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Seanad: Order of Business. (22 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: This is an outrage.

Seanad: Energy Resources: Statements. (16 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: In welcoming the Minister of State, Deputy Browne, to the House, I congratulate him on his new appointment. It is an area with which he has a considerable amount of familiarity and no doubt he will do an excellent job as he has done in many other Departments. This debate is welcome at this stage because I sense a considerable change in approach to the oil industry. The US President spoke...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: Senator O'Toole raised the important question of rendition flights. I see no problem in holding such a discussion, and nobody else does but there is a difference between discussing it and establishing a select committee. Committees have been set up throughout Europe to deal with this matter. What other information could be gleaned by establishing a committee of this House? Establishing such a...

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: It would send out the wrong signal. A committee would involve more than a discussion. Already committees throughout Europe are garnering that information. It would be a token gesture to establish a committee here that would be seen as an insult to a friendly nation with which we have had a long relationship, when we depend on that administration to assist us with the Kennedy-McCain Bill.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: A charge was made here about democracy and the role of local councillors from County Clare and the Shannon region. It would be wrong to suggest that elected representatives from any county would not have a right to make their point. That would be the opposite of democracy.

Seanad: Order of Business. (16 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: That would be a totalitarian approach which I would not accept. As long as I am elected to this House I am prepared to listen to anybody from any quarter who has a role in electing me. It will be a sad day for democracy if somebody in this House suggests that his or her view is paramount.

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I agree with the calls that have been made on Cork and Dublin airports. I would like a debate on the State Airports Act. One of the provisions of the Act when it went through this House was that individual airports would have to produce business plans which would require the agreement of the Departments of Finance and Transport before the Act's main provisions could be implemented. This was...

Seanad: Order of Business. (9 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I do not want to get into the race issue; it is about reducing the quality of the jobs. We need to hear from the Minister and his officials as to how and when this issue will be resolved.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: The Senator should change his car.

Seanad: County Boundaries. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House to discuss what I believe to be a critical issue, not just for County Clare, but in its principle to many counties bordering expanding towns and cities. It would be welcome if the Government set about developing guidelines to ensure that some towns or counties do not get the wrong impression regarding what is acceptable. This issue relates to the...

Seanad: County Boundaries. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State for his response and take heart from his statement that the Minister recognises the strength of local identity and the attachment many people in the area have to their historic boundaries, and that this attachment is shared by many elected representatives and will be among the issues providing the context for his decision. If, however, the decision of the...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is going well. The Leas-Chathaoirleach should leave him alone.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Seanad Éireann" and substitute the following: —welcomes the Government's commitment to, and the increased investment in, the upgrade of the transport infrastructure in the greater Dublin area; —welcomes the Government's commitment to the upgrade of the M50 including the installation of barrier-free tolling and notes that work will...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: ——but I will not get into it. I will not swipe back with predictable negativity by suggesting it was a bad deal. It was a very good deal for the State at the time. The Minister might correct my figures but I understand the cost of €38 million amounted to approximately one third of what the country was spending at the time on its entire road programme. It is ridiculous to suggest this...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: Not the M50. Perhaps the situation was better in Dublin but in rural Ireland, we had to remove every second bulb along the streets to save money for local authorities.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: Before suggesting that a bad deal was made, we should remember the levels of emigration then and that the country was on its knees. The then Fianna Fáil Government should be proud of its actions. I grant the Opposition some credit for commencing the changes, although it is a pity it was not around to drive them through. There is talk that the Minister should take NTR to court. In the context...

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: The Senator is paying me a fine compliment.

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: How long was he in office?

Seanad: Road Network: Motion. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: It did not come from inception to signature in six months.

Seanad: Order of Business. (8 Feb 2006)

Timmy Dooley: I support Senator O'Toole's call for a debate on planning, with particular emphasis on the approach taken by prescribed organisations, such as the NRA. At the moment the NRA is objecting to people who are trying to build off national secondary roads. This causes untold anxiety for young couples who fail to get planning permission on their own land because the only access is via national...