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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: We have seen the issue then in recent weeks where EirGrid has indicated the potential for blackouts in that peak period. I will conclude on this point. Mr. Fenlon was CFO of the ESB until recently. He will be aware that the ESB in an auction in 2019 bid a phenomenally low rate to provide capacity. I think it was about €46 per MW. After two years, in 2021, the ESB, having won the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I know, but I just want him to comment on the ESB saying it would not be able to deliver. While he was CFO, the ESB had to pay the State a penalty of €4 million for that. To his mind, was that a failure of management within the ESB at the time? Does he accept that the failure or whatever decisions were taken then have impacted and added to the potential for blackouts this year on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I am sorry. I let Sinn Féin in ahead of me.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Prices: Discussion (4 Oct 2022)

Timmy Dooley: In conclusion, the cost to the State of having to purchase emergency electricity will significantly add to the cost of electricity in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I have a quick question on that. Is there a public communications strategy-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: -----other than digital? I watch the news and a few other programmes on television. I got a smart meter recently, by the way, and I have not seen anything to encourage me. Sorry, I am jumping in but I just want to follow on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I regularly see people commenting on a mobile operator that has an ad which has everybody driven cracked because they see it in such a repetitive way. It is not until you reach that point that people will understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the regulator once again. I want to concentrate on the issue of security of supply. There was a report on "Morning Ireland" this morning by the political editor, David Murphy, who seems to have access to a freedom of information, FOI, request from the IDA, which showed a level of concern about the inability of some of the data centres to connect to the grid based on a direction...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I have met and spoken to a number of new entrants who believe they provided information to the regulator back to 2014 and 2015, which clearly set out the constraints that they saw. I have seen the documentation and it is very clear. The documentation was provided to the CRU. It sets out a very clear pathway to how they might be able to participate and the encumbrances that would prevent...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Leader to organise a debate on the control of dogs and, in particular, the activity that seems to have increased in recent times of illegal hunting by a certain fraternity using lurchers. It is a practice that has become considerably prevalent in the north Clare area where there is a particularly good stock of hares because that region is known for regulated coursing. We now have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Many of the issues were covered, so I will just make a couple of comments. I know most of the lads from over the years, having been a transport spokesperson in this House for a good number of years. It is that perennial issue. They are back year after year with problems as they arise. It seems, rightly or wrongly, that there is not a proper structure in place to assist the industry. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Yes, we can examine in detail the issues with the NTA, seek proposals and maybe the committee can come forward with some ideas on how to develop and sustain the industry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Assisting the transition to electric vehicles is a good idea and other countries have done so as it is good for the environment. The initiative should be good for taxi drivers but it sounds to me that it is not. There are many issues that we must examine and Mr. Cooley is right that it is an advisory committee. Any time that I hear of an advisory committee on anything, I know that it is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: That is fine because it highlights issues. To some extent, this committee is a talking shop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: However, what we say at the committee gets amplified and commented on. We can also make recommendations to the Department. We can bring others in and challenge them on issues so at least we take things further. As I have seen over the years, there is nothing to help and promote the taxi industry. Taxi drivers are individual licenceholders. There must be competition although there is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: It is important that the committee makes a recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Impacting the Taxi Industry: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I do not know whether any recommendation will be successful but we must make it in the context of public transport. We are reducing the cost of going on a bus. Nobody is expected to pay a fare on a bus commensurate with the cost of running the bus which is what we must consider. If one did then it would cost a lot more to travel even short distances and I presume it would cost €20...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome our guests and thank them for their presentations. My first question is for the Minister. Does he think he has been kept adequately informed by the CRU and EirGrid over the past 12 months regarding security of supply? Maybe he will share with us some of the requests he has received from both parties. Does he believe the Department has acted in a timely way in responding to that?...