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

Eamon Ryan: The Government needs to act first.

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

Eamon Ryan: It was announced yesterday that, as part of the budget process, that the Government has committed an additional €9 million to RTÉ. That money largely comes funding restored to the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. That is it, however. We are in a situation where the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, has said that it would be in real trouble if it did...

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier today we expressed no confidence in the Minister but it was primarily on the matter of climate change and we did not expect him to resign today only an hour later. I am sorry I was late in coming into the Chamber because I was attending a committee meeting and asking questions about broadband of our regulator. I was looking forward to asking questions about what we are going to do...

Resignation of Minister: Statements (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: We all have personal sympathy for the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, but there was an immediate and collective realisation in this Chamber, when the Taoiseach detailed in two or three sentences four previous dinners, that this was not optics and the Minister had to resign. That is regrettable for him and his family but there was no doubt or question about that when we heard that. I do...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the witnesses for an interesting and useful presentation. The presentation showed the retail market becoming more competitive with a reasonable split across the five operators. As Mr. Godfrey said, Vodafone and Sky use Eir on the last mile. Do they use Eir for the backhaul as well? Are they using the entire Eir network in terms of getting that service or do they tend to separate...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I was surprised at that. From casual conversations with different operators, it does not seem there has been a huge development of backhaul alternatives, certainly using State infrastructure. What ducting is used on roads? I understand the rail network is still with BT. ESB has a figure-of-eight backhaul network. Could Mr. Godfrey outline why the backhaul was deregulated? What are the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: What is AirSpeed using and how do demands connect in on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Is it mainly BT or Eir?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On what is it running its backhaul? What is Virgin physically using? Is it fixed wireless?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Fibre in terms of shipping it around the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: On what network and on what ducts and with what infrastructure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: If Virgin or Sky run something from Cork to Dublin or from Sligo to Galway, what infrastructure is being used?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Fibre to the home is still very small. Does Mr. Leavy see cable to the home as being equivalent? Have there been difficulties with contention or other characteristics of that cable, or would Mr. Leavy see it as technologically compatible with fibre to the home? Is the small red sliver on the visual mainly part of Eir's access to the 300,000 rural broadband users who are not in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: I forgot about SIRO. Lastly, while ComReg welcomes the increase in investment in fixed broadband in recent years, it is quite noticeable that the level of investment in mobile broadband has almost halved. I do not know whether the delegates have an indicative figure for what the spend on mobile broadband will be in 2018. While one can understand, as Mr. Godfrey says, fixed broadband...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: The fall in the level of investment in mobile broadband when service I receive is not improving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Does Mr. Godfrey have any indication of what the figure will be for 2018 for the level of capital investment spend in mobile broadband, given that it has dropped in the past four years?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Under new European regulations we have to have a new national energy and climate action plan by the end of the year. I am that afraid the new Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, will not have time to put his feet under the table because we were promised a public consultation process on the plan which surely will have to be launched in the coming days. It will lead to the entire national...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: That is completely different.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Electoral Reform (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Yesterday, Facebook announced that it is changing its rules so that by the time of the next local elections in the UK all political advertisers will have to be registered and all their advertisements will have to be made public on a register to be held for seven years. Furthermore, the number of people targeted, the amount of money spent and the age, gender and location of those people will...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Electoral Reform (16 Oct 2018)

Eamon Ryan: Fine Gael has actually refused to do it.