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Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 7. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the criteria he will prioritise in seeking tenders to implement the national broadband plan in respect of those areas which have had little or no broadband service to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/15]

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: I very much welcome the provisions under the national broadband plan. A previous Administration introduced a national broadband scheme. It did not have the same level of funding and it had flaws. It would be a mistake not to recognise it did not deliver what was envisaged, although it delivered a good 3G network. The national broadband plan is better funded and I predict it will have a...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the Minister of State for his response. My question is on those locations the market will never enter without State subvention. The State should intervene in these peripheral areas first. In a reply to an earlier question, the Minister of State mentioned the islands and other areas where there is no hope the market will intervene, and these should be the first priority. As...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: The islands are a good illustration, but there are areas on the mainland which are equally isolated. If we are going to intervene where the market will not, I suggest we do so where the market will never be in a position to provide broadband. If we are going to do so, we may as well do it sooner rather than later. With improving technology and better systems, the market will approach more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 14. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to provide priority to those areas which have had little or no broadband service to date in seeking tenders to implement the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10232/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishery Harbour Centres (24 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 365. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the swing mooring rates at each of the fishery harbour centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11673/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Rural Environment Protection Scheme Payments (24 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 376. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department will issue all outstanding payments in respect of a person (details supplied); the reasons for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11808/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (24 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 669. To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding community rating for health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11772/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (24 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 903. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the 2010 regulations issued by his Department on the protection of groundwater sources have been implemented on Cape Clear Island, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11822/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Quality (24 Mar 2015)

Noel Harrington: 904. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government regarding the 2010 regulations issued by his Department on the protection of groundwaters, if the entire island of Cape Clear, County Cork, is being treated by Cork County Council as if it were a groundwater protection area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Availability (2 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 76. To ask the Minister for Finance if a person will be entitled to tax relief on medicinal costs incurred for necessary dental repair work, following the side-effects of a prescribed drug; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13667/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Administration (2 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 99. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will amend his Department's lists of nesting and feeding locations for the bird species Chough, Pyrrhocarax and Cág Cosdearg, to include Cape Clear Island, regarding the green low-carbon agri-environmental scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (2 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 100. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 119 of 12 February 2015, the statutory instrument that forms the scheme's terms and conditions, referred to in the reply (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13675/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations Amendments (2 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce amendments to the building regulations regarding building your own home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Not being a member of the committee, I welcome the opportunity to contribute. I welcome those who have made presentations to the committee today. I come from west Cork which is one of the hardest hit areas under the LPIS and land eligibility debacle. It first came to my attention 14 or 15 months ago that this would be an issue, particularly in the western part of County Cork where there is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme and GLAS: Discussion (14 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Various issues arise from these presentations and previous ones, including the subjective nature of land eligibility, the criteria to be applied and how they should be assessed, consistency in dealing with them, and a lack of clarity, particularly from the point of view of a farmer who is a sole operator looking to fill out his basic payment and...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (15 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: 234. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to set out the position regarding a single farm payment for 2014 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13878/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I thank the officials for their presentation. As Deputy McConalogue said, there is an element of changing the goalposts for both alleged abusers and, in particular, survivors who would have entered into a process in good faith and, with a certain knowledge of the legislation, been assured that their identities would be preserved. Any legislation which attempts to balance rights is difficult...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: General Scheme of Retention of Records Bill 2015: Discussion (15 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: Arising from the discussion, I believe there is huge merit in the retention of the information. If the choice was that the records were to be destroyed or not, I do not think they should be destroyed. The difficulty is the potential for the release of the information. The reality is that access to information in Ireland has been revolutionised in the past 30 years and has changed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Road Traffic Bill 2015: Discussion (16 Apr 2015)

Noel Harrington: I welcome the officials from the Department and the Medical Bureau of Road Safety and thank them for their presentations. Regarding the distracted driving section in the Bill, the Garda has stated that it is difficult to bring a prosecution for texting, for example. Under this legislation, however, even texting on a device in a handheld cradle will be covered. Increasingly, mobile...