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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]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pension (Non-Contributory) Appeals (18 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 771. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a file relating to a person (details supplied) will be forwarded from the non-contributory section of her Department in County Sligo to the appeals office; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37785/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 910. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have a consultation to be assessed for a hearing aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36630/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Law Reform Commission Reports (7 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 1028. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the cost of creating the office of the digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Law Reform Commission has been costed. [35439/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Benefit Applications (7 Sep 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 1316. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) that applied for carer's allowance on 9 March 2018 will receive a decision on their claim; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36836/18]

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

Timmy Dooley: I wish to thank Ms Justice Laffoy, the secretariat to the Citizens' Assembly and indeed the members of the assembly itself for the very important work that they have done. Ms Justice Laffoy is here to represent them today and I want to offer our thanks to them through her. As always, Ms Justice Laffoy has given a very comprehensive presentation so there is a limited number of questions...

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

Timmy Dooley: Would Ms Justice Laffoy also accept that there is an onus on all of us to demystify the language and to try to move from the academic to the practical? She rightly identified the advocacy groups and I believe that all of them are exceptionally well-meaning and have that capacity in their own way to break down the science and the academia of this topic. There is so much evolving and...

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

Timmy Dooley: I thank our guests for their thoughtful presentation. I have a number of questions. What our guests indicated that their model shows is borne out by what we see in society generally. I was taken with the point to the effect that the fluctuation in fuel prices here has been so far above the median that there is an expectation that people will just continue to do what they do and that...