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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: It is clusters of houses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: My point was that the 300,000 homes, in particular in my area, were made up of settlements and large tracts of one-off housing which, meaning no offence, came about due to bad planning in the 1970s and 1980s. If we are honest about the issue, that is mainly what was connected. For example, the constituency I would service is 130 or 140 miles long. It extends to Castletownbere and beyond it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Quite rural.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Exactly. However, I refer to places, such as Mizen Head, which are very remote. To give Ms Lennon an idea of what we are dealing with geographically, it takes me three hours to drive the constituency. There is a slight difference here. Are we on target for the 350,000-plus houses to be delivered?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: What would happen if we were to retender the entire process? KPMG came before the committee three weeks ago. If I am wrong about that the Chair can correct me. I am open to clarification, but the spokesperson informed us that in her opinion, if we were to start the retendering process and to go through the entire process it would take five years from start to finish. Based on the timeline...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I appreciate that time is running out and that we are aiming to finish at 7.30 p.m. Reference was made to an interesting proposal for a universal service obligation. How does Eir think it would work in the case of broadband?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: What would be the minimum speeds? Would they be comparable?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: There is a USO in place to provide voice services. A broadband provider might follow the same template.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Is Ms Lennon happy with the original voice services proposal or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Eir is challenging the regulator.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Will Ms Lennon, please, explain the reasons again? I am sorry if I was not present for that part of her presentation.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: If Eir had a USO to provide broadband, would it be looking at the same anomaly? Would it only pay its share of the bill for its customers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I ask Ms Lennon not to take me up wrong - I missed some of her presentation - but I heard that she was in favour of the USO. Now she is challenging it when it comes to voice services.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Perhaps they are. I apologise-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I welcome this afternoon's presentation on where we are going with our cycling strategy. I will not be negative. We need to be proactive and have a debate regarding cyclists and how to promote cycling but, because of our dispersed population, Ireland is different from areas such as London and Manchester. Populations densities are very low in my part of the world, which is very rural and in...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: What about urban design?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: My point was not to be negative about the cycling industry, but there is a lack of urban design to accommodate people who cycle to work. That is true even at local authority level. For example, Cork County Council local authority has 900 people working in one building, and if they cycle to work in the morning they cannot have a shower, even though it is a new building, built in 2006. In...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: I thank Mr. O'Leary for his presentation, which has been informative. I was struck by the fact the fact that 76,000 km of fibre will be required. It is an amazing figure. If the ESB were to be involved and put that volume of cable in place, how much disruption would there be for its customers?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)
Tim Lombard: Regarding engagement with Eir and the doughnut issue discussed, how many engagements had ESB with Eir regarding the issue?