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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: We will move on from that event to the dinner in New York on 17 July. We now know that a discussion took place there without the national broadband plan team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Smyth consider that to be a breach of the guidelines and rules for communication between the parties concerned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Very well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: How does Mr. Smyth define what constitutes canvassing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will put this to Mr. Smyth. There were three bidders in a race. Two were very well known and one was less well known. One faced certain questions regarding capacity, experience and so on. Suppose that one of the bidders then decided, in an effort to address that apparent imbalance, to begin a process of dialogue, engagement or advertising. Suppose that bidder promoted itself as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I suppose what I am asking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Would Mr. Smyth say that the actions of the two parties concerned, by leaving themselves in a position where there are no minutes and they were the only two who participated in certain meetings and phone calls, have left the situation open to the view that there was potential for canvassing to take place which, of itself, would be a serious finding that would be damaging to the overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will leave it at that for the time being.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: That is the problem.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Their reports are not much better.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: We are unlikely to get them tomorrow either.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I was hoping in the spirit of Christmas that the Taoiseach might.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The cut-and-paste department can have a break.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: This has been going on for years.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Commission (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if all honours mathematics leaving certificate examination correctors for the leaving certificate in 2018 were qualified honours mathematics teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51567/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to ensure that the case of a person (details supplied) is resolved in a similar manner in order to ensure fairness and equity in the third level education sector in view of a recent case at another college; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51572/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Codes (11 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 421. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to delays in the provision of Eircodes to new or existing addresses; if this is preventing the roll out of FTTH or FTTC connections; the length of the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/18]

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

Timmy Dooley: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan. [53418/18]

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

Timmy Dooley: While it is the Minister’s first opportunity to answer parliamentary questions in his new role, we have had plenty of engagement on this matter in other fora and in the House since his appointment. As he well knows, the national broadband plan has been talked about and promised since 2012. Previous Ministers have failed to give a strict timeline for it reaching certain milestones....

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

Timmy Dooley: Is it still the Minister's intention to reach a point where the remaining bidder would at some point be made the preferred bidder, and from there we could proceed towards the signing of a contract between the State and that bidder? Before we even get to the starting point, does the Minister have some indicative timeline? Could we assume that within January a preferred bidder will be...