying there will be no cuts and no increases in tax. Tonight they do not want a reduction in VAT.

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: There will be no extra borrowing for current spending. This is fairy-tale stuff. It is Lapland economics. It is as though they are going to write to Santa and all will be delivered on Christmas morning. It just does not work like that. That is why the strategy being put forward by this Government, which some people continue to fail to recognise, is about stabilising the economy and the...

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: One need only look in my area to see what we are doing in the mid-west. We are investing in the western rail corridor; we are investing in the Atlantic corridor, which is the road network from Donegal to Waterford; we are investing in the tunnel under the Shannon; we have invested in the infrastructure of the airport, and we are continuing to do that. It is in this way that we will...

Consumer Issues: Motion (Resumed) (10 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: These are multinational companies that are still prepared to invest in this region. Of course, I will be asking the Minister to ensure that Shannon is included in this and that we get significant investment in the industrial zone there to offset the job losses that have occurred recently at Element Six and others. I also take this opportunity to say to Aer Lingus that it removed the...

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: We are still waiting.

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for affording me some of his time. I wish both him and the Taoiseach well in their endeavours during the week. I recognise the work done in recent months in dealing with other administrations and member states. There is an understanding emerging that this is an easy effort and that the two lads only need to show up to get what they want. In particular, there is the...

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: Fine Gael did not——

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: They never made any——

Report of Sub-Committee on Ireland's Future in the EU: Statements (9 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: They went with their tail between their legs.

Hospital Services (3 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I seek the assistance of the Minister on behalf of patients in the mid-west region in freeing up what appears to be a logjam in the roll-out of services for patients with cystic fibrosis, CF, in particular at Limerick Regional Hospital. The Minister will be aware that the recommendations of the national working group on CF services were...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: We would be none the wiser about what Deputy Penrose is saying.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this important debate. I, like some other Members, come from a small farm in the west, unlike Deputy Penrose, who obviously comes from somewhere with much better land. In Clare, the majority of farms are small and much of the land is marginal.

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: There is not too much marginal land where Deputy Tom Hayes comes from. Deputy Breen, who is sitting beside him, will be able to tell him about the difficultly farmers face in County Clare. I would not be in this House were it not for the support I receive from farmers and their families throughout County Clare. I respect my mandate and will work with other Deputies on behalf of farmers. We...

Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) (3 Dec 2008)

Timmy Dooley: They ditched the farmers that night when they had a better media opportunity and they tabled a different motion.