Timmy Dooley

Yes.

Well, we had Timmy Dooley, who was with Trump down in Shannon, and was on Facebook, and ordered him to know that he'd invest more money in Dundee.

Right.

And I don't know whether Trump should have said back to him, maybe you'd sort out the penetration issues.

the Transport for Ireland will be there in a minute.

If Michael Martin is there today, or if Timmy Dooley is there today, if Timmy Dooley is there today, put more buses on the way, Timmy.

All right, and we'll see you tomorrow.

We'll see you tomorrow.

But only with the help of a TD.

Timmy Dooley actually helped with this whole situation.

Because the department are so rigid about these laws, Alan, this is what I want changed.

Because I do think it's very, very unfair.

I emailed every political party I could think of.

And no one, no one acknowledged that.

only Timmy Dooley in the end.

Now, he was there from the beginning of it as well, but it was actually him that got it over the line, you know, and that's wrong.

I'm joined now at the Doonbank Community Hall by Minister of State and TD for Clare Timmy Dooley and the Sinn Féin MEP for the Ireland South constituency, Kathleen Funchan.

If I start with yourself, Minister, you welcomed President Trump to Shannon yesterday.

Did you have any concerns about carrying out that role, given the real worries that many people have about US foreign policy?

America stepped up at that time.

Can he not see that there is a role for them to step up in relation to this conflict in the Middle East, coming to a diplomatic end in relation to Iran? and also finally holding Israel to account.

Timmy Dooley, the minister there, was explaining the importance of the economic relationship between the United States and Ireland.

If you're going to be outspoken in relation to Trump, you could be putting a target on Ireland inks back, and that is something you put weight on or you don't.

Where do you feel that lies?

It's great to be here.

And Claire, I'm here with your local team, Minister Timmy Dooley and Deputy Kyle Crow and all the councillors.

And I've had a busy morning already.

I was in the Tuas Ennis campus this morning.

On the one you are about to hear, this happened when it was revealed to me that a senior official in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine had interfered with the decision of a government minister and suggested that the minister should not seek to protect the Irish fishing industry.

This was during last December's European Union negotiations about fishing quotas, when Fisheries and Marine Minister of State Timmy Dooley wanted to oppose the move by France, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland to force the withdrawal of the long-standing protection of the Hague preferences mechanism for Ireland.

They were introduced in 1976 to counter the impact on Ireland's underdeveloped fleet of access to Irish waters by vessels of other bigger EU nations, France, the Netherlands, Germany and Poland.

And they got their way.

That's been a really positive development.

But the Minister of State for Fisheries has also been a really positive development.

I would say that Timmy Dooley has toured the country.

He has engaged.