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Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: Customer service is an essential part of this issue.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: Yes, command and control. Customer service and customer satisfaction are essential to the NCT service and that is required by the contract. The NCT has a customer service charter and operates an appeals procedure for dealing with customer complaints.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: The level of complaints is small relative to the volume of cars tested. Like other Senators, constituents have regularly brought complaints to my office or have contacted me by telephone. However, when one teases out the problem, they are not complaining about the service delivered by the NCT but about the fact that their cars failed when they thought everything was in order. That is a...

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: Can the Senator give me his number?

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: So is my Cortina.

Seanad: National Car Testing Service: Motion. (3 Nov 2004)

Timmy Dooley: How would it get lost?

Seanad: Order of Business. (27 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I join Senator Kitt in seeking a debate on the western rail corridor and related issues with the Minister for Transport. There has been discussion in this House for some time about the extension of a rail corridor along the west of Ireland. Another aspect of the rail debate is the suggestion of a rail link between Shannon Airport and the Ennis-Limerick line. The previous Minister asked...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I join with Senator Morrissey in calling for a debate on the future role of Aer Lingus, which should be held at the earliest possible opportunity. There is certainly a divergence of views on this issue among the public, as there is between Senator Morrissey and me.

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: We will have a healthy debate on it. I believe certain members of senior management of Aer Lingus hold the view that this is just about profiteering within a commercial sector and they do not recognise that Aer Lingus is still a State-owned company and has a duty to the country, particularly in terms of the delivery of balanced regional development, which is a cornerstone and plank of...

Seanad: Order of Business. (21 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I am concerned that management is in no way attempting to deliver in that regard and therefore I am seeking a debate on the matter.

Seanad: General Practitioner Co-operatives. (14 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State for attending today to respond to this matter. He will know from the matter submitted that it relates to the extension of the co-operative service to the east Clare area. I know that the Minister of State is familiar with the county, including the eastern part. The co-operative service is a major component of the primary health care strategy produced by the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (14 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I support Senator Leyden's call for a general debate on planning, particularly in regard to An Taisce. Another body that needs to be considered in this context is Dúchas. I accept that the previous Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government made great efforts in terms of dismantling the structure of Dúchas but some issues remain outstanding, especially in regard to the...

Seanad: Schools Building Projects. (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Senator Daly for sharing his time with me and for showing interest in this project. It is in the east of the county, where I am the only Oireachtas Member. I thank Senator Daly for his attendance at the meeting last week and for his assistance in this regard. I wish to be associated with the congratulations to the Minister. It is great to see her in the House as Minister for Education...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: Senator McHugh can hang out with us.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to share my time with the Leader, Senator O'Rourke.

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister. While I recognise this is technical amending legislation, I do not intend to get into the debate on the issue of under-age alcohol abuse which the Members of this House have discussed here at length. In that regard the Minister was helpful in giving us a good deal of his time in the last session. Senator MacSharry and others dealt adequately with the change of culture,...

Seanad: Intoxicating Liquor Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I am sure Roscommon is a good tourism area also. I welcome the extension of the time to 10 p.m. from 1 May to 30 September. Like other Senators, I believe it should be extended to a year round basis. I hope the Minister will review that going forward. The Minister said the extension will facilitate parents, particularly around the holiday season, but it will also help to address some of the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (13 Oct 2004)

Timmy Dooley: The Senator should come over to this side of the House.

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Sep 2004)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Leader to arrange a debate with the new Minister for Transport as soon as possible. I recognise that he has been given a complex brief and that it will take him some time to read himself into certain important matters. However, as I outlined yesterday, there are particular difficulties in the mid-west in respect of Aer Lingus and the new airport authority. We should widen the...

Seanad: Order of Business. (30 Sep 2004)

Timmy Dooley: They have been decentralised.