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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for his presentation. My first question concerns the planning process that Coillte is currently engaging with. Since the ESB has a relationship with Coillte, I believe it is important that Mr. O'Rourke might address this issue. I am aware of one very large project in east Clare that is being processed for planning through An Bord Pleanála. From my own engagement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Mr. Kent and thank him for his presentation. Like my colleague, Deputy Carey, I want to impress upon Mr. Kent the necessity for him to engage with the NTA in the provision of that long-awaited service for the town of Ennis. It is something that has been in the offing for a long time and Mr. Kent's skills and understanding of what is involved would be helpful to the debate....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Facing the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (9 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank everybody for their presentation. I and others have been really anxious to highlight this very serious matter and the witnesses have done that exceptionally well for all facets of the aviation sector. They have rightly identified that the expectation for some recovery was this year and, quite frankly, with the current status of the virus, that will not happen. Will the witnesses...

Seanad: Special Education Provision: Statements (8 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State for her outline. There is little doubt that this pandemic has probably had a greater impact on young adults, students and schoolchildren than any other element of society. There are, for sure, people whose incomes have been affected, who have lost their jobs and businesses, but in terms of real stress points, and there are many, the younger cohort has undergone...

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

Timmy Dooley: I have been contacted by ten concerned primary school principals in Ennis and its environs. They are calling on the Minister for Education, school patron bodies and the National Educational Welfare Board to find a solution to this continuing crisis regarding second level places. I know from personal experience that many students and parents cannot find a second level place. It happens year...

Seanad: Response to Covid-19 (Social Protection): Statements (1 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I join others in congratulating the Minister on her venture into grandmotherhood. I am sure she will do as good a job there as she has in every other role she has held. I welcome baby Arthur and wish her family well at such an important time. Sadly for the Minister, she will not get to spend the same kind of time as she might under normal circumstances because of the work she is doing. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Kingston for the very extensive documentation he has provided to us. It is most helpful. We are not always experts in various aspects of our work and it is really helpful when we have somebody of Mr. Kingston's background and knowledge to provide information to us. Like Deputy O'Rourke, I am more interested in hearing to the broadest extent possible how we might proceed from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Kingston. I just needed him to put it in a very succinct way, which he has done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for his presentation and for his engagement with us. Many of us have no expertise in this area, an area on which we depend to a great extent, and it is no different from the expertise the State has through its investigation units for air and rail accidents. We should be looking at the solution to the problem by putting in place a permanent investigation unit of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I know the Minister's track record and I put a lot of stock and faith in a commitment he might give. Perhaps he would write to the committee, which would be helpful to us. I accept he has given oral testimony, but it would help the committee if we have his commitment in writing, as to how he sees the situation proceeding. That is important. What we have all learnt here would indicate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for the presentations. I am particularly taken with what Mr. Drennan and Mr. Gavin said because, quite frankly, they have first-hand experience through their individual operations and the network of hauliers. While I accept that Revenue and the State generally have done everything they can to assist trade and business, it is often the case that those who will encounter...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Customs Checks Post Brexit: Discussion (22 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Before Mr. Harrahill perhaps moves away from that point, could I ask Mr. Drennan, from the hauliers' perspective, if they have any unique insights into how technology might assist?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Jan 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I want to reflect on the fact that the Covid pandemic continues to ravage through society, albeit hopefully with an end in sight with the roll-out of the vaccine taking place. We all look forward to the day when it comes to pass. There is little doubt that virtually no section of society throughout the world has not been impacted by the pandemic. There is no sector more...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the witnesses, who are fortunate in that they are from the mid-west and understand the sector very well. There is a great synergy about what both do but there is some conflict in terms of the evidence today. Reading both reports, Mr. O'Callaghan indicates that there is no need for another ship. Based on what I read last night, his presentation spoke about not having another ship.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is good to hear. What I read from the documentation was that the answer may not have been a ship, but I am pleased that this is not part of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is what I am trying to get to the bottom of. All of these foreign companies have located themselves here in the knowledge that we do not have the kind of air freight Cargo Logistics is offering. I am trying to understand where we are missing out. It has always seemed illogical to me that we truck stuff all over Europe. When Dell was here, we were road freighting. I see Mr. Drennan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Impact of Brexit on Haulage, Freight, the Ports and Ferry Companies: Discussion (16 Dec 2020)

Timmy Dooley: That is what I hope.