National Broadband Plan: Motion...: 8 Feb 2018: Dáil debates (KildareStreet.com)

Dáil debates

Thursday, 8 February 2018

National Broadband Plan: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]

The following motion was moved by Deputy Timmy Dooley on Tuesday, 6 February 2018:

Debate resumed on amendment No. 2:

- (Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment)

1:00 pm

Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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I must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 2 on the motion re national broadband plan. On Tuesday, 6 February 2018, on the question that the amendment to the motion be agreed to, a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 70(2), that division must be taken now.

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 47; Níl, 77; Staon, 0.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin; Níl, Deputies Michael Moynihan and John Lahart.

Tá

Maria Bailey, Seán Barrett, Richard Bruton, Peter Burke, Seán Canney, Joe Carey, Michael Collins, Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, Simon Coveney, Michael Creed, Michael D'Arcy, Jim Daly, Pat Deering, Regina Doherty, Paschal Donohoe, Andrew Doyle, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Michael Fitzmaurice, Peter Fitzpatrick, Noel Grealish, Brendan Griffin, John Halligan, Simon Harris, Michael Harty, Martin Heydon, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Michael Lowry, Josepha Madigan, Helen McEntee, Finian McGrath, Mattie McGrath, Joe McHugh, Tony McLoughlin, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, Eoghan Murphy, Denis Naughten, Hildegarde Naughton, Tom Neville, Michael Noonan, Kate O'Connell, Fergus O'Dowd, Noel Rock, Shane Ross, David Stanton.

Níl

Bobby Aylward, Mick Barry, Richard Boyd Barrett, John Brady, John Brassil, Declan Breathnach, Tommy Broughan, James Browne, Pat Buckley, Joan Burton, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Dara Calleary, Jack Chambers, Joan Collins, Catherine Connolly, Ruth Coppinger, Barry Cowen, Seán Crowe, John Curran, Clare Daly, Pearse Doherty, Stephen Donnelly, Timmy Dooley, Dessie Ellis, Seán Fleming, Seán Haughey, Brendan Howlin, Billy Kelleher, Alan Kelly, Gino Kenny, Martin Kenny, John Lahart, James Lawless, Marc MacSharry, Catherine Martin, Charlie McConalogue, Michael McGrath, John McGuinness, Denise Mitchell, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Imelda Munster, Margaret Murphy O'Mahony, Catherine Murphy, Eugene Murphy, Paul Murphy, Carol Nolan, Darragh O'Brien, Jonathan O'Brien, Jim O'Callaghan, Kevin O'Keeffe, Fiona O'Loughlin, Louise O'Reilly, Frank O'Rourke, Jan O'Sullivan, Maureen O'Sullivan, Eoin Ó Broin, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Éamon Ó Cuív, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Willie Penrose, Thomas Pringle, Maurice Quinlivan, Anne Rabbitte, Brendan Ryan, Eamon Scanlon, Seán Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Brendan Smith, Bríd Smith, Niamh Smyth, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Robert Troy, Mick Wallace.

Amendment declared lost.

1:10 pm

Brian Stanley (Laois, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 1:

To delete all words after "the subsequent decision by eir to also withdraw; and" and substitute the following:" - the possibility of now progressing the NBP through State ownership, recognising that the effects of the decision to privatise the State company Telecom Éireann in the past has had a negative impact on citizens and telecommunications services, and that State ownership would have facilitated a less complex and possibly less expensive roll out of broadband; and

- the feasibility of using existing State infrastructure held by the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) for the future roll out of broadband; and

- place an obligation on existing and future broadband service providers to provide a guaranteed minimum connection speed."

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 76; Níl, 48; Staon, 0.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Denise Mitchell; Níl, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin.