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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: I have two related questions. Eir was sold for a significant sum, and the figure was €4 billion was mentioned at one stage. Perhaps the witnesses will be able clarify that. The Eir network had very little investment in it over the 20 year period, or in the nearly two decades since privatisation. Very little cable was replaced. The cable has been exposed to the severe weather in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: Yes. It was a very valuable asset but some cables were 30 years old.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: At a cost of €1 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: The reason I raised the point is that if the ESB network, a parallel network, was used, and which already carries fibre in some areas, the taxpayer would not be paying rent of €20 per pole on which to hang cables.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: What if the ESB or a model attached to the ESB did that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: It would be easier to deal with than a French investor.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: First, I want to acknowledge that there is a recognition by Government that we have of a climate emergency. We have a huge challenge, however, and it is unfortunate that this State is only getting to grips with its responsibilities from a position of being a laggard compared to our European partners. I welcome the move to put in sectoral targets, which Sinn Féin has long sought, but we...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (25 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 389. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have speech and language services restored and be assessed for a communications device; and the reason they were removed from the waiting list for these services. [26321/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (26 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 174. To ask the Minister for Health the progress made regarding the competitive dialogue and establishment of a framework agreement for the provision of private services for the HSE. [27035/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (26 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 206. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the stock of renewable energy infrastructure owned by the State or semi-State organisations by category (details supplied); the value of the stock in each category; and the energy produced by the stock in each category. [27052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (26 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 207. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the research his Department has carried on the health implications on the roll-out of 5G technology; the body that carried out the research; the findings of the research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27053/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electromagnetic Fields Studies (26 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the research that has been carried out by his Department on the environmental impact of 5G technology; the body that carried out the research; the findings of the research; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27054/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: 381. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for hip surgery in University Hospital Waterford. [27543/19]

Cork Mail Centre: Motion [Private Members] (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: I am sharing time with Deputies Ó Laoghaire, Buckley and Jonathan O'Brien. I welcome the motion from Solidarity-PBP in respect of the mail centre. I also welcome the fact that the Deputies proposing it will accept Sinn Féin's amendment. Here we are again discussing the closure of another piece of a vital network in terms of the postal services. A number of times, we have heard...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: I ask that I receive just one or two answers to my questions. Some of the questions so far have taken over half an hour to address.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: I appreciate also that there are two other members waiting to come in and that the witnesses have been here for two and a half hours. There have been revelations on the broadband plan in the last number of weeks and some of the information that has come out has included stuff we suspected and raised with Ministers previously. Another revelation today was that Eir had held up the project for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: The delegates said a year and a half was used up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: It will show up in the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Jul 2019)

Brian Stanley: Mr. Mulligan referred to difficulties in negotiating the price of €20 per pole.