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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 1316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) that applied for carer's allowance on 9 March 2018 will receive a decision on their claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36836/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: It will not get the money from the Minister, Deputy Murphy, to buy it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Is it the Taoiseach's alter ego on Twitter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is acceptable that a minimum of 159 post offices will imminently close; and the steps he will take to restore viability to the An Post network. [37875/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is well aware by now of the decision by An Post to orchestrate the closure of 159 post offices in some of the most marginal and rural parts of the country. I would appreciate it if he could set out his views as to whether this is acceptable.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The wholesale closure of post offices across the country is a fundamental attack on rural Ireland and the people who live in it. I recognise that there has been a fall-off in the usage of post offices. Some Ministers, however, are blaming communities because they do not use them. How ridiculous is that? Life has changed and some people make their transactions online. The Minister and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister has claimed no one will be forced to go. However, they will be. When a post office closes and the postmaster or postmistress receives his or her rightful payment, the people who availed of their services will be forced to travel a further distance. The Minister gave an example of a post office with only 11 social welfare customers. There are others which make 100 and 200...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan process; and the dates by which construction of the broadband network will commence and be completed. [37876/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the Minister's confirmation that he has received the bid today. Will he tell the House who the bid is from? He is aware that in recent months Eir pulled out of the process, as did the SIRO consortium made up of the ESB and Vodafone, and we were left with one bidder, Enet. I understand that, prior to the break in the process, Enet was a consortium made up of SSE, the John Laing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is telling the House that Enet is no longer the lead bidder and that the company is not part of the consortium that is bidding. It seems that the John Laing Group is no longer part of the consortium. We are aware that SSE removed itself from the consortium some time ago. While the Minister will not tell us very much, by his failure to respond to the question, he is confirming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: In light of the information the Minister is not giving us, does he have any concerns about the viability of the company in question and its ability to meet the requirements of this important contract? Some time ago, when I raised concerns in this House with the Minister about this particular bidder, he pounced on me and lectured me about the quality of the consortium. At that stage, the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish two reports that his Department has commissioned on the feasibility of undergrounding the North-South interconnector and provide compensation for owners of property near high voltage transmission lines; and the status of these plans. [37631/18]

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: It is shocking.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: That is dedication.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: My time is shared. The time slots were submitted. The Minister has taken the wrong approach to this debate from the very start. He has taken the position of An Post and based the closure of post offices around viability. We know that 159 post offices, and a far greater number, are not profitable. We accept that. People have changed the way they live their lives. Some people do their...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will get to that in a minute. Never before was there such a wholesale thing-----

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: With respect, I have tried not to be drawn by Deputy Pearse Doherty and I will take no history lesson from Sinn Féin Deputies. I will avoid the temptation to remind them how they treated postmasters and postmistresses in the past. I will pass on that but I will not take the lecture. The reality is that on many occasions when post offices closed, there was no alternative and nobody...

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The same as Deputy Fitzmaurice did when he negotiated the programme for Government and then bottled it on the last day.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: He should take responsibility.

Future of the Post Office Network: Motion (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: He bottled it.