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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Where did this clarity come from?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I want my questions to be answered in public session and I am not prepared to go into private session. I do not care what kind of musical chairs the Minister and his team have to play to get the answers for me. If the music has to stop, the lights have to go off and somebody has to leave, let us do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister can determine whether he stays in the room.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Can I get clarity from the Chair? If we remain in public session while the Minister excuses himself from the committee, can we get answers from officials today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I ask that the secretariat provide the legal advice behind this to the various spokespersons on the committee. It seems absolutely bizarre that the Minister and his officials can go to a hotel room close to here and hold a public press conference to share information with the national and international media but cannot discuss this in public in the Houses of Parliament to which the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I will ask the questions and I ask the Minister to do the best he can.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Does the documentation to date have a price and a technical solution? Has the remaining bidder provided a technical solution and a price to roll out high-speed broadband to 542,000 homes across the State? On 30 January, Eir pulled out of the process. I think this is a game-changer, following the decision of Vodafone and ESB to pull out last September. Mr. Richard Moat, the chief executive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: May I qualify my previous comment? While I stated I would only take answers in public session, I am happy for the Minister to request that we go into private session for those questions he cannot answer in public.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: When the Minister reaches a point that he cannot answer the question in public session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Can the Minister answer my questions on the technical plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: For clarity, the programme for Government refers to June 2017 for the signature of a contract with a bidder. The Minister participated in the negotiation and he signed up to it. Now he is saying, and I am using the numbers from last week's presentation, that at best, he is looking at September 2018, for a signature.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (8 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: It was contract signature, so the mathematics are fairly straightforward in that regard.

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Deputy is looking for the Minister's second preferences.

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I had the opportunity yesterday evening to outline my deep concerns on the state of the roll-out of broadband. There is nothing between the Minister and me in policy terms; the issue is around the methodology. The Minister is right to say he has provided a considerable amount of information on broadband but, sadly, we have not had broadband itself. I have raised very real concerns with the...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Any time I asked the Minister to give me a timeline, his simple answer was that it was not about timing and that the matter was far too important for that. He said it was more important to get it right because the contract was going to exist for 25 years. When I bring forward an idea about trying to get it right, however, time becomes a problem again. Time is only an issue when something...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Whether that is true, the Minister can confirm to me. The simple fact is that the process, at this stage, does not have the confidence of the people who expect to be served. Certainly, I do not have confidence in it. It is the Minister's prerogative. He has responsibility and, if he chooses to ignore the outcome of tomorrow's vote, let it be on his head. If the Minister gives any...

Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I am pleased to say that Fianna Fáil will be supporting this Bill, as we recognise the importance of making a strong shift away from our reliance on fossil fuels to cleaner, greener forms of energy. The Bill is part of a global campaign to highlight the need to reduce fossil fuel dependence to prevent dangerous temperature increases. The reality is that there is a climate change crisis...

Leaders' Questions (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: He has lots of evidence.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cybersecurity for Children and Young Adults: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Feb 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Chairman for facilitating me. I am not a member of the committee, but I was made aware that two of my constituents were here. I was really impressed to see them on television last night. As they did an excellent job, I had better pull up my socks, as it seems that there is competition coming down the track. I was delayed in getting here because I was on the Today with Sean...