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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...use the south gates on a regular basis. These are people who come in late at night from a long way away and, notwithstanding paying high air fares, do not have tunnel access or an air bridge. Ireland is renowned for its damp weather conditions, so it is not a good user experience. Mr. Jacobs said that Dublin Airport is an airport for Ireland. I put it to him that it is damaging to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Management of Passenger Numbers at Dublin Airport: Discussion (22 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: No, it is not up to them. It does not need to be up to them. If the DAA says, "No, sorry. We cannot take you", they will have to go to the next location. They will not land it in Schiphol.

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: .... On minority sports, we will have to co-ordinate it a bit better. Senator Wall identified a project in Athy. There was a good one in Ennis as well where the town council at the time bought land and developed facilities. At the time, it thought it would be able to bring some of the soccer and GAA clubs in to use communal facilities. That will not work. In County Clare, basketball,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is at. I will give two examples. Initially, there were areas designated for the hen harrier in east Clare. Farmers were resistant to the notion of having lands designated because it put a certain burden on them. However, at the time the then Minister put in place a scheme that provided compensation and it was accepted by the farmers. It was not a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: On land use and drainage issues, as parliamentarians we often get requests to drain certain pieces of land to benefit certain areas, alleviate flooding and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: Does Dr. Deakin think, then, that there will be restrictions on where afforestation can take place? If there is a farm with land that is of lesser quality, should we be pushing towards assisting farmers in planting such lands? Should we be mapping the land in terms of the usage to suggest that afforestation in a particular place will have too much negative impact on the river basin in that area?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...as posing the greatest threat to water quality. We spoke about agriculture, forestry, local authorities and urban discharges. On the forestry side, how close is the Department to having a land map of the right crop in the right place in order to meet the expectations of farmers? For a long time, we put an emphasis on the agricultural community. We told people that if they had a bit of...

Seanad: Energy (Windfall Gains in the Energy Sector) (Temporary Solidarity Contribution) Bill 2023: Second Stage (6 Jul 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...do that the better. The Minister of State knows about the plans the ESB has with others to develop an offshore wind farm off the west coast of County Clare. That will bring great potential for Ireland in terms of green, clean energy. It will potentially bring the benefit of storable and transportable fuel. I am referring to the project around hydrogen, as well as the potential for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...I am probably the only one on this side of the room who grew up in the environment talked about. Anywhere there is a challenge between rushes on one side and heather on the other, you are in that land. I was brought up on that. It was bred into us and was part of Government policy at the time to try to drain the land and improve it to the greatest extent possible. It helped to educate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Nature Restoration Law and Land Use Review: Discussion (28 Mar 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...it because they did not see the benefit. Now that is being disincentivised with the changes to ACRES and some of the people will go back to putting out circular feeders and feeding silage on the land. It is not a benefit. It is a huge negative in terms of confidence. It is the same in the area that I come from, where the hen harrier scheme was introduced. That was a really good...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Nitrates Usage (22 Mar 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...;230 million from the rural community. The prospect of reducing the maximum stocking density to 2022 is already having a knock-on effect and consequences on all farming sectors. It is increasing the demand for land and leading to significant increases in land prices. That is having a disproportionate impact, particularly in County Clare, where it is forcing up the price of land and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...those issues. They need to be addressed in time. Mr. Jacobs identified one of the upgrade projects, namely a further pier. The user experience of travelling into terminal 2 late at night is of landing at gates that are closer to terminal 1 and having to taxi all the way back to terminal 2. It is not great in the morning or evening, which is when most people who are regular users of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy: Dublin Airport Authority (18 Jan 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I am not talking about hubs. I mean when it is only a technical stop, landing for refueling. Is there any need for that to go through Dublin Airport?

Seanad: Wood for Construction: Motion (30 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...and size, it is ready for felling so we should not be having the kind of delays and backlogs we now have. While there was great enthusiasm 20, 25 or 30 years ago for encouraging farmers to plant land that was possibly suitable for nothing else, unfortunately, this motivation has gone because of the delays and red tape so there is a burden on the Minister, which I know he will be able to...

Seanad: Forestry: Statements (15 Nov 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...Daly. As previous speakers said, there is significant work to do to regain the confidence of potential forestry owners. There have been repeated announcements over the years about the volume of land that needs to be planted to meet our timber let alone climate change needs and we have fallen short on a continuous basis. There are many reasons for it but we have to learn from that and...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...I take the point that both speakers made on the necessity to ensure that those who will feel the greatest impact from the actions we must take must be protected to the greatest extent possible. Ireland has done that well through successive Governments and over the generations. Our social protection code, by comparison with others throughout the world, is very good. Of course, it could...

Seanad: Situation in Ukraine: Motion (1 Jun 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...Federation to be held accountable for its crimes in Ukraine. I understand that there is significant support for the motion around the House. It is very clear to all concerned the importance of Ireland standing firm with the Ukrainian people, the Ukrainian parliamentarians and the people of Ukraine across the world in standing up to the aggression that has been foisted upon them by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Shannon Group: Chairperson Designate (25 May 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...on three French tourists turning up today and four Americans tomorrow. It is about the coffee shop in Labasheeda, the glamping facility there and others. They depend on people passing. Jaguar Land Rover is brilliant and creates great employment. However, Shannon exists to support passengers coming through the airport, people going on holidays and people coming here. If Mr. Henry...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Apr 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...got the bulk of it and Cork, Mayo and Kerry got little bits of it.Shannon got precious little. From the time that Shannon was separated from Dublin, it engaged in predatory practices, it reduced landing charges and it grabbed it all. In the middle of the pandemic, it let people go, with voluntary redundancies, again to improve its capital position. Until such time as we have a...