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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate because there is a real issue with defective blocks in County Clare. It is not mica but pyrite and we too want to be included in the scheme. We will not accept anything less than 100% redress. I have visited the homes affected and to say the homeowners are devastated by what is happening is an understatement. Their walls are crumbling...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is that because the data were not available because the HSE was hacked?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Ms Embleton and Mr. Moriarty and thank them for their presentation. Since I come from the Clare area, I wish to discuss the crew base in Shannon. There is a great deal of concern, not just among the staff at the crew base, but in the wider region. The concern is well understood from the staff's perspective because their entire livelihoods have effectively evaporated before their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is in structural terms as the structure was. The staff who have communicated with me were willing to look at changes in structures. I do not think it is fair to suggest that the approach taken achieved union agreement in any shape or form. There was an acceptance of the reality that things would change and that workers were facing a different aviation environment to the one prior to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I am not suggesting that Aer Lingus be spun out from IAG but that the State would take a shareholding in what would continue to be a publicly traded company. It would certainly remove some of the burden of interest and payback.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Slot access to Heathrow from Shannon is a critical component of regional development. Mr. Moriarty has identified the incumbents that exist, going back to the time that the State sold its final shareholding to IAG. That will come up for review next year. Would the witnesses envisage or be open to a continuation of that encumbrance based on Aer Lingus now requiring a debt pile from ISIF?...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Will it continue until 2022?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I know that the witnesses have been slow to give an indication but will they confirm that they already had discussions about the Shannon to London Heathrow route commencing again in September and that they are looking at recommencement of routes to the United States in spring 2022? There have been no discussions with Government about the timing of the recent announcement of routes. As Ms...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Have any internal discussions taken place around that particular issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: What is the best-case scenario? Mr. Moriarty will have done some war games and forward planning. If Aer Lingus gets the green light around 19 July, the issues around testing will get resolved relatively quickly. Can Mr. Moriarty give us his best guess based on his projections at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues facing the Aviation Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Okay. I thank both witnesses for that. I hope we can continue our engagement with them. It is certainly not my intention to be hostile in any way. We have a duty, however, to ensure that as Aer Lingus works through this difficult situation successfully, we too bring the region we represent along that recovery path. That is why we would like to have, perhaps, a more regular dialogue...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Hear, hear. Follow that.

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (21 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate and thank the Minister for coming to the House today. I have had an input into this debate over the last five or six years. Senator Garvey spoke earlier about the work of the Citizens' Assembly in July 2018 and the establishment of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action. That committee was chaired by the current Minister of...

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Aviation Sector: Statements (21 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and thank her for her presentation. I welcome the fact she wrote to the Department of Health today on conducting a pilot on antigen testing. I would like if that had been done sooner. I hope the Department of Transport will be able to take on that role in conjunction with airports and airlines and notify the Department of Health it is doing it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Dr. Holohan for his presentation. He gave us some light at the end of a long tunnel when he spoke about the free movement of people to the greatest extent possible within the next number of months. I wish to discuss the pilot study. How long would it take to do to the standard NPHET expects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I take Professor Nolan's point, but will he comment on how other countries, particularly those in Europe, seem to be satisfied with antigen testing? We heard from a representative from one of the airports in Rome that had a bilateral arrangement with the United States so there was free movement of passengers, on that particular route, which was based on antigen testing. Are the witnesses...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I agree wholeheartedly with what has been said but surely the question has changed significantly in the past six months if one works on the basis of risk analysis. Let us consider the level of vaccination and the very significant reduction in death and hospitalisation. Surely the question now is within reason, how do we get people back travelling as safely as possible, while recognising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is Dr. Holohan saying that 19 July is more an operational matter than a response based on risk?