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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. It is not an easy situation Mr. Walsh finds himself in, presenting to the people of Ireland or the people who are waiting for a test that the RSA is more than 300% over where it would like to be, and that it is at 30 weeks where it should be ten weeks on the service level agreement. I am not so sure that the RSA has figured out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I am wondering about the impact of Covid-19 on testing, which Mr. Walsh identified as those that were within his sphere. If we look at the number of people across the two four-year pieces, run the numbers on that again, and spread it over the period of time, I suspect the differential will not be as great. However, I can only surmise. In any event, it is just a comment on the RSA's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Rather than providing that update now, I ask Mr. Walsh if he could share the information with the committee. I refer to the kind of data set that was examined-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Perhaps Mr. Walsh could provide it to us in due course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I better be cautious.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Good.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: If I understand Mr. Walsh correctly, the organisation is expanding to the greatest extent possible but some of the additional staff are working in a temporary capacity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: That is fine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Is this a migration issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Walsh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Testing: Discussion (20 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Synnott think the developer would dispute that?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Chair for giving me the opportunity. The Chair's question solved a lot of it for me because I was going to suggest that members of the board could have an opportunity through my ten minutes-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: RTÉ (Resumed) (13 Sep 2023)

Timmy Dooley: No, they have set out their stall. As I see it, the challenge that is facing both the board and the executive is that on the one hand, they have got to address what has happened. There is a whole series of reports and investigations under way that they have got to work with and participate in. At the same time, they have to try to put the wheels back on the bus. They have to try to show...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister of State very much. He and his delegates are very welcome. As he identified, there are very important opportunities for this country and it is appropriate that our transport network and systems are in a position to serve those opportunities. The ones which follow on from what my colleague, Senator Doherty, talked about are the opportunities not just around aviation but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: It is all local, a Leas-Chathaoirligh.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decarbonisation Strategy for Aviation and Shipping Sectors: Minister of State at the Department of Transport (12 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I really appreciate the Minister of State's response.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: It is a reasonable proposal not to read them again. I think everybody watched the meeting this morning.