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Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I accept that and the Minister is very clear on that. The Minister's position with regard to other executives stands true in that but not with respect to members of the board because the committees recommend and the Government appoints, but it is on the advice of the Minister, in the same way that the chair is appointed by the Government on the advice of the Minister. If there are failures...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Does the Minister have confidence in their actions as they sat on the board because it was within their tenure, albeit some of it was perhaps outside the tenure of the Minister? They are now the responsibility of the Minister so my final question is to ask the Minister whether she has confidence in the members of the board who were there at the time and upon whose watch this happened.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Oversight of RTÉ's Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues and Plans for Longer-term Support and Funding for Public Service Media: Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (27 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister very much for her answers and for taking my questions.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Deputy Leader at the earliest opportunity to arrange a debate in the House with the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley, about Circular 0002/2024, which was issued recently. I spoke to a number of principals in east Clare yesterday evening who made clear to me that this will impact significantly on the work they do as principals. As a result of this circular, they see a further...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome and thank the Minister for his presentation. For far too long the debate around climate change has been one that has been couched in negative language; it is around what we must stop doing, what we cannot do anymore and the burden of change that is put on us. I like to look at it a bit differently, insofar as one can, in recognising the opportunities that exist from climate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: A transition-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Review of Climate Action Plan 2023: Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform (15 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Much like others, I want to be associated with remarks in relation to the actions that need to be taken to address the crisis that has unfolded in the Gaza Strip. I had an opportunity to reflect on that yesterday. I again ask the Leader to try to arrange a debate in this House, if possible, at the earliest possible opportunity to discuss migration and related issues. I raised this issue...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I thank everybody for the presentation. It is no harm every now and again to remind ourselves, notwithstanding how drastically wrong things went at RTÉ and what a catastrophe it has been, that nobody personally benefited. People made decisions for whatever reason. As many of the main actors are not here, it is hard to get to the motivation but nobody benefited personally from it....

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Transparency of RTÉ Expenditure of Public Funds and Governance Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: My colleague Senator Warfield spoke about the funding model and he threw around certain accusations against the Government. That is fair enough. That is the politics of it. The model I have long-believed is the way forward is a household charge. I shared that in a paper we devised a number of years ago and that it should be collected by Revenue. I have a concern at the notion of it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the comments of the Tánaiste and a number of Ministers since yesterday evening and their forthright assessment of the current activities of the Israeli Government and the Israeli Defense Forces in the continued attack on the Gaza strip, particularly the ground offensive now under way in the Rafah region. The clear comments from the Tánaiste on behalf of the Government...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister of State and thank him for bringing the Bill to the House. It is technical in nature, a tidying-up exercise resulting from a change in policy in how we manage our water systems. It brings to an end the sorry debacle that was the initial effort at charging for water. There are different views as to how that should have happened and I do not think we will ever reach a...

Seanad: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (13 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Next Tuesday.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (31 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I want to echo the sentiments expressed by Senator McDowell. Quite frankly, I was taken aback yesterday by the comments that were made by Deputy McDonald. I think Michelle O'Neill showed great insight and understanding of the situation, but the minute Deputy McDonald was asked about it, it was all about Sinn Féin and about what a great opportunity this would be for Sinn Féin,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the witnesses for the presentation and echo the comments of others in thanking them for the really important work they do behind the scenes. I also want to add my voice to the recognition of the role of Eddie O'Connor in driving the vision around energy generation and clean and green energy generation in this country. He is a very significant loss to all of us. He was available to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: I might just cut to the chase. Who is responsible?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: It is also very expensive, by comparison.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: Would the witnesses accept that in order to look at the space beyond 2030, we need to show incentives? Quite frankly, we are competing with other countries for investment. The ESB lost an investment partner because it did not feel we were geared up in advance to do the work that was necessary. Should we not put greater emphasis on beyond 2030 now, recognising the massive potential into the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Timmy Dooley: The difficulty is that EirGrid waits to see where everybody else is going and misses the opportunity for the country to be first up, best dressed and, ultimately, capture the new potential investment that comes with being first to market. I recognise the direction in which things are going. It is a matter of 2032 or 2035. We will have lost to somebody else. We have been talking about this...