Results 161-180 of 11,201 for speaker:Timmy Dooley

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The delays in processing and addressing new licences and renewals of licences are issues and this is an area I have had particular concerns about since taking on this role, with regard to my engagement with the industry generally. Deputy Mac Lochlainn is right that there is a resource issue. There is also an issue of allocation of resources. Internally, we have begun a process of looking...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Deputy Mac Lochlainn is right to identify that the Brexit adjustment reserve fund provided the Department with significant funds to invest in key infrastructure. I have had the opportunity to visit a number of the projects. I have to say that, in my estimation, it is money well spent. Most of the projects came in on budget and on time, and they provide for the future demands and needs of...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: That issue comes up every now and again. As the Deputy will know, fuel prices have oscillated quite a bit. They were much higher and then dropped. Issues, particularly in the Middle East, have created another spike and it is starting to retract. As I said the last time I appeared before the committee, the Department has asked Kieran Mulvey to reach out to all elements of the sector to try...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: They still speak highly of the Deputy.

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Some of this emerged over time whereby there was the core objective and then, as other opportunities came, pieces were plugged into the Marine Institute, which has the skill set, base, overhead and infrastructure. I would be happy to engage with the chairman to see how we might plan to address this in future. However, I do not want to give the impression it will resolve the immediate issue...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy has identified the key aspect, which is the notion of a longer-term roadmap to provide certainty to the industry, including investors and those developing. When I entered my role, I was conscious that we needed to put a more long-term plan in place with respect to development potential, and that is why we have pivoted away from the idea of an iterative process - beginning with the...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: We can follow up on it again.

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In clarifying, I will address the Deputy’s first point first. We addressed the element that resides within the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine at the beginning of the meeting. There was a communication from both Departments. I will be happy to revert to the matter relating to the Department responsible for the marine if the Deputy wants. The two sides are addressed....

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: That is correct. The Brexit adjustment reserve fund is included in that line item, D3, under programme D. This year it is €38 million, from nearly €46 million in 2024. This reflects the fact that the Brexit adjustment reserve fund is not included this year. There was some last year and previously. That money was provided to the sector to address the fallout from the loss of...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I am aware of the Deputy's interest. He has been in touch on a number of occasions on issues relating to Cromane and elsewhere. There are two aspects. I may seek clarification from the Deputy. Anything on land - terrestrial planning - is a matter for the local authority. I referred earlier to the issue around licences in response to Deputy Mac Lochlainn. It is an issue I am concerned...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I am conscious that Cé Heilbhic falls under the ownership of the Department of housing, but notwithstanding that, we are all in government. The funding will not come from my Department. However, I will engage with the Cathaoirleach and some representatives of the county council - maybe I can get some officials from the Department of housing as well - and we will sit down and see if...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: We have had the conversation about the Deputy's interest in the Marine Institute previously. Based on the figures I have, at the end of May 2025, the total headcount in the Marine Institute was 273, which was an increase of four on April 2025. One hundred and sixty-five were core Exchequer funded and 108 were temporary externally funded, a 60:40 split between permanent and temporary. A...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: FLAG funding is included in the Revised Estimate for this year. The Cathaoirleach is interested in this matter, and I join him in his comments. FLAG is one of those schemes that probably does not get recognition for the really good work that it does. I pay tribute to the chairpersons of the various FLAGs around the coast who give of their time and do wonderful work in understanding the...

Select Committee on Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised)
Vote 30 - Agriculture, Food and the Marine (Revised) (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: My understanding is that one element from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment may not have been sent with the rest of the opening statement. My understanding was that the information had been provided previously, but some of it was not. I apologise for that.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (15 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent regulatory agency as set down in the Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006. The SFPA promotes compliance with the EU Common Fisheries Policy, sea-fisheries law and food safety law relating to fish and fish products, verifies compliance and, where necessary, enforces it. The budget allocation for the SFPA for 2025 is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I recognise that. When I was before the committee chaired by Deputy McGuinness recently, I informed it that I have asked an outside interlocutor to work with the sector generally. Mr. Kieran Mulvey has accepted the role of working with all stakeholders in the sector to identify areas where we can assist and develop a way forward or pathway as part of a strategy that the Department will...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Deputy for the question. As he knows, the operation of the fish assist scheme is a matter for the Department of Social Protection. The primary source of funding for the Irish commercial seafood sector, including inshore and island fishermen and fisherwomen, is Ireland's seafood development programme, which is co-funded by the Irish Government and the European Commission under...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fishing Industry (3 Jul 2025)

Timmy Dooley: As I outlined in my initial response to the Deputy, it is not possible to apportion any of the funding available to our Department through EMFAF to the income support he talks about. As he knows, and as is the case with farm assist, income support comes through the Department of Social Protection. While that does not fall within my responsibility, I am happy to have a conversation with the...