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Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 267: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received any explanation directly or through the regulator as to the reason the provision of high speed broadband here is lagging behind most European competitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34672/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 268: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the provision of broadband facilities for 2005 is unlikely to meet the targets he set; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34673/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if any test exists to evaluate or compare the cost of telecommunication services generally here with those available in other European countries with particular reference to ensuring that customers here have access to the widest degree of up-to-date modern services in line with developments elsewhere in Europe...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 270: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the provision of postal services in the future and the retention of the maximum number of post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34675/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 311: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he proposes to issue any policy directive in regard to the future of An Post and the post offices including sub-post offices, having particular regard to his preferred options in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34960/05]

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 271: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of mobile telephone service providers; the extent to which this is likely to change in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34676/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 274: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he directly or through the regulator has examined the implications for the customer arising from recent or proposed takeovers or mergers in the telecommunications area, both landline and wireless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34680/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the areas in respect of which the greatest progress has been made in the past 12 months in the provision of high speed telecommunication services including broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34681/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the availability of high speed broadband on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34954/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which broadband delivery has been achieved to date through DSL, fibre, fixed, wireless, leased lines, cable or satellite in the past 12 months; the likely growth in the future under each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 278: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether his threat to privatise the postal services was helpful in the context of negotiations between An Post management and workforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34684/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 279: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had any discussions with postmasters or sub-postmasters with a view to enabling the development, upgrading and expansion of the services available through the post office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34685/05]

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 280: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in the course of his recent discussions or correspondence with An Post ascertained the number of post offices closed or threatened with closure in the past 12 months; if such proposals are likely to enhance the scope and scale of the postal services and thereby their viability; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 281: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the cost of access to the grid is a contributory factor in respect of energy costs, including alternative energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34688/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 282: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has had recent discussions, taken any initiatives, issued any directives or received any information from those charged with the responsibility of the provision of broadband services throughout here with a view to a dramatic acceleration in the provision of such facilities in line with his previously...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 283: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has sought or received information directly, through the regulator or from industry, regarding the urgent need for the rapid provision of broadband services here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34690/05]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 286: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has received submissions from the public or private sector with regard to the provision of telecommunications services in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/05]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 287: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with sporting organisations with a view to providing free to air coverage to the widest possible audience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34694/05]

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 288: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he has taken steps to ensure the availability of the widest possible degree of service of a sporting, business, social, cultural and educational nature to a greater audience through terrestrial television; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34695/05]

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (16 Nov 2005)

Bernard Durkan: Question 295: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has identified the optimum number and location of gas and electricity connectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34707/05]