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Mental Health Services: Statements (26 Apr 2016)

Helen McEntee: Why are we debating mental health today? Is it because there is a perception, rightly or wrongly, that money was stolen from the mental health budget or that the Cycle Against Suicide is ongoing at present and on day three of its yearly cycle or is it because there is really nothing else we can do in the Chamber at present? Either way, I do not care, to be honest. The fact that it is on...

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Helen McEntee: As this is my first opportunity to address the Thirty-second Dáil, I congratulate my colleagues on their re-election and congratulate the new Ceann Comhairle. I hope that, in the new spirit of multi-party politics, we can work together and, sooner rather than later, form a new Government. The prospect of Britain leaving the EU following the upcoming Brexit referendum is certainly of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (2 Feb 2016)

Helen McEntee: 340. To ask the Minister for Health the status of funding being allocated to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4139/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (2 Feb 2016)

Helen McEntee: 581. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the high cost of tolls for commuters from north County Meath using the M3 on a daily basis (details supplied). [4140/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: What stage is that at?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: It is similar to mobile phone coverage. I have witnessed numerous examples in different households in which the broadband connection was a certain speed, the family knew that that was the speed that they were going to get and they were not expecting a higher speed, and it was then reduced. I heard from somebody who would know what they were doing when it comes to technology that the speed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I have a technical question. How does ComReg test a private internet service provider? How does it test whether the provider does what it says it will do? While there was no obligation stipulated in that regard, there is now, so how does ComReg test that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank the witnesses for their responses. On the drive-testing, if it says one has to have a higher percentage, is it the case that ComReg will just travel more national roads or is it willing to re-examine the system? At present, it is not fit for purpose. Is ComReg willing to examine the position and suggest to the powers that be that it will change the methods employed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I have a question on broadband, a matter on which we have not really touched. ComReg published a survey last year in respect of broadband speeds and it was acknowledged that an expectation is created because companies talk about their highest speeds and what they can provide if everything is perfect. Obviously, the latter is not the case. It was stated that ComReg's view is that consumers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: ComReg is supposed to be for everybody and Mr. Godfrey said that it has responsibility for ensuring that consumers of broadband services are appropriately protected and informed. Regardless of whether the State has responsibility, it should apply to everybody. We do not want to put people who are under the State in one category because if that fails, where do they go?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I disagree slightly with Deputy Moynihan. That a person can now watch a movie on a smartphone in a car travelling down a motorway but may not be able to make a phone call is becoming an issue. However, if the issue is with the mobile phone provider, there needs to be a health warning with mobile phones that they do not actually do what they are supposed to do. ComReg needs to do its job in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: What is the percentage? Mobile phone companies say they have 99% population coverage. Obviously, 99% of the population does not live in 99% of the country. What is the percentage that ComReg is basing its figures on? If it is 99% of the country, that does not make sense.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Electronic Communications Markets: Commission for Communications Regulation (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I have raised the issue of smartphones and basic voice services before with people within the industry and they have agreed that it is an issue. However, while the witnesses refer to road testing on national roads, people do not live on national roads. I carried out my own survey last summer and of the first 110 people who responded, 45% of them lived on local roads. ComReg needs to start...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Paramilitary Groups (27 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: 10. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her efforts to combat criminality by paramilitary organisations in the Leinster and Ulster Border region, further to the agreement of A Fresh Start - The Stormont House Agreement and Implementation Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45028/15]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (26 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: 71. To ask the Minister for Defence further to section 9 of his White Paper on Defence, his ambitions for strengthening the technological capacity of civic defence organisations which provide such important civic and community services in County Meath and throughout Ireland. [2650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fertiliser Industry (21 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: 21. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his efforts at the European Council of Ministers and his engagements with the European Commission to ensure a concerted European Union approach to tackling fertiliser prices; his efforts to support crop-production enterprises which are encountering historically high fertiliser prices and difficult market prices for produce; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Dairy Sector (21 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: 28. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will increase Irish milk production; his efforts to ensure banks afford credit flexibility to farmers while the Irish dairy sector consolidates its expansion, given the market turbulence in adjusting to the abolition of dairy quotas and given significant borrowings by dairy farmers; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I also asked about two specific requirements for bus stops in my area.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: Buses from Navan generally leave about every half hour or hour. The town is quite close to Dublin but the prices are a lot higher than would be the case if one was travelling to Galway or Sligo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Bus Services: Bus Éireann and the National Transport Authority (20 Jan 2016)

Helen McEntee: I thank Mr. Nolan and Mr. Creegan for their presentations. I would like to begin by asking about the issue of school runs. How often are the routes reviewed? I recently met the family of a five year old boy in respect of whom an application was made in advance of his starting school. They were told he would be on the bus route and they made the relevant payment, but when they went to the...