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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Blaney for his presentation. He says the legislative framework to proceed with a universal service obligation, USO, in the provision of broadband is not available here as a result of the non-transposition of EU legislation. That is something in which the Department is actively involved.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Blaney know of any European member state that has transposed the directive?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Do member states define the purpose of a USO? If Ireland had not envisaged the national broadband plan, there was no policy intervention on the horizon and we had the tools provided by the EU directive, including a USO, would Ireland be able to define the USO in such a way as to provide broadband for those who did not have it, in other words, for those included in the figure of 542,000?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: It is accepted that there is market failure.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: If the policy intervention was less expansive and had not sought to cover the figure of 542,000 but only to cover 100,000, could the USO then be used to provide a service for the remainder? It seems to be somewhat arbitrary because there is no definition of a public policy intervention. The only overriding principle underpinning the USO is that the rest must be covered, however many it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Approximately 1.5 million premises in the State have high speed broadband, while 500,000 do not. Mr. Blaney seems to be suggesting the USO can only be applied to a much smaller group, but it is not defined.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: For the purposes of clarity, transposition is a matter for the Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: It is a devolved responsibility; therefore, in theory, the Government or the Department could set the scale.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Clearly.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: That provides clarity. To move on to the discussion we had with Eir, I am sure ComReg will be familiar from media reports with its comments. The delegates may also be familiar with the position taken by the former chief executive, Mr. Moat, in his communications. He indicated that the process had become overly cumbersome, complex and burdensome. Based on what Eir told us, it would...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: On whether it can be done, at the end of the day it is about cost. A state could provide everyone with high speed broadband and build a motorway to everybody's door if it so wished, but would it have the capacity or financial wherewithal to do so? That is where we are caught.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: I mean no disrespect to Mr. Godfrey, but that is as clear as mud. Is that where transposition comes in?
- EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Preventing catastrophic global temperature increases means rapid and deep decarbonisation in accordance with the objectives of the Paris Agreement. Biodiversity loss is also an existential threat, which is fundamentally linked to the climate crisis. This House has made great strides in recent months in the form of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: The written response circulated on the Minister's behalf states:The challenge during the transition out of carbon intensive sources of fuel is to continue to support those communities and jobs associated with that business and to identify and develop new opportunities for employment. What vehicle will be used to do that? I ask the Minister to establish a task force with the specific...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Communities in west Clare are shocked by the ESB's recent announcement that it will cut about 100 full-time positions at Moneypoint power station. We recognise that Moneypoint's days as a coal-burning facility are numbered. There is a date in 2025 by which coal will no longer be burned. That is in line with our climate change commitments and is widely accepted in the community. However,...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Stop.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Are we not going to do the questioning-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: I might be looking for one of those jobs.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: I will be sharing with Deputy Lahart. I thank our guests for their presentations because they are helpful. From our perspective, we fully appreciate that, if we are going to make a meaningful impact on our carbon emissions, we must deal with the heating sector and home heating in particular so what our guests have talked about is relevant. My understanding is that much of the retrofit...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Housing and Retrofitting: Discussion (10 Jul 2019)
Timmy Dooley: Are applications still being accepted?