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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Smyth's report goes on to state that he has accepted the word of those concerned. He has done so in the absence of sworn statements. I am surprised by that. Regardless of his process or its validity, Mr. Smyth has tried to get at the truth but has accepted evidence in absolute good faith without people making statements under oath.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Smyth is a process auditor so he has obviously done a lot of this work before.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Has he ever had a finding that went against the process?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Let us return to the meetings. The meeting in Clare that happened on 16 or 17 September 2017 took place when there were two other bidders in the race. It took place in the context of SIRO making it clear that it would possibly not remain in the race. Let us return to what Deputy Smith said earlier. The average punter thinks Mr. Smyth and everybody else involved believes in fairy tales if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: That would be a very serious situation, which would most likely be litigated by one or other of the parties.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Mr. Smyth cannot comment on what they might do. However, if the response from one of the participants said that the national broadband plan had been discussed at that event in Clare, the findings of his report would be very different.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: We will move on from that event to the dinner in New York on 17 July. We now know that a discussion took place there without the national broadband plan team.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Smyth consider that to be a breach of the guidelines and rules for communication between the parties concerned?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Very well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: How does Mr. Smyth define what constitutes canvassing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will put this to Mr. Smyth. There were three bidders in a race. Two were very well known and one was less well known. One faced certain questions regarding capacity, experience and so on. Suppose that one of the bidders then decided, in an effort to address that apparent imbalance, to begin a process of dialogue, engagement or advertising. Suppose that bidder promoted itself as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I suppose what I am asking-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Would Mr. Smyth say that the actions of the two parties concerned, by leaving themselves in a position where there are no minutes and they were the only two who participated in certain meetings and phone calls, have left the situation open to the view that there was potential for canvassing to take place which, of itself, would be a serious finding that would be damaging to the overall...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Review of Procurement Process for National Broadband Plan: Discussion (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will leave it at that for the time being.

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister and his comments and the extent to which he has been dealing with this issue since his recent appointment. At the outset, I want to put on the record my genuine disappointment at the lack of other ministerial representation here. It is not a comment on the quality or abilities of the junior Ministers. It says a lot about what other Ministers see as their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I welcome the Minister and thank him for his honest appraisal of the current position of the Government and the Department. This committee has been trying to move matters forward in as non-adversarial and non-partisan a manner as possible. The Minister's frank analysis is helpful is assisting us in trying to do that. The Chairman asked the Minister about targets. I published a Bill that...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy has a brass neck.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (5 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 269. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the opening of RESS-1 and RESS-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51097/18]

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: My understanding is that each side will have six minutes as part of a dialogue with the Minister. I thank the Minister for outlining the importance of the national broadband plan. We have been hearing about it since 2012 and we know how important it is. The people who do not have broadband certainly know how important it is. My motivation throughout this entire debacle has been to try to...

Report on Procurement Process Audit of National Broadband Plan: Statements (4 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I have posed a few questions already and the Minister will respond. We know, based on the minutes of the meeting in New York, that this happened. That put the person concerned in a very invidious position, because that person was expected to take minutes on discussions outside of the process. It has been reported that the programme director for the NBP tweeted this weekend, in response to...