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Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated, where appropriate, by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. It continues to be a priority of the Government that there will be broadband coverage across the entire country. The Government is addressing the infrastructure deficit in the regions by building high-speed, open access, carrier...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The provision of telecommunications services including fixed line and mobile telephony are, in the first instance, a matter for the private sector. The relevant service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated, where appropriate, by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. The role of the Government is to formulate regulatory and infrastructure...

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I expressed concern for technical reasons. There was real difficulty about how to provide the last mile access and the backhaul. I always acknowledged that these were long-term investments and that the fibre on open access would be widely used and that is starting to happen. I do not want to refer to any particular commercial contract because there are a series of new customers going onto...

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We should acknowledge that it is still difficult to get the volume of business to provide access and backhaul in the smaller MANs where the population is small but I believe they are the right valuable long-term investment.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I cannot answer that question with a brief "Yes" or "No" because this is of major significance.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: If the Leas-Chean Comhairle gives us time we could have a proper debate on it.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: People underestimate the strength of our companies. I am much more confident now, despite its difficult economic situation and the challenging environment, that Eircom is a robust, sound company that will be able to make the investments.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It will be able to make the investments in the new faster broadband infrastructure that we will need.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is not a "No".

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I do not know if it is a "Yes".

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 60 and 61 together. The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act, 2007 puts in place a flexible framework for the licensing of digital terrestrial television, DTT, into the future. The Act provides for the establishment of a free to air DTT service to replace the existing analogue terrestrial services offered by RTE, TG4 and TV3. The analogue network is nearing...

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: To correct a detail, Boxer did not pull out of the contract. It did not agree a contract with the BCI or RTE on the transmission side. A contract was not ended, there was an inability to agree a contract. That is a real concern and it is a pity. Everyone would admit the timeline involved is not ideal and we did not wish for it. We sought the signature of a contract and for the services...

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: On our involvement, we took appropriate action. The lesson we have learned from the past is that Ministers do not get directly involved in contract negotiations.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: However, we were involved in pulling together every aspect where the State has a role, be it the regulation of spectrum, the development of the network or my Department's work on the set-top boxes and other infrastructure we need for digital terrestrial television. We have worked consistently on that.

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The contract negotiations were a matter for the consortium and RTE, and for the consortium and the BCI. I regret that the negotiations were not successful, that they were protracted and that they did not lead to an outcome. Since that failure became apparent, the BCI has been determined to proceed to a successful outcome. It has set tight deadlines to see whether other consortia are...

Telecommunications Services. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have a map of the digital spillover, but I am told there will be a certain amount. As I said in my first answer, the key development is that we have built the network that will cover that section of the country. Subject to contract negotiations and agreement, it should be possible for us to get services up and running quickly so that the channels are available to people. They will...

Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of ESB customer supply electricity tariffs and BGE gas tariffs is the statutory responsibility of the Commission for Energy Regulation under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and the Gas (Interim) Regulation Act 2002. The CER does not apply tariff regulation to large users of electricity or gas. There is enough competition at the upper end of the markets to allow customers...

Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I utterly refute the nonsense the Deputy is peddling, that those of us on this side of the House want higher energy prices. That is ridiculous. It has no foundation in fact. It is pure political spin. Everything we are doing is to achieve sound energy policy, to bring prices down and to help Irish industry.

Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I want that just as much as Deputy Coveney.

Energy Prices. (12 May 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Excuse me. That is ridiculous.