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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: When the national broadband mapping project and its details were announced in April 2014 the EU state aids guidelines were not mentioned. When will we get clearance from the EU? There is a huge problem with broadband. Every day people contact me about it. Some providers have been contacted continuously since mid-July about broadband, Eircom and others and complaints made to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Is it nearly time that the Government considered a public service obligation for broadband, similar to that for voice telephony which the Minister mentioned, such that broadband must be delivered to every community? The time is coming for serious action on this. I raised this as a Topical Issue matter some weeks ago in respect of Banteer. I am inundated with queries from communities,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Schools.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: Primary schools.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: That would be great.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 4. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to secure the future of the post office network here; the impact that the Government's e-payment plan will have on post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40485/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: My question concerns all issues relating to the post office network, which is at a crossroads according to the information I have received from postmasters and postmistresses around the country. Will the Minister outline his plans to secure the network's future?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: The current position in respect of the post office network is that information is emerging that An Post intends to cut the remuneration packages for postmasters. Moreover, An Post appears to be playing a game in communities throughout the country. While I do not know what game it is playing, in the case of postmasters and postmistresses who are considering their future but who wish to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: At the outset, the reason I used the phrase "public service obligation" is because I feel so strongly that both broadband and An Post's services should be available to every community and citizen in the State. I believe the State has an obligation to make sure these services are available, whether one lives a mile from O'Connell Street or in a remote rural area. The Minister has met...

Other Questions: Broadband Service Provision (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: The frustration evident in Deputy Stanton's question brings me back to the points I made earlier. It is time we had a full debate in Dáil Éireann on the broadband strategy and how we go forward. All we have are targets, initiatives and plans, but there is no real impetus down to the schools and communities in rural areas. I call for an urgent debate here with all Members of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Production (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 12. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the average cost of energy production per megawatt hour of each source of energy used here; the current supports given to wind energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40193/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the review of Grid25; the amount that has been spent on the Grid25 project since its inception to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40197/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a time frame for the roll-out of broadband to all homes here; if he will provide an update on the Government’s plan to spend €500 million to build a fibre powered infrastructure here; if this plan has received State aid approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40195/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (23 Oct 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider amending the legislation concerning the energy regulator in order to ensure that part of his remit is the reduction of energy prices here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40194/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Repayments (4 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 277. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the charge on a property when the full moneys owed on the mortgage account have been paid to the mortgage provider but the deeds to the property have not yet been released and have now been transferred to another entity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41203/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (4 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 298. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the capital gains tax relief measures announced in the budget to encourage farm consolidation, if he will facilitate the many farmers who are currently bound by the previous six year rule regarding consolidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41405/14]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Protection (4 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 564. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will clarify for the purposes of developing child safeguarding policies his Department's exact definition of a child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41492/14]

Topical Issue Debate: EU Directives (6 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to raise the designation of lands under the birds and various other EU directives and the consternation it is causing in the communities I represent. There is a major issue with the designation of lands in western Duhallow, in particular, and in other counties such as Kerry, Limerick and those along the western seaboard. It has now...

Topical Issue Debate: EU Directives (6 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: I seek clarity on a number of issues. How many times has the interdepartmental group, comprised of representatives of the Departments of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Agriculture, Food and the Marine, the Environment, Community and Local Government and Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, met since July? A new organisation has been established by farmers who have been directly...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Consultancy Contracts Data (6 Nov 2014)

Michael Moynihan: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of reports from external consultants commissioned by his Department in the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; the costs incurred by his Department to commission these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42590/14]