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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: Yes, absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: Perhaps in the next session we will rotate the speakers. We started with Deputy Dooley today. We might rotate in the other direction on the next occasion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: We might consider a different format. I welcome the officials from the Department. It is great to have everyone here. We are debating a very important issue. Could our guests provide clarification on the cost–benefit ratio and how it operates? In the presentation, a ratio of 1.15:1 was referenced as the most conservative estimate. The higher estimate is 2.14:1. These are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: The Chairman and other members of this committee spent six or eight months going through a very elaborate process of putting together a report on how we could move our nation forward in the context of climate change. Is it true that, in the cost-benefit analysis process, climate change is not considered as a priority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: So it is not considered in the process at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: Other members and I sat around for months going through this scenario. It is bizarre at the very least that, in the current circumstances, the Department did not consider climate change in the cost–benefit analysis. Is that a fault?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (22 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: Regarding the maintenance of the network for the next 25 years, what contingency plans or maintenance arrangements, including crews, will be in place if there is a storm of the kind we had over the past 18 months? The ESB can call on personnel from Northern Ireland, as occurred after the last storm. What is the built-in formula for considering those kinds of issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Future of the Beef Sector in the Context of Food Wise 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (28 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: I apologise for missing some of the presentation. I acknowledge Teagasc's great role in trying to ensure there is profitability in beef farming. I have questions on two issues. The industry has seen major movements regarding suckler cows and trends of moving away from suckler cows. In my part of the country, as has been mentioned by other members, the phenomenon of contract rearing of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: There is a recount of 750,000 ballot papers in Cork this morning.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: It is almost a week since people cast their ballots but it will probably be the weekend before we get a result.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: Do we need to look at this? We have talked about an electoral commission to look at this. There are 750,000 ballot papers and each is over 2 ft. long. There are approximately 40,000 spoiled ballot papers. There has to be a better system.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: There is a significant issue with how this process works. There are 240 staff who will be there for seven days counting votes.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: We need to set up an electoral commission and to examine the issue. It has been 20 years since we spoke about e-voting. We should have a debate about the system.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: There were also plebiscites in three cities, two of which failed. The scenario in Cork was unusual. We asked for a plebiscite of the people of Cork on the question of a lord mayor but when we extended the boundary we never asked the people in a plebiscite - we just did it. There is a contradiction in this. There is a view that the executive could extend the boundary by law but that it...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 May 2019)

Tim Lombard: -----and fewer councillors. There would be less expense on account of everyone working together. We did not ask the people on the big decision to extend the boundary, which we did in this House, but they should have been asked. The plebiscite should not have been about the mayoralty but about having one local authority. Because we asked the wrong question, we got the wrong decision.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: I will be brief as the delegates have been answering questions for nearly an hour and a half. Will they elaborate on the €3 billion, providing a breakdown on the initial funding, the VAT and the fund that will be in place if there is an issue regarding overspending?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: When is the money paid down for the delivery of the contract? Can Ms Connolly give a breakdown of the €2.1 billion we are paying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: Are all the payments in line with public spending codes and with what the Department may be looking for?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: What will the finished product be in terms of infrastructure after 25 years? Can Ms Connolly provide clarity regarding the value and the ownership of the asset after 25 years? Will there be a rebate to the State after 25 years? Who will own the asset at that point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (5 Jun 2019)

Tim Lombard: It will be 35 years, realistically.