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

Timmy Dooley: Was that not necessarily a recommendation made by NPHET?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Aviation Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: As the Minister of State knows, the aviation sector has been decimated by Covid-19. While the roll-out of the vaccine is making wonderful progress and, for most people, the end of the pandemic is in sight, unfortunately, it is not so for the aviation sector. Its global foundations have been rocked to the core. The sector, quite frankly, feels abandoned by this Government. Towards the end...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Aviation Industry (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Unfortunately, key stakeholders - the airlines and airports - do not believe the Government has engaged in a manner that would help to give confidence to the sector to begin the process of recovery. The Minister of State rightly identified that it will take a number of years, but we have got to start somewhere. That level of discussion and negotiation needs to begin now. As much certainty...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Trade and Co-operation Agreement, Northern Ireland Protocol, and EU-UK Relationships post Brexit: Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I, too, want to be associated with the congratulations to the Commissioner and wish her well at this difficult time. If the UK continues to refuse the alignment with the animal and plant standards, the SPS standards that we have talked about, has any consideration been given to a plan B at EU level? The Commissioner might share her thoughts on a proposal that emanated yesterday or the day...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Trade and Co-operation Agreement, Northern Ireland Protocol, and EU-UK Relationships post Brexit: Commissioner Mairead McGuinness (15 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Commissioner.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Last Friday, we learned of the liquidation of Stobart Air with more than 420 job losses as well as the potential loss of air connectivity on the island and between Ireland and the UK. Media reports over the weekend suggest that a strategic review is under way at Lufthansa Technik in Shannon and related companies. Approximately 500 people work there and there is real concern as to what the...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on the Food and Drink Industry: Discussion (14 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for the three presentations. They are certainly helpful to us. I have a couple of points for Dr. Johnston. He referred to the Northern Ireland protocol and said it was not perfect. Is there anything else he would like to say about the protocol or any aspect of it we might address? While it might not directly relate to the subject matter today, is there anything...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. McRedmond and Ms Byrne for their presentation. I join with others in expressing my thanks to the staff across the country, both at the head office and working in post offices and on the ground, who did a sterling job during the pandemic. I also recognise the role of Mr. McRedmond and his staff in stabilising the company over the last number of years. I recall when the company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: While I accept what Mr. McRedmond has said about it being hard fought for, there is a necessity for An Post to look at its network again in light of the learnings from Covid. Consider a village such as Broadford. We are working very hard to get a sewerage scheme into the village and builders are again seeing opportunities to build homes for people in and around the village. It is on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: The Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: An Post (9 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that point but there can be a domino effect. I am concentrating on Broadford because it is right next door to me and I know it well. If the people getting their social welfare in Broadford go to any of the other locations, they take with them their bit of business as well. It can have an impact on shops so it is not just about the postmaster but the businesses around that post...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rapid Antigen Testing for Aviation and Travel Sectors: Discussion (9 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the guests for their continued engagement with the committee. I had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Niamh Power when she visited as part of the Irish Air Line Pilots Association, IALPA, delegation recently. We are united as a committee at this stage in recognising the importance of antigen testing in terms of getting the free movement of people. Everything the witnesses have...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Jun 2021)

Timmy Dooley: It is well recognised now that aviation globally has probably been one of the sectors most affected by the pandemic because of restrictions implemented by governments, essential as they were at the time. Recovery is in sight now, however. Passenger numbers week on week have started to recover, albeit slowly and from a low base. Projections now suggest passenger traffic will take until 2024...

Seanad: Search and Rescue System: Motion (28 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 1: (a) To delete references to “Department of Climate Action, Communication Networks and Transport” and “DCACNT” in each place where it occurs and substitute “Department of Transport” in each such place; (b) To delete all words from and including “believes that:” and substitute the following: “notes in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State for his presentation. He will rightly understand that, as politicians, we all share the same objective. It is, in the first instance, to try to understand insofar as we can, what vulnerabilities existed that we might have protected against and then what we can do, from a legislative perspective, to put ourselves front and centre in the defence against the next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I will be very brief. Yesterday we probed with one of our guests, who has an expertise in recruitment, the concern the committee had, and I am sure the Minister of State has too, that the office was without a director for a considerable period of time. The recruitment process seemed to be taking too long. I am sure the Minister of State has read, like others, in our national media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I know Stephen Rae was writing about it a number of months ago. It would be difficult to find the appropriate person with the salary scale set as it was. We understand that it was at about €89,000 or €90,000, something like the payscale of a principal officer. The evidence that we deduced yesterday was that we need to be looking at somewhere between €200,000 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Cybersecurity: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Does the chief technical officer role attract a higher remuneration package than that of the director?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: To follow on from Ms Mulholland's last point, this is about the workers in the company and the region. I could spend an hour giving out about Aer Lingus and its approach to Shannon over the years. I am deeply frustrated with its activities but that would be a pointless waste of the few minutes I have. I am equally frustrated with the Government, of which the party I am a member of is part....

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (25 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the decision of the 27 EU member states last night to launch fresh sanctions against the Lukashenko dictatorship in Belarus. The intervention of President Biden overnight in his comments of support for the European Union and the decision it has taken, and an indication that the United States will follow suit with increased sanctions on Belarus, is to be welcomed. I think most...