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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (4 May 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I am always taken by land that has been left unutilised in a productive sector being termed wasteland. If we have learned anything from the contributions of the witnesses today, such land is anything but wasteland. It is highly productive in terms of the protection of species and assisting in biodiversity.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I propose an amendment to the Order of Business to take No. 12 on the Order Paper before No. 2. It is a Bill, entitled Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021, and it seeks to introduce a full ban on the sale of smoky coal. We are all well aware that smoky coal is a major factor in air pollution. The sale of smoky coal was banned in some parts of the country as early as the 1990s in an effort...

Seanad: Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021: First Stage (30 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to provide for the introduction of regulations to prohibit the sale, marketing, distribution and burning of bituminous (smoky) coal on a nationwide basis; and to provide for related matters.

Seanad: Clean Air (Smoky Coal Ban) Bill 2021: First Stage (30 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Next Friday.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Cunniffe for his presentation. We all recognise the importance of renewable energy as a significant part of meeting our electricity generation needs and the increased demand in that regard over the coming years. Where it gets a little more difficult is in the perception, or perhaps the reality in many cases, of the saturation point having been reached for onshore wind in many of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: -----and I have had no contact from anybody in Coillte on this issue and nor have most people in the area. I am not so sure that particular engagement is working. Can Mr. Blount talk a little more about the offshore potential? The ESB announced a development recently, which is very positive, off the west Clare and west Kerry coast. Will Mr. Blount tell us more about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Blount, the reality is you did not. I am giving you a case in point where you did not contact the local representatives. We have one county councillor in that area and one councillor only.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Blount is going to have to address that, so he can come back to me afterwards offline, if he wants.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Foley for his comprehensive presentation. I have a couple of questions. On the grid generally, one hears different stories about the difficult situation it is in at certain points. Some large electricity users are concerned that there is the potential for outages based on current demands. There is also a recognition that some gas generating compressors are working off grid in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Increasing Wind Power on the National Grid: Discussion (27 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I will tell the Chairman where I am going with this. It is really relevant. While recognising that it is not in compliance with planning, are there any the circumstances in which the turbine could connect to the grid or could EirGrid purchase electricity from a wind turbine that does not have the benefit of planning permission?

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, for coming to the House to discuss this issue. Clooney National School is a small school in a rural setting outside Ennis, in the greater east Clare area. It is currently a four-teacher school. As a result of a drop in student numbers to 73 this year, there is a threat to its four-teacher status. As the Minister of State knows, the retention...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Staff (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate her being here and, hopefully, taking those comments back to the Minister. In addition to the general appeals system, I ask that special consideration be given this year, in a blanket way, to all schools. Clouna National School, close to Ennistymon, is going from three teachers to two under the staffing schedule. The children in Clouna and many...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I move: That Seanad Éireann: recognises that: - post offices are at the heart of local communities, playing a unique and important role in both rural and urban areas; - post offices provide crucial economic, administrative and social services to communities all around Ireland, especially to those in rural and isolated areas; - post offices serve an important function as ‘a...

Seanad: Post Office Network: Motion (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank all Members who have contributed in a positive way to the debate on this motion and I thank the Minister of State for her endurance in listening to all the points. It is now really up to the Minister of State and the Government to take on board all the points she has heard to ensure at long last we reach a point where post offices are seen as an integral part of their community and...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for a comprehensive opening statement which ensures we do not have to get into too many detailed questions, as he has set out many of the answers. I am little concerned about a couple of areas, the first of which is the restriction in the movement of students brought about by changes to the cost of education in the UK. That does two things. First, it reduces the number...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is that still 10,000 or is it 20,000?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That would be very welcome because, as the Minister will know from his previous ministerial role, the one area that worked well was where students went to Scotland to train for nursing, and the Minister knows better than me about the shortage we have in terms of nursing. Is he looking at other ways of increasing nurses spaces? I am aware this is difficult because of constraints in...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I am sorry to jump in but is that sector-specific in terms of where we need to be? Of course, if one looks globally, we have to find extra places. Sometimes, however, sectors of society need particular disciplines, whether it is engineering, medicine or that very specific area of nursing, which is where we hear about the difficulty. When we are trying to enhance the roll-out of various...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister very much. I will conclude on this. He is absolutely right about that pathway towards a career rather than just an entry based on whatever misguided views a person had as he or she approached his or her leaving certificate. Perhaps it is a good job for all of us that the title "politician" is not on the CAO form. Overall, from a whole-of-government perspective, is...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Responses to Brexit in Further and Higher Education: Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (26 Apr 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is the point, yes.