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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Viability of and Opportunities for the Post Office Network: Discussion (16 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: It is clear that there are two pieces of work to be done. My recommendation to the committee will be to begin by establishing a dialogue with the Government to ensure, insofar as we can, that a PSO levy or a funding model - one can call it what one wishes - is put in place. The committee should then work with all involved, including postmasters, communities etc. to see how we can make that...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (12 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: As the Minister of State well knows, family carers are an invaluable but undervalued element of the healthcare service in Ireland. Over 350,000 carers provide essential care on a daily basis to over 400,000 people saving the State an estimated €10 billion a year, which is very significant. Many of these carers devote a major part of their lives to caring for a loved one in situations...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Vaccination Programme (12 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State and welcome her very honest appraisal. I am not for a moment suggesting that this is simple. The numbers may not be that great when it comes down to it. There are many family carers who are elderly. A husband or a wife who is looking after his or her spouse is likely to be in or around the same age, or a little younger in some cases. These people will be...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I support my colleague's call for the intervention of the Minister to address what I believe to be a very serious issue around the Future of Media Commission, which includes public service broadcasting. The Minister was not slow about intervening with regard to the travel by members of the board of Bord Fáilte when, in the minds of some, they transgressed the restrictions at the time....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I am conscious we only have a couple of minutes so I have a question for Ms Graham. I welcome the NTA's approach to the development of rural links which have been very good through Local Link. I would like to hear her views on some of the more detailed planning that must be done with those routes to ensure we are going to get that modal link, if we can call it that. An example would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his presentation. Starting with the issue of post offices, there has been talk about Broadford post office, which has closed, as have others. We are all around long enough to know there has been talk about community banks and additional services being the salvation of the post office network. None of that has happened and post offices continue to close, as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Deputies and Senators will have to get a few buses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: My concern is that if we do not do something to underpin the post office, we are going to have a continuation of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I refer to the €5 million versus the €1 million and the necessity to resolve pinch points already in our transport network. I talked about Killaloe-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Killaloe is a case in point that has already started.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan (Resumed): Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, and for Transport (9 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: We are on the same page.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Cross-Border Healthcare Directive: Discussion (8 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Chair, and I thank our three participants for the work they do on an ongoing basis and for their presentations today. Do our witnesses think it is possible in any reworked scheme that we could do away with this necessity for people having to pay up front and be reimbursed later? Perhaps that is a departmental issue, but from a patient’s perspective, it is a disincentive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. I am pleased that extensions have been given because I was finding in the constituency office an inordinate number of elderly people who did not have access online and were unable to do a walk-in service in the offices of the authority, which is regrettable. My office was open with all of the Covid prevention measures in place and we found...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: The RSA is setting a very low ambition rate. The authority should be trying to get to a point where it can do tests within two weeks, quite frankly, because ultimately when one brings it down to that level, the RSA will need the same amount of people to do the tests. If the RSA sets the bar at ten weeks then it is the same number of people who are required if one sets it at two weeks. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I get that but what is the process for a person who does not have a public services card? Am I right in saying there is no access to the offices at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: How long is the delay when making an appointment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pre-legislative Scrutiny of Road Traffic (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2019 (2 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Naughton.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister of State will be well aware of the level of devastation Covid has wreaked on the hospitality and tourism sector. Every little business in this sector has effectively been put on its knees. While there is recognition that the Government has supported the sector in so far as could so far, it is now recognised that more needs to be done. In recent weeks, I have had conversations...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (1 Mar 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State's comprehensive response. What really gets me, however, is the carry-on of the banks. The announcement today by Bank of Ireland that it is closing over 100 branches across the State - three in Clare in the towns of Tulla, Kilkee and Milltown Malbay - is an appalling kick in the teeth to the people in those communities who stood behind the bank when the State...

Seanad: Covid-19 (Transport): Statements (26 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for being with us. At this juncture it would be right to recognise the front-line workers in the transport sector working in both public and private companies who have heroically continued with their duties over the past couple of months. It is often forgotten that they are a key part of the front-line effort and worked so diligently. There is no doubt that Covid-19...