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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Which full list is Mr. Griffin referring to?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Yes. Okay.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: What is the waiting time for those people?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: It would be between ten and 12 months for the first 7,000 and approximately 28 months for the following 9,000. Are those figures compatible with each other?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There had been issues in advance of Covid.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Can the Department predict future demand?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Has the Department given consideration to the budgetary changes, such as the expansion of the eligibility for the fuel allowance?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I saw one figure that showed that up to 80,000 people will benefit from additional fuel allowance payments, which are much needed at the moment. Why would any of those 80,000 people not apply for a scheme that allows them to have their home almost entirely insulated for free? The Department would have to expect that the decision to increase the fuel allowance will blow its figures out of...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Only if they can get the service.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I will be doing my very best to register as many people from my constituency as possible for the scheme, as I am sure others will be as well. Even if half of those 80,000 additional people make an application in January, that is an additional 40,000 people, which is four times the additional amount that happened at the previous expansion.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Not everyone owns their home and so on.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: There is the five-year rule to consider. I accept all of that. Either way, it is a significant expansion beyond the previous one.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: Has the Department made a budgetary allowance for that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I was going to turn to that. Mr. Griffin is right that the national development plan provides the funding base. We now have established the clear pipeline of the demand. The delivery bit is the bit in the middle. I have two questions around that. Does Mr. Griffin believe the SEAI has the capacity to deliver that extra demand? What is the Department doing for Irish contractors, and by...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am conscious of time. What about the capacity?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: I am not sure the Chair will give me the discretion.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 76. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to quickly expedite the large number of persons over 70 years who will be eligible for fuel allowance come January 2023 following changes in Budget 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50613/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 42. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to reform the CE and Tús schemes, in order to make them more appealing to potential candidates; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50614/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 163. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans to increase childcare places in the Dublin 9 and 11 areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50622/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (13 Oct 2022)

Paul McAuliffe: 205. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount that has been spent on the active travel investment programme to date; the amount that has been spent on construction and consultancy fees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51084/22]