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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is aware that the increases in water temperatures during the summer of 2018 had a considerable impact on fish mortality rates. Will he outline to the House any proposals he has to address this issue?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister of State has outlined the impact of climate change but the sad reality is that this is the tip of the iceberg of the horrific impacts of climate change. Since 1980 there has been a 50-fold increase in the number of places experiencing dangerous or extreme heat. The five warmest summers in Europe since 1500 have happened since 2000. We are playing Russian roulette with the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: While I accept that the development plan for 2040 contains certain targets, the difficulty is that when we start pushing something as far out as 2040 that allows people to glaze over and effectively say that is for another generation, it is for somebody else beyond this electoral cycle. The principle of carbon pricing was introduced by the then Government in 2012. Fine Gael-led Governments...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I have raised very serious concerns about the capacity of the remaining bidder to deliver. I and others have been raising them for the past year and a half and, sadly, it seems that it has only dawned on the Government in recent weeks. Perhaps the concerns are being taken more seriously following the Minister's arrival in office. I have been raising concerns since the main contractors that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 1. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Could the Minister outline to the House the status of the tendering process for the national broadband plan and when he expects a tender to be signed, construction to begin and the project to be completed?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: There is somewhat of a recurring theme to the response the Minister has issued. It is a theme that preceded his arrival into the office he now holds, an effort on the part of the Government to take credit for the work being done by the private contractors in the overall roll-out of broadband. The facts remain that the Government committed back in 2012 to roll out high-speed broadband to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (24 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 34. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of an independent waste regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/19]

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: With the permission of the House, I intend to take ten minutes and then share the rest of my time with my colleagues.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the opportunity to discuss this very important issue. Fianna Fáil will be supporting this motion. The Minister is aware that to this generation, broadband is what running water and electricity were to previous generations. It is of that magnitude and importance. The digital divide between urban and rural areas, and semi-urban and rural areas, is brought into stark focus...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: He understood what the Government wanted.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: If Deputy Pearse Doherty wants to make a start on apologies, he will be there for a long time.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy is due a bit of latitude today so.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 44. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the restoration of post-graduate grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2724/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 67. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position with regard to the remuneration of school secretaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2723/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (22 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 519. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by each local authority in 2018 on cleaning up illegally disposed waste. [2863/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 151. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) who has been waiting over two years will have a knee assessed by an orthopaedic consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2120/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicle Grants (17 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) who bought a 100% electric vehicle and applied for a grant was refused funding despite the vehicle complying with the conditions of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2068/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (17 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 265. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of houses, apartments and accommodation units owned or leased by Clare County Council as vacant social housing stock; the length of time each unit has been vacant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2060/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Is that in a no-deal scenario?