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Paris Terrorist Attack: Statements (17 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: The Paris attacks were an outrage and should be condemned by this House without qualification. The scale, proximity and familiarity associated with the attacks make it all the more real and horrific. We can easily identify with the location and environs. The portraits of those murdered could be portraits of a family member or the person next door. For many they were a family member or the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Conservation (17 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: 640. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to extend the burning season for farmers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40435/15]

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: It has become irrelevant because the Government has made it so and because many sectors of the Opposition, including the Technical Group, have been complicit in making it irrelevant. I want to make a speech on the budget. I have used up a couple of minutes and have about eight minutes left in my ten minute slot.

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: I appreciate that the Acting Chairman is one of the fairer Members of the Oireachtas and he understands what has happened here, which has been happening over recent months. I thank him for affording me some time. With respect to the budget, just because a Minister says something is so does not mean it is actually so but I acknowledge that the economy has improved and is heading in the...

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: I know it might not suit some of the Acting Chairman’s Labour colleagues but I know that he would be very amenable to it because he is a progressive, positive Deputy. We brought it forward because we believe welfare and low wage traps have existed here for many years. We can pontificate and articulate about, and throw money at, our welfare problem but successive governments,...

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: I thank the Acting Chairman for his indulgence. I have a small pragmatic point to make, which does not involve rent supplement, pension funds or development properties. Why does the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government not tell the local authority directors of planning and housing to approach the people who had lodged planning applications and ran into difficulties...

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: I am sorry but I am not satisfied with two minutes.

Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: This is probably the most important legislation to go through the House this year. I will not make reference to the commitments that were given in the past about democratic accountability and the democratic revolution. I was a party to them myself. I deeply regret that the Government has chosen to adopt this approach and at the eleventh hour day, to put out an amended order to guillotine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (4 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow where the ambulance originated from; the reason it took so long to arrive, putting the person's life at risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38514/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tax Exemptions (3 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: 337. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the current position regarding an exemption from rates for all community sports clubs not registered under the 1904 Act which operate on a not-for-profit basis and whether they are required to lodge an application for an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37573/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Billy Timmins: 838. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time in County Wicklow for an appointment with the community audiology service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38254/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: NAMA Housing Construction (22 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: 137. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will confirm that the recently announced policy whereby the National Asset Management Agency will construct 20,000 houses in the next number of years is in compliance with European Commission state aid rules; if the Commission has been provided with the details of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36952/15]

Order of Business (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: I ask the Taoiseach to advise whether the details of the promised tenant purchase scheme have been published or agreed yet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work of the Syria Civil Defence: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: I apologise for missing the presentation, which I now have read. I will make a few brief points. Can Mr. Al Habib pinpoint or give members a view as to when the breakdown in Syria happened? Fifteen or 20 years ago, one would have thought Syria was doing reasonably well and there were not that many difficulties there. What was the spark or the straw that broke the camel's back that caused...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work of the Syria Civil Defence: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: How can Europe identify the legitimate refugees? Mr. Al Habib has mentioned Lebanon and its borders that prevent Hezbollah from crossing the border. I was in Damascus 20 years ago and I got the impression that it was a police state. I went from Damascus to Beirut, across the Beqaa Valley, and all of northern Lebanon was occupied by Syrians and there were Syrian checkpoints. Does Syria...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work of the Syria Civil Defence: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: I have a very brief point. I thank Mr. Al Habib for indulging me. Would he say that any of the refugees that have come here were involved in atrocities for ISIS or the Assad regime?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work of the Syria Civil Defence: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: I am not being confrontational. I ask the question in the context of what Mr. Al Habib has said. I understand his position. I am very supportive of Ireland taking in Syrian refugees. I was instrumental in our local authority passing a motion to that effect. Mr. Al Habib has made the important point that there should be due diligence. My concern is that due diligence is not in place. If...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Work of the Syria Civil Defence: Discussion (21 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: I am happy to withdraw the question.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (20 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: 333. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department liaises with the horticultural industry on proposals or changes it makes to environmental schemes that require a change to the supply of plants and hedgerows; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36497/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Personnel (20 Oct 2015)

Billy Timmins: 359. To ask the Minister for Defence the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36049/15]