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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a number of pilot programmes in several EU countries that replaced standard streetlights with ones that included an electric vehicle charging point; and if a similar pilot programme could be considered here. [38961/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Counselling Services (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 162. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any recent assessment has been carried out by his Department to examine the capacity of counselling services offered by third level institutions in view of ongoing remote learning. [38962/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 247. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide a report regarding meetings he or his officials have held with the board or management of a facility (details supplied) to seek to alleviate concerns for a vital community service; and his views on the ongoing funding concerns. [39097/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Lennon and Mr. Storey for being here. I also have a litany of issues and faults across County Wicklow from Blessington to Arklow to Wicklow town. There is a sense of frustration, anger, and isolation in many cases. Other members have referred to it. We are not going to fix all those issues today but in dealing with other utility companies, they often have a public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is perfect. There are 1 million customers on the network at the moment. It is a legacy network. Where are the weak points on the network that Ms Lennon would say need investment? Is it the final 100 m to the home? Is it the hubs? Where is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: It is the final bit of the link, that old copper legacy, where there is an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: And Eir is working to address that and rolling out fibre.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Ms Lennon says Eir has 1,000 field engineers who have dealt with 200,000 repairs. How many of them are directly employed in front-line faulting to the house?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: It is a combination of directly faulting, new works, insulations, and testing and 1,000 field engineers are across that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Does Ms Lennon think that is enough to deal with the network and the necessary upgrades?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Are most of them contract staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is very helpful when the company has field engineers that they know the legacy issues.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: That is really important. As for fault reporting, from the fault report to the repair report going back in, a number of steps have to be taken. Is Eir experiencing any difficulty when a fault is notified to the service centre or call centre, with the diagnosis of that fault or with how it is recorded and then sent communicated to those in the field? Is Eir having any difficulty between the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Another query has come to me. Is there any difficulty in assigning Eircode postcodes to addresses? Is an Eircode postcode needed for a connection?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Is there any difficulty in the assigning of Eircode postcodes and the rate at which they are assigned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: We all experience that in canvassing rural areas, I think. If the Eircode postcodes were to be assigned monthly, does Ms Lennon think that would assist?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Lennon for answering those questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Irish Water has a dedicated phone line as well. If Eir could supplement the email address with a phone line, I think we would all-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: Yes, it would be very helpful.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (26 Nov 2020)

Steven Matthews: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a new ASD unit in a school (details supplied) is on track to open for September 2021; and if so, if the new unit will operate at full capacity in its first year. [39372/20]