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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 44. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan process; and the dates by which construction of the broadband network will commence and be completed. [37876/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the Minister's confirmation that he has received the bid today. Will he tell the House who the bid is from? He is aware that in recent months Eir pulled out of the process, as did the SIRO consortium made up of the ESB and Vodafone, and we were left with one bidder, Enet. I understand that, prior to the break in the process, Enet was a consortium made up of SSE, the John Laing...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is telling the House that Enet is no longer the lead bidder and that the company is not part of the consortium that is bidding. It seems that the John Laing Group is no longer part of the consortium. We are aware that SSE removed itself from the consortium some time ago. While the Minister will not tell us very much, by his failure to respond to the question, he is confirming...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: In light of the information the Minister is not giving us, does he have any concerns about the viability of the company in question and its ability to meet the requirements of this important contract? Some time ago, when I raised concerns in this House with the Minister about this particular bidder, he pounced on me and lectured me about the quality of the consortium. At that stage, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Ms Lennon for the presentation. We appreciate her being here. Ms Lennon is principally here to give Eir's side of the story. As she will be aware, some of her customers, those who use Eir's wholesale services, were previously before the committee and they outlined for us their, as it were, gripes. Our role, as I see it anyway, is not to get involved in that level of detail -...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: What is Eir's amortization period for connection costs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Over 20 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The question is whether Eir would be doing the 300,000 if there was no national broadband plan.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 42. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is acceptable that a minimum of 159 post offices will imminently close; and the steps he will take to restore viability to the An Post network. [37875/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is well aware by now of the decision by An Post to orchestrate the closure of 159 post offices in some of the most marginal and rural parts of the country. I would appreciate it if he could set out his views as to whether this is acceptable.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The wholesale closure of post offices across the country is a fundamental attack on rural Ireland and the people who live in it. I recognise that there has been a fall-off in the usage of post offices. Some Ministers, however, are blaming communities because they do not use them. How ridiculous is that? Life has changed and some people make their transactions online. The Minister and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister has claimed no one will be forced to go. However, they will be. When a post office closes and the postmaster or postmistress receives his or her rightful payment, the people who availed of their services will be forced to travel a further distance. The Minister gave an example of a post office with only 11 social welfare customers. There are others which make 100 and 200...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Is it the Taoiseach's alter ego on Twitter?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: It will not get the money from the Minister, Deputy Murphy, to buy it.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 88. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the fact that Ireland is now one of Europe's worst climate laggards and that emissions are rising; and the steps he will be taking in the short and medium term to reduce Ireland's climate emissions. [37630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of reforming television licence fee collection, tackling licence fee evasion and creating a more sustainable funding model for public sector broadcasting. [37629/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Social Media Regulation (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 72. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the establishment of a digital safety commissioner to ensure fair and responsible practice in the online and social media sphere; the steps he is taking to advance this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37633/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a child (details supplied) who has provided documentary evidence that there is no place for the child at the nearest school will not be provided transport to the closest school which can accommodate the child; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37065/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Payments (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 713. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) who was eligible for illness benefit on the basis of documentation submitted was not granted the payment but was subsequently means tested for supplementary welfare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37040/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Eligibility (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 715. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for not providing illness benefit to eligible applicants and means testing claimants under the supplementary welfare guidelines despite illness benefit not being a means tested payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37042/18]