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Seanad: Sale of Tickets (Cultural, Entertainment, Recreational and Sporting Events) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2024: First Stage (9 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion (9 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I am sharing time with Senator Malcolm Byrne. I welcome the Minister of State. It is a pleasure to have him here to discuss such an important initiative. He and I have discussed it in this House and elsewhere a number of times. I am fully supportive of the DMAP. I have been a believer in the capture of offshore wind for the generation of electricity for a long time. We have seen the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Now.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 14: In page 74, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “Gambling activities 91. (1) Notwithstanding section 65, a person may provide a game or lottery without a gambling licence where— (a) the game or lottery is a broadcast competition in accordance with subsection (6), (b) persons are not required to make a payment to participate in the...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I have spoken on this Bill on a number of occasions and like everyone else, I am concerned about problem gambling. Where this Bill tackles that issue, it is welcome. I have commended the Minister of State and his officials on that initiative. However, in my view the Bill has gone past problem gambling and has overreached on other issues. Nowhere is this more evident than in relation to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Did Dr. Nordrum say that all companies that produce cars, all airlines and so on should be banned from advertising their products?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I just wanted to clarify that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I have a couple of remarks to make more so than questions. Since RTÉ was before the committee last to discuss this issue, I have seen a marked change in the level of programming and content related to climate and climate action and the necessity for same. I watch programmes on TV and listen to radio programmes with interest when I am in my car. The programming is targeted in the right...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I get that completely. My comments are not in any way meant to be derogatory or overly critical. It is just that we on this side of the table have to balance issues. I am sure the broadcasters have to do so as well. This is a question of how to bring people with us. We banned smoking in offices, entertainment venues and so on to protect the health of the workers. People still smoke,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of Media in Climate Action: Discussion (8 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: What would happen in the long term if that is the first step?

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Like others, I wish to refer to the provision of appropriate infrastructure to assist in the development of our housing targets. I am deeply disturbed by the lack of progress on a number of sewerage schemes that were set up as part of a pilot project in Clare. The Minister fought the battles within his Department to get the schemes at Broadford and Cooraclare moving. I and others drafted...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Last week, I called for a debate in this House to address the crises in the mid-west region, with a particular focus on the hospital in Limerick in light of the continued reporting of the Aoife Johnston case. I am conscious we may be nearing the end of our time here under this mandate. If it is not possible to organise a debate with the Minister that is obviously somewhat understandable. I...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: It would help them in bringing about closure from their perspective. The wider community would benefit in terms of addressing all the issues that need to be addressed.

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I move amendment No. 148: In page 73, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “91. (1) Notwithstanding section 65, a person may provide a game or lottery without a gambling licence where— (a) the game or lottery is a broadcast competition in accordance with subsection (3), (b) there is no additional payment required only of the winner to obtain the winnings,...

Seanad: Gambling Regulation Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (2 Oct 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I listened to what the Minister of State said regarding Senator Ward's amendment. Since there is a similarity, I chose to withdraw my amendment but we can look at it again on Report Stage. I have previously recognised the importance of this Bill and we all recognise the necessity to address the issue of problem gambling. The intended purpose of the amendment, and indeed what Senator Ward...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (24 Sep 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State to the House. I know that this issue is also close to the Acting Chairperson's heart. I refer to the development or effective reopening of a train station at Crusheen in County Clare. It is on the line between Ennis and Galway and it was, in a bygone era, a very busy station. Efforts have been made by a group in the locality who were lone voices for a long...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Rail Network (24 Sep 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister for setting out the overall constraints from a policy perspective. We need to look at this again. I ask that consideration be given to the following. While the criteria refer to a population of 10,000, there are 6,000 people living in close proximity. There was a station in the area previously. If I was arguing for a brand-new station where no infrastructure ever...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Sep 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Like the previous speaker, I would like to have a debate arranged in this House with the Minister for Health to discuss the ongoing issues at University Hospital Limerick, with particular focus on the deaths of a number of people in recent times. A report was issued recently by the former Chief Justice. It is a harrowing read into the death of Aoife Johnston. It must be harrowing for her...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I am conscious that this is the last Order of Business of this session. However, we are also heading into the budgetary cycle and it is vital that in September we have a debate on the requirements of the budget. I raise the money that will be made available for the recruitment and appointment of gardaí. We have become desensitised to what are often considered minor breaches of the...