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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.

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. Have the witnesses done some costing? We all like the idea of having this base at Shannon, which the witnesses are proposing. For far too long, we have recognised that there is redundant capacity with regard to ground handling, runway and storage. It ticks all the boxes. What would they estimate that the State's financial requirement is to make this service viable?

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: Do the witnesses have a detailed business plan?

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: Why do the witnesses need the Government's permission? They are coming to us and I want to support them. If the witnesses can give us a business plan telling us what the opportunity is and what it will cost, then we will get behind it, because it would be of considerable benefit.

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: We are where we are with companies that are getting their product away without this service. Mr. O'Callaghan is offering the idea of a service to resolve some of the potential complications from Brexit. What additional potential investment might we be able to get from other companies? What other sectors would it open it up to if we had that kind of link?

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: The primary source for the group of products is principally the island of Ireland, is it not?

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: Luxembourg gets stuff from all over the world because of its central location in Europe and sends it out by road to a substantial population base. That is why I am not so sure about the comparisons. Is there another industry sector, such as a manufacturing one, that we could target to base itself in Ireland, which could use the witnesses' services?

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 was what I was trying to get at.