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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: The rules say there should be a third party present.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: A number of months ago Mr. David McCourt sought to meet me but I refused. I have no power or influence over a tendering process. I have met Mr. McCourt once in the past. I did not see any need to meet him. I felt that, as an elected politician, it was inappropriate for him to meet me at this point in the process. For the life of me, I cannot understand why one Minister with one remaining...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: The public do.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: The process is subject to certain ground rules that were not met in this case. The Minister made a statement in the Dáil this week that his only motivation was to keep the remaining bidder and I can understand that situation. I am on the record of the Dáil as saying to him that he became a prisoner of the process. Yet we have three meetings and telephone calls where there were...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: Would Mr. Smyth agree that could be left open to a legal challenge?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: With due respect to Mr. Smyth, the problem is whether anything was discussed. He has said that the NBP was not discussed during those three conversations. If these facts were presented to anyone on the street they would not say that the NBP had not been discussed. Why would it not have been discussed? One of the days this happened was the day that Eir pulled out. There were no officials...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: Yes but surely the bidder was the one person remaining in the process who could pull the rug from under the Government and the State on this at that time. The bidder would have realised at that stage that it had all the clout. Mr. Smyth knows how a negotiation with tenderers or any kind of negotiation works. There is always a power play and at that point the remaining bidder holds the full...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: So is the bidder.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: The Minister is the person signing off and he said that his only motivation was to keep the bidder in the process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: As the Chairman has noted previously, opening statements are being provided to the committee late. While it is not the fault of the clerk, today we received the opening statements eight minutes into the meeting.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: The agenda refers to an engagement, but does not offer any explanation of the function or purpose of the meeting. There should be more explanation as to what the meeting is about.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: That is fair enough but the few words provided here do not explain that. Whether the witnesses are officials from the Department, the Minister or guests from outside, we should get their opening statements in good time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: I know the clerk and his staff do their best.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: I will keep my questions short and perhaps the Minister could keep his answers short. I have four or five-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: In page 39 of the national transition statement, transport is dealt with. The three major pillars are set out fairly well - the car fleet, public transport and then walking and cycling. That is the logical order although it might be turned the other way around in terms of priority. They are included, which is welcome. In respect of the charging network for electric vehicles, EVs,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: Is the Minister saying that the ESB will now be allowed to run that as a commercial semi-State?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: There will have to be a rapid acceleration between now and 2025.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: Undoubtedly, but this is about kick-starting the system and getting a system of sufficient scale that people have the confidence to buy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)
Brian Stanley: Staying with transport, within the transition statement is a reference to the biofuel obligation scheme. It places an obligation on fuel suppliers to include a proportion of biofuels in the fuel supplied. The obligation was to move from the current 8% to 11% from January 2019. What is the state of readiness for the biofuel mix changes to happen by January? What kind of challenges does the...