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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Kelly Communications ran into trouble with the impact of Covid-19. When did that company become constrained by the effect of the virus?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: That is fine. Kelly Communications was supposed to start its work as a contractor for NBI in 2020. Is that correct?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: When did KN Networks take up that 60% of the work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: If KN Networks took up that additional work, it was then getting 60% of the work and Secto Services was getting 40%. If those two contractors were in place and both were starting on time, why is the work that it was envisaged would be completed by now down by 50%?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: What I read in the media is not what I am hearing from Mr. Hendrick. The media reports stated that a UK contractor accounted for 60% of the work and that it was extremely constrained by the impact of Covid-19. What I am hearing today is that the work of the contractor from the UK, Kelly Communications, was taken up by KN Networks. NBI then had two contractors in place, with KN Networks...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Mr. Hendrick, what did you agree with the Department as the new target for the end of 2021? It was 115,000. What is the new target?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Is that with no fines?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: When do you believe you will get back to meeting the targets set down under the original contract? Will it be the end of 2022, or the middle of 2022?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: What I might do is go to my colleagues and they can pick it up because I am conscious of time. I thank Mr. Hendrick but he will appreciate there is extreme disappointment amongst the general public that we are only half way to where we expected to be. Whereas it was 115,000, it now it is 60,000. That is a disappointment. We want to see how we can assist so that is brought back on course....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Thank you. I call Deputy Joe Carey.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: The issue of the gap intervention areas is a very pertinent question given NBI is proposing a pilot by the first quarter of 2022.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Could I just clarify one point? Does the planning permission issue with local authorities account for much of the delay in the roll-out to date? Would it make sense for local authorities to set up dedicated units to deal exclusively with these matters? I presume NBI is seeking road opening licences. That all falls under that category. How big of a component of the delay in the roll-out...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú -----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: When Mr. Malone is dealing with other counties, he can deal with Louth as well.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: On that note, we are delighted to have National Broadband Ireland in before us. The CEO of Aer Lingus, Lynne Embleton, came before the committee and we welcome her continued engagement. I want to put this on the record.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: We will now move to Deputy Matthews, who has seven minutes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: To pick up on just one or two points, on a local issue, I ask Mr. Malone to give me the roll-out and connection metrics for Limerick as of now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: They are around the city.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Great. I welcome that. May I have clarification on a couple of points? They involve a bit of detail. The target for the end of the year was 115,000 and it was said that NBI will do about 70,000 to 100,000 every year thereafter. Is NBI still on target to meet the 70,000 to 100,000 from 2022 onwards? What is its rough target for those years?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021) Kieran O'Donnell: Let us say that a constituent of mine has a number and that it is going up on NBI's system now. I referred earlier to somewhere in Lisnagry. Is NBI quite near the city? Is it, say, beside University of Limerick in Castletroy? They are being told they will get roll-out of broadband. That is an intervention area between January 2025 and December 2026. That is three to four years away....