Results 1-20 of 20 for sligo speaker:Timmy Dooley

Seanad: Search and Rescue Policy: Motion (2 Feb 2022)

Timmy Dooley: ...candidates to complete; - on 25th January, 2022, the Government decided to include, as part of the PQQ clarifications, additional information specifying the four bases provided for in the original contract, i.e. Dublin, Shannon. Sligo and Waterford; - Stage 2 of the process involves a detailed Request for Tenders (RFT) specification which will be released to the selected candidates in...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defective Building Materials (2 Dec 2021)

Timmy Dooley: ...in the House for this discussion. I welcome the Government decision in recent days to significantly enhance and increase the grant scheme to people who are affected by mica in Donegal, Mayo and Sligo. It is the right decision to try to put people back in good stead, but the reality is that the issue of defective blocks is not confined to Donegal, Mayo and Sligo. It is an established...

Seanad: Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Sep 2020)

Timmy Dooley: ...in the other House, I was often, from a climate change perspective, taken by people's reactions when I talked about the necessity for more planting of trees. There were calls from Leitrim and Sligo, and from parts of my own constituency, where communities felt that there was an over-concentration of planting, especially of conifers, and that was having an impact on the soil, rivers and...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (2 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: ..., Google and Youtube rack up approximately €1 billion per week in profits, but they are not required to check the facts presented on their sites. A local radio station in County Kerry, Clare, Sligo or Leitrim cannot allow anyone on air to present unverified facts, even though the station's licence only covers a relatively small area. The station must exhibit solid journalistic...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: ...To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a file relating to a person (details supplied) will be forwarded from the non-contributory section of her Department in County Sligo to the appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37785/18]

National Planning Framework: Statements (Resumed) (26 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: ...-pole to that development. The framework breaks the country into three new regions, namely, the northern and western region, which is made up of counties Monaghan, Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon, Sligo, Donegal, Mayo and Galway; the southern region, which is made up of counties Wexford, Carlow, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Tipperary, Kerry, Limerick and Clare; and then the eastern and midland,...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Prohibition of Onshore Hydraulic Fracturing) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (31 May 2017)

Timmy Dooley: ...councillors did that and it has worked really well. I know that there are councillors from County Leitrim in the Visitors Gallery because of the particular focus of Deputy Tony McLoughlin's Bill on counties Sligo and Leitrim. However, councillors in County Clare were talking about this issue a long time ago and understood the impact. People live in dispersed rural communities which...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Regional Airports (11 Nov 2015)

Timmy Dooley: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of State funding for Galway Airport; for Sligo Airport; and the programmes under which funding was provided, for example, capital expenditure, operation expenditure, public service obligation funding, between 2000 and 2012, in tabular form. [39742/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Western Rail Corridor: Discussion (4 Mar 2015)

Timmy Dooley: ...it and we should be up front in saying what we need if we are to support the policy of balanced regional development. It is not about opening rail lines for the sake of it, or having a rail line between Claremorris and Sligo or to Waterford; it is about how we fund infrastructure to have balanced regional development. We will need more figures so we can make the case and so the taxpayer...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion [Private Members] (18 Sep 2012)

Timmy Dooley: ...on a daily and weekly basis in this House? Can he confirm the then Leader of the Opposition and current Taoiseach fed into it when he visited County Clare and other counties, such as Roscommon, Sligo and so on, where he fanned the flames of fear in the minds of the constituents? I object to the approach the Minister is taking for that reason. I saw a wry smile on the faces of the...

State Airports (6 Jul 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 21: To ask the Minister for Transport; Tourism and Sport the steps he has taken to provide practical assistance to both Galway and Sligo Airports in order to ensure their survival before funding for both airports, under operating expenditure and capital expenditure ends in 2012. [18897/11]

State Airports (6 Jul 2011)

Timmy Dooley: ...thank the Minister for the reply but it will come as no surprise to him that I am particularly disappointed about the decision made not to continue a level of operational expenditure for Galway and Sligo. With particular reference to Galway, the chamber of commerce and the business and tourism interests in the region have put forward a strong and compelling case to retain a level of...

Written Answers — Water and Sewerage Schemes: Water and Sewerage Schemes (29 Jun 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 162: To ask the Minister for the Environment; Community and Local Government the position regarding the Tubbercurry, Grange and Strandhill waste water treatment plant bundle in County Sligo; when authorisation to proceed with the contract award and commencement of construction stage will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17824/11]

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (12 Apr 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 444: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals for capital expenditure grants at Sligo Airport. [7656/11]

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (12 Apr 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 449: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the proposals he has in relation to operational expenditure subvention for Sligo Airport. [7661/11]

Written Answers — Regional Airports: Regional Airports (12 Apr 2011)

Timmy Dooley: Question 455: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his proposals for the subvention of the public service obligation air services operating between Sligo and Dublin. [7667/11]

Public Transport Regulation Bill 2009 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2009)

Timmy Dooley: ...the existing service. Deputy Bannon spoke much about Athlone and other places in his constituency. The simple reality is that if we were to deregulate the market, the bulk of people from Galway, Sligo and other locations would take the main routes and there would not be the business to allow a service provider to call to the villages and towns he discussed. What he is asking for would...

Seanad: Railway Safety Bill 2001: Second Stage. (3 Nov 2005)

Timmy Dooley: ...belt which will be welcomed by Clare and the entire western region. We would all like to see the western rail corridor extended all the way from Limerick to Collooney without delay, and onwards to Sligo, but the Government efforts to extend the line on a phased basis are welcome. The extension works need to be expedited. The rail spur to Shannon Airport, which will ultimately tag onto the...

Seanad: Clare Street Traffic Management Initiative: Statements. (11 Oct 2005)

Timmy Dooley: ...is also worth looking at. I hope the Government continues to address this issue in the future. It has done so in County Clare with the Ennis bypass and similar developments have occurred in County Sligo and other areas and we wish to see these continue. The tunnel being constructed under the River Shannon that will connect counties Limerick and Clare will be important and immensely...

Seanad: Draft Guidelines on Rural Housing: Statements. (10 Mar 2004)

Timmy Dooley: ...his officials should be complimented on the immense amount of work they have done to develop the details behind the policy statement made. What is wrong with Fianna Fáil backbenchers meeting in Sligo, identifying a problem and doing something about it? It shows that parliamentary democracy works and that democracy within Fianna Fáil works. It shows that when we represent views to the...