Results 1-20 of 449 for long speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: Agriculture: Statements (16 Apr 2024)

Timmy Dooley: .... I thank him for his level of engagement with us. Quite frankly, however, engagement is not enough. There is a sense of despair across the farming sector of a kind that I have not seen for a long time. The bad weather is the straw that broke the camel's back. That is notwithstanding the fact that prices in the marketplace have remained relatively strong for milk, beef and, to a...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Apr 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...us on that because it is of paramount importance. We need to see a really important approach being taken by the Government, and not just to solve the issues of today, because this is going to have long-term repercussions, especially for grain farmers, but also for those in dairy and livestock. They are under enormous pressure right now and it will require financial investment by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...sympathy with the environment. It may not have happened as quickly as all of us would have liked, given the impact of certain flood events on commercial and domestic locations, but the quality and long-term viability of the work have been positive. There was also a scheme on the River Shannon in the Springfield area of Clonlara, which I am sure Mr. Ó Dónaill and Mr. Casey were...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...and who I met again last night who are really fearful for their business. The reality is that even where there is maybe a house attached to their own farmhouse, they are not going to rent that out long term. They are not going to bring in families. For a couple of months of the year, however, that is suitable for tourism-related activities, something which we badly need because,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Timmy Dooley: ...The gas company takes no interest in that; it is the tank. It will come and paint a tank and put a new sticker on it but the regulator, which has the potential to leak, can be leaking away for as long as it likes and the company does not seem to have any responsibility in that regard. This is where I believe there is a gap. We are talking about safety here. The tank in all likelihood...

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 welcome the Minister and thank her for being with us for so long. I will pay tribute to Siún Ní Raghallaigh. I have had the benefit of meeting her here on numerous occasions. I found her to be beyond reproach, as someone who took on a difficult job and put an immense effort into trying to resolve this issue. One can only imagine the challenges she faced, the kind of detail...

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: ...among consumers, the general public and politicians across the board. With respect, you said at the outset that you want to be transparent and open. I do not doubt that because I have known you a long time and I know you are somebody who wants to get information out there and be clear, concise and transparent, but I cannot understand how you could have confidence in elements of the board...

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 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...

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

Timmy Dooley: ...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 for a long time. Scotland has stolen a little march on us, as have Portugal and Norway. Countries are all looking at floating offshore projects and we are still talking about it.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Dec 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...emissions. Other countries in Europe are moving ahead. Scotland and other parts of Britain and Portugal have embraced the opportunity and are steaming ahead. We have been talking about it for a long time but in terms of actual flesh on the bones, we have been relatively slow to make progress. I would like a debate on this in the new year. We talk about bringing power onshore by 2032,...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: I, too, want to be associated with the remarks about the late Tras Honan, somebody whom I knew well. Long before I was elected to this House, I got to know her and I served with her on a number of committees. She was a forthright and brilliant woman, a wonderful character. She had a very insightful mind. There will be an opportunity, I am sure, here for us to express sympathies in greater...

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

Timmy Dooley: It is about the user experience of those who have to 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...

Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...I know the Minister of State has views on this matter, and I hope it can be progressed. We need a one club approach. We have to push hard, and it will not be easy. People have been in silos for long periods. We must respect and recognise the history and give due recognition to it, but we must move forward. I hear on far too many occasions about people moved aside and junior or senior...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 Nov 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...in Gaza today. If we could continue to focus on that dimension of the war in Gaza, it may help world leaders to start moving to find an immediate or short-term solution that could ultimately be a long-term one. Emily Hand is only one, hers is the name, but countless thousands of children have been killed in bombs and explosions in the Gaza strip in recent days and weeks. It is hard to...

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

Timmy Dooley: ...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 land that was not great, they should plant it and would get some environmental and financial...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (19 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...media kind of scoffed when he was there recently to suggest he is still talking about the two-state solution and there is not much chance of that happening. That is the only way that we will see a long-term resolution and we have got to ensure that. In the immediate term, though, we have to open up the aid corridors. We have got to get food, water, electricity and fuel supplies into the...

Seanad: Provision of Free HRT Treatment: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...Senator Pauline O'Reilly to bring forward the motion. We are often left wondering what it is about women's health in this country that the Legislature and the apparatus of Government have for so long sought to ignore the basics of women's health. It is not all that long ago that we moved on contraception, we were blisteringly late to address termination of pregnancy and, now, it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...we are all talking about doing, I have concerns about a referendum. Dr. Kelleher talked about expert groups, academics and environmentalists working to get the wording right. I am around politics long enough to know that when an issue is put to the experts and then the common man or woman looks at the text, people will very quickly find a five-second explanation that, while it may not...

Seanad: Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Second Stage (4 Oct 2023)

Timmy Dooley: ...reform that will meet the needs of our society and the needs of those who keep us safe, namely, members of An Garda Síochána. The more independence that can be brought to bear the better, and this Bill goes a long way in that regard. We have seen the detrimental impact of a lack of independence around promotions within An Garda Síochána in over the years, the...