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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 157. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and dates of oral Ministerial briefings provided by his officials on the roll out of National Broadband Plan in 2020 and 2021; the Ministers present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51755/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 266. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when the sex offenders (amendment) Bill will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42548/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (21 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 299. To ask the Minister for Health when he will commence the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51765/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects approved under the winter planning within the Covid-19 pandemic October 2020–April 2021 plan; the projected number of additional beds to be provided; the number of projects completed to date; the additional beds provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the serious delays caused by the waiting lists within the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of additional beds to be provided under the winter planning within the Covid-19 pandemic October 2020–April 2021 plan; the additional beds provided to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 207. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to introduce a no-fault vaccination compensation scheme for severe adverse reactions to State-promoted vaccination programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49954/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 440. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 22 June 2021 and the subsequent publication of the Housing for All strategy, his plans to include income from the rural social scheme when assessing the means threshold for purchasing a rural local authority house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50454/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 610. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of medical assessors employed by her Department; if they are assigned to individual payment sections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 749. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which those who are housebound and over the age of 80 years or housebound and under the age of 80 years but who are immunocompromised, will be administered the Covid-19 booster vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50514/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Apologies have been received from Senators Gavan and Garvey. Before we commence, I remind members participating remotely that they must do so from within the precincts of Leinster House. We are convened to discuss the issue of the roll-out of the national broadband plan, NBP, with particular focus on rural Ireland. The pandemic and the move to remote working and education has only...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank Mr. Mulligan. I will ask a question before Deputy Kerrane comes in and Mr. Ó hÓbáin might come back when he has responded to the Deputy. He said the Department was currently looking at re-baselining the 2022 figures. He might explain how in the Government Estimate that was published last week, the target was set out for 130,000 homes to be passed by the end of next...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: This is related to Deputy Kerrane's question. In his opening statement, Mr. Ó hÓbáin said 113,000 premises are under construction in the deployment areas and that 27,000 premises can either order or preorder. In total, how many are under construction? The figure of 27,000 is not on top of the 113,000 premises. The figure of 113,000 includes some of those 27,000 premises....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Do Mr. Ó hÓbáin or Mr. Neary want to answer regarding the total figures? The build is active on 113,000 premises at the moment. In total, 27,000 premises can avail of pre-ordering or can be connected. What is the total number at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: The figure Mr. Ó hÓbáin gave a few minutes ago was 113,000 so we are 2,000 short already. How many have been actually built or passed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Before the witnesses come in, I will ask for clarification on two of the questions that have been asked. One of these was asked by Senator Murphy and another by both Senator Murphy and Deputy Kerrane. On Senator Murphy's own personal situation, he is caught in the Eir rural viable deployment area. There is fibre broadband on either side of him but he is caught in no man's land in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: The difficulty with that, Mr. Ó hÓbáin, and I flagged this last December, is that the Department is waiting for people to go cap in hand and say this is happening. What the broadband officers have said to both Departments and to me, and what I said to the Department's officials last December, is that there must be a proactive strategy to say to those communities, "This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Thank you. I call Senator Róisín Garvey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Dr. O'Connor wants to answer the Senator's question.