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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Yes, and we can seek for them to be answered together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: There are five minutes left in the slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: That will include responses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I will allow a two-minute response from each of the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: The committee will produce a report based on the evidence it has heard from all of the delegates who have travelled great distances from around the country to engage with it. In that regard, it is important that delegates rather than members are allowed to speak for the majority of the time allocated. I ask that members confine their questions to three minutes, with witnesses then having...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Tá trí bhaill an choiste ag iarraidh ceisteanna a chur, ach roimhe sin tá Seán de Buitléar agus Joseph McCrohan chun freagra beag a thabhairt ar an díospóireacht dheireanach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Everyone will have an opportunity to speak because there are plenty more questioners to come.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: That is very interesting. It strikes me that over the last six months, Britain has produced more solar electricity than coal electricity for the first time ever while we do not even have a solar power sector in the State yet. The opportunity for rural areas to tap into that is massive. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice is next and has ten minutes. I ask that he allow the majority of that time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: The Deputy has four minutes remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. Dempsey answer those questions? .
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I am conscious that Deputy Fitzmaurice's questions must be answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae who has ten minutes in total for questions and answers. I suggest the Deputy uses five minutes for his own preamble and questions and gives five minutes to our guests to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Theachta. I will give three minutes to the witnesses for this slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Has anybody spoken to the witnesses about the broadband roll-out in the new national broadband plan? Has there been any engagement with the State or the local authorities? What role have the witnesses played?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Everyone else shook their head. Has there been no engagement? Would Mr. Dempsey like to comment?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: While we are on that point, we are all on the ground and can see what is happening around us and what good work is being done. What kind of key performance indicators are used within the sector to measure success or not?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: When Enterprise Ireland or the IDA are here we ask them how many jobs there are per euro and what kind of ratios they have for exports per euro or new businesses per euro. Are those types of performance indicators used in the sector, if so how do they compare? What kind of figures do the witnesses have?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I know the issue of spatial planning was touched on previously. Have any of the State agencies discussed the development of the next spatial plan with the West Cork Development Partnership? The answer to that is "No". The Western Development Commission is another layer of development and based on my understanding, is quite a successful one. It is only in one section of the country. Could...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: An bhfuil tuairimí ag Ms Uí Mhaoláin faoi sin?