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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Consultation on the National Development Plan: Department of Transport (23 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is useful information. I thank Mr. Spratt for his presentation, which was important. In the context of priorities for investment in transport and projects generally, there are various frameworks and I am starting to lose track of all the acronyms around government at the moment. It is mind-boggling, but I understand they must exist in order for a strategic approach to be taken. It...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition Fund (19 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: This House is well aware of the significance of the power generation facility at Moneypoint in west Clare and of the impact it has had on the economy of the country and on the growth and strengthening of the economy of County Clare. It has now been in operation for 34 years. It was commissioned in 1987, construction having started in 1979. It has had a very significant impact over those 42...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Just Transition Fund (19 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the clarification that, at least, the ESB is looking at the classification of the plant. The reality is that will probably require approximately 30 employees. However, compared with the height of having 600 employees at the plant, it is no compensation for the wider community. Yet again, it protects the State's requirement to have a back-up electricity supply. What we need is...

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

Timmy Dooley: Like other Senators, I refer to Ulster Bank and call on the State to intervene yet again. We did so ten years ago and it was the right thing to do. We must intervene again. We must do so for the customers and the workers and to ensure that there is a competitive banking sector in this country. Our previous intervention was aimed at ensuring that we had an effective banking system. We...

Seanad: Report of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation: Statements (Resumed) (19 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to contribute. Like others, I found the report harrowing reading. It documents what the vast majority of society knew but did not talk about. It was a different era, that we all recognise. There was a level of social conservatism. There was no place for women to express themselves, none whatsoever. Men ran the show. Women were, by and large, subservient, and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome all of the contributors and thank them for their presentations. I wish to focus on the presentation made by Mr. Meade and will be parochial for a moment. I am sure he is very familiar with County Clare. The county has a couple of outstanding rail projects that I would like to see advanced, and they have been in the offing for some time. We would see an extension of the western...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: It would benefit the two colleges.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Yes. I thank Mr. Meade for his comprehensive response and for the work he does. Iarnród Éireann has done remarkably well under his leadership in the past number of years to take the direction it has. With the renewed focus at Government level on the modal shift towards public transport, we are fortunate to have him in the driving seat. I thank him again.

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome Mr. McArdle and Mr. Nolan, and appreciate their ongoing engagement with us. I will follow on from the points made by Senator Gallagher. Do our guests feel that things have advanced a little since their most recent interaction with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks? There was an acceptance and understanding from Revenue at that time and a...

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: Is that fruit or fruit and vegetables?

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of Brexit on Trade Connectivity and Trade Flows: Discussion (15 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: That is a lot of shelves and fridges in supermarkets. I thank Mr. Nolan.

Seanad: Mental Health and Covid-19: Statements (12 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State and I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. Mental health has always been the Cinderella of the health service in this country, or until recently anyway. It has been underfunded and under-provided for. I have great confidence that the Minister of State, with her knowledge and background and the experience she has brought to her role, will do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (9 Feb 2021)

Timmy Dooley: I congratulate Mr. Byrne and thank him for the work he has done for the State and what he is endeavouring to do with SEAI. His latter contribution comes to the point that I want to look at. He has given some guidance about the one-stop-shop, which would certainly be useful to have. Notwithstanding the commercial reality that one has to go through in identifying options, we would all like...

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...