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Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jul 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 3455. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the details of the various forms of funding made available by her Department to local authorities regarding broadband connection points and remote working hubs; and the resources for areas that do not require broadband connection points for remote working due to the levels of connectivity. [41049/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome NBI coming before us and its ongoing engagement with the committee and with some of us as individuals in our own constituencies. Obviously we had delays due to Covid. The 114,000 figure was re-baselined and we are looking at 60,000 this year. One of the requests the committee put in was that we would have a complete plan for the entirety of the seven-year programme. I believe...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In what time period would we catch up on those Covid delays?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In 2023.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: By what date does Mr. Hendrick hope to complete it, roughly speaking?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is okay. At that point NBI will be able to give detail on this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Are we still operating on the basis of the greater acceleration, which I think we are all considering at this stage to be a seven-year plan becoming a five-year plan? Is Mr. Hendrick talking about that being complete in the sense of the plan being in place by the end of this year and everything being done on a contractual footing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: All right, but within the next six to nine months NBI will basically have those two pieces of work done. I am referring to the catch-up on the Covid delays and then the acceleration whereby we are looking at seven years becoming five.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is vital that the information, as best as NBI has it, is constantly updated on the website in order that people can see how long they are going to be waiting for the roll-out of broadband. There is a requirement on Government to ensure that people are offered alternatives in the short term and that it assesses and ensures what the best is for those people because we all know the realities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Are there any asks in the context of the planning permission difficulties and so on that existed before or is NBI reasonably happy in that regard? Will more capacity be required in the future to deal with an acceleration of the broadband roll-out?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is something we need to chase up. Could we finish up by dealing with CIÉ and possibly even Transport Infrastructure Ireland, TII, and others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We might need a follow-up note if there is a requirement on us to do some chasing up on that issue, but I welcome the fact that there is a pilot in place. I assume I am out of time. Unless somebody else wants to ask a question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: -----in respect of the roll-out in County Louth, I will take this opportunity to welcome the fact that Dundalk got a mention at the beginning of the meeting.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Business of Joint Committee
Update on National Broadband Plan: National Broadband Ireland (15 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate that.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 129. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had engagements or plans to engage with organisations (details supplied) in relation to the proposals for work practice changes namely the new ways of working proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Regulations (9 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 228. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the planned changes regarding SIPO rules and regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41443/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 304. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to a review of the income housing thresholds for housing waiting lists within local authorities, specifically in terms of greater degree of disregard specifically in circumstances in which there are children with severe disabilities in the household. [41441/21]