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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

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Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: As the Taoiseach and the Government take on the unenviable task this week of further relaxing restrictions around Covid-19, it is imperative that consideration is given to the capacity of people to live with Covid for the coming weeks, while at the same time having some semblance of a Christmas experience. Retail, barbershops and hairdressers must open without delay. We also have to ensure...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. In 2019, the then Department of Education and Skills entered into an agreement with Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board to provide seven classrooms and ancillary accommodation at Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg in Ennis at an estimated cost of €3 million. The project had been agreed, a design team was put in place...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: School Accommodation (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State for her response. The effort made by the board and principal of the school at the time to get the development that was needed was substantial. The school was working out of temporary accommodation. The only option available to the school was the additional school accommodation scheme, which is what the authority was told. Regardless of what scheme the project...

Seanad: Flooding: Statements (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House and I look forward to his ongoing work in the Department. He is a straight talker who says things as they are. He usually gets things done. The subject of flooding is difficult. Water, wind and fire are the three enemies of every homeowner. Wind and fire must be mitigated by the homeowner but, unfortunately, with water it is very difficult to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for their presentation. They do not need me to tell them the importance of broadband to the rural areas of this country and the areas that are not covered. This has been brought into even sharper focus by the pandemic. People who might have liked to have had high-speed broadband now absolutely need it, and those who absolutely need it are in absolute distress because...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: Before we move on to that, I want to cover this because it is technical, and all marketing people do their best to sell what the technical people give them. Does NBI have a plan in place to extrapolate data it already has on the timing from initial survey through to construction and ultimate connection? Is it doing that modelling and extrapolating it over a wider geographic base? By the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I have a question for Ms Collins on marketing. Perhaps because we engage with issues like this every day, we come to believe that the national broadband plan has been signed and is on the way. In the past week, I spoke to two people who should know but they do not. They were still asking when Eir would extend the four poles to get to their home. It needs is a big campaign, with NBI, in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: It is ridiculous to conclude any ideas about doing a national door drop to the 544,000 unless National Broadband Ireland can give everyone some guesstimate. If I am out there and National Broadband Ireland has me in mind for year 7 or somewhere between five and seven years, and I receive one of those, it will encourage me to go back and establish it. Even if it is to say that my location is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Roll-out: Discussion (18 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I refer to the gap between the engineering side and the marketing side. It is the people who fall outside Ms Collins's immediate focus who will cause us, National Broadband Ireland and themselves the most difficulty.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: The fallout from the pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on the social lives of teenagers, students and young adults. Further suffering is now being foisted upon students in particular as a result of them entering into contracts for accommodation in many colleges and universities. In order to secure accommodation for the year ahead, students had to pay somewhere between €5,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the strong contributions from our guests. I am struck by the recognition of the union representatives that separation from the Dublin Airport Authority has not worked. It is well known that I was one of the few politicians at the time who spoke out against it. It should not have happened. Notwithstanding that, I do not believe that the response should be to put Shannon back...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: As you well know, a Chathaoirligh, there is widespread support for the decarbonisation of electricity generation, but in doing so we must be very careful and understand the impact that is having on many communities throughout the country. The development of onshore wind turbines is affecting a number of communities in my constituency. Their big concern is that, as of yet, the revised wind...

Seanad: Living with Covid-19 Restrictions: Statements (10 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to share time with Senator O'Loughlin. I welcome the Minister of State to the House. As one of the people who has been most vociferous in calling for a debate on living with Covid-19, I am pleased the Minister of State is with us today. Many of the points have already been addressed. We must keep the people with us for a protracted period. Even with the emergence of a vaccine,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: As every day of the level 5 lockdown goes by, more and more issues arise that are clearly not consistent with what is being attempted to suppress the virus. Many of them attach to rural pursuits. It is difficult to justify why a small number of cattle buyers cannot attend cattle marts to assist in the trade of livestock, which is part of the food chain. Rural men and women who are...

Seanad: Ábhair Ghnó an tSeanaid - Matters on the Business of the Seanad (5 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: As we face into the Christmas period, it is appropriate that we would have a discussion on living with Covid-19. There has been a very genuine effort in the last weeks by most people in Ireland to try to suppress the virus after it appeared to be spiralling out of control. It is too early to predict what the incidence rate will be in December but it is absolutely necessary that the...

Seanad: Biodiversity: Motion (5 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to share time with Senator Malcolm Byrne. I welcome the Minister of State. Fianna Fáil welcomes this opportunity to discuss solutions to the ongoing biodiversity crisis and will support the motion proposed by the Green Party. I compliment my colleagues on it. The rate of global change in nature during the past 50 years is unprecedented in human history. Nature across most of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2020)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister. The best-case predictions for a recovery in air passenger activity seem to suggest that it will take until 2023 or 2024 to get back to 2019 levels. If that is borne out, I would have very serious concerns regarding the future viability of airports such as Shannon. The Minister indicated that the Government can and will do more. I ask him to expand on that and give...