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- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: I welcome the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan. It is lovely to see a young member of his family here today. I welcome the young man who has joined us in the room. I also welcome his officials. No. 1 is consideration of 2023 Supplementary Estimates. The purpose of our meeting is to consider the Supplementary Estimate for public services, Vote...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: I thank the Minister. I remind everyone that subhead D relates to the communications brief of our committee. Sometimes at these committee meetings, members go a bit broader with questions. I will leave it up to the Minister as to whether he wishes to pursue them. If we are going to go broad with questions, though, I ask that we not go too broad. We have several members here in the...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: The Deputy should keep within the-----
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: I see Deputy O'Rourke is online. Does he wish to contribute? While we are waiting for him, I might come in with a few questions. I thank the Minister for being here at our select committee meeting. I also thank him for his opening statement. I have a few small questions. It is great to hear that progress is being made on rural broadband. I am seeing that progress in my own locality....
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: As broadband is rolled out they generally take the path of least resistance. They are certainly still cabling over ground a lot in rural areas, which makes sense as it is quick. I can think of some instances down home where they will go the easy route to get connected quickly. However, in urban areas I think it is a standard from the Minister's Department that they will try to duct and...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: Yes.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: I turn to the realm of cybersecurity. It is good that progress is being made on the National Cyber Security Centre with an operational window for full opening of spring 2024. The last time this came up before the committee, we spoke about a certain amount of cybercrime is domestic in origin. There was the infamous attack on the HSE systems, which came from overseas. How much collaboration...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: Communications are colocated on high infrastructure. I refer specifically to mobile phone and signal antennae colocated on wind turbines. I do not know if the Minister is willing to answer this, as I am broadening the debate out a little. The new guidelines for wind energy are relevant to colocated infrastructure. This goes back well before the Minister's Department. I think it was at...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: That document was in its final state for ratification by the Dáil in December 2019. We are now almost four years on from that.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: Does Deputy Kenny want to come in again?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: I think we are going into another committee’s work here.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Service 2023
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (15 Nov 2023) Cathal Crowe: That is a point well made. These Estimates come before the environment committee tomorrow on headings A, B and C. The Deputy has made the point well. As no other members are online, we are done with this. The Minister will be before the committee again on 28 November to deal with the transport aspects of the Estimates. I thank the Minister and his officials for attending today and...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Message to the Dáil (15 Nov 2023)
Cathal Crowe: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Transport and Communications has completed its consideration of the following Supplementary Estimate for public services for the year ending 31 December 2023: Vote 29 — Environment, Climate and Communications.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Cathal Crowe: Yes, I am using six minutes of this time slot. I believe Deputy Seán Haughey is-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Cathal Crowe: I will not need the full 11. At the outset-----
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Cathal Crowe: If Deputy Howlin wants to join us, he could have ten of the minutes.
- Consultative Forum on International Security Policy Report: Statements (22 Nov 2023)
Cathal Crowe: At the outset, I ask the Tánaiste and the Cathaoirleach Gníomhach to greet Danny, an 11-year-old boy from Liscannor, County Clare, who is stone mad about politics. He has come up to the Dáil today to get a flavour of what life is like here. He has just seen a good ding-dong debate so he has seen a bit of action anyway.