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Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I would prefer to be on the programme on a Saturday night.

Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 24. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement status of the national broadband plan; the date by which all premises in the country will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42101/17]

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 22. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that wholesale closures of post offices are imminent; his further plans for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42100/17]

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: A procurement process has been under way for some time around the national broadband plan. The national broadband plan has been in the offing since 2012. At this stage, could the Minister give us some indication as to the date on which every premises in the country will be connected and can he give us some idea of a date when, or even within a range within which, the contractor might begin...

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I do not have the Order Paper in front of me. If that is what the Ceann Comhairle says, I agree.

Priority Questions: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Very good.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that the proposed environmental levy on tyres will push consumers to procure tyres from outside of the State; the level of engagement he has had with the tyre industry, particularly in the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement status of the national broadband plan; the date by which every premises in the country will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Heat Incentive (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 57. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether delays in the launch of the renewable heat incentive has stalled developments in the biomass industry and makes it even more likely that Ireland will fail to meet its renewable heat targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that Brexit will jeopardise ongoing co-operation between Northern Ireland and the State in the area of environmental management and protection; if he has engaged with his Northern Irish and UK counterparts on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41902/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that wholesale closures of post offices are imminent; his further plans for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41898/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (4 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 137. To ask the Minister for Health the number of business cases in County Clare being held for persons with intellectual disabilities that require emergency residential placement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42056/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate Mr. Kiely's presentation. He signalled a strong recognition of the importance of public service broadcasting, which I share, namely, the importance of protecting our local news and current affairs output, in which TV3 very much participates, as well as the importance of the preservation and protection of our culture, language, music and indigenous production sector. This is all...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I have no issue with Mr. Kiely taking a pop at anybody, but has he looked at such synergy? Are they in any kind of discussion? That is what I was getting at, and on the transmission piece as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am sorry to keep pushing the point on retransmission but it is part of the document, or the heads of the Bill. That is really the purpose of our discussion today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Good cop, bad cop.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I thank everybody for their presentations and thoughts at this late hour. My party is here because we see a significant threat to public service broadcasting. There is a multiplicity of reasons for it, of which the witnesses are well aware. We have concerns that the growth of the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Netflix poses a real and significant threat to our capacity as a nation...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Zeff. That clarity is helpful. I think there is a willingness, and I would like to see, a greater partnership approach. On a slight reference to what Senator McDowell has indicated, as a society and as a Legislature, we need to define what it is we want our public service broadcaster to be. While I do not disagree with everything Senator McDowell has said, RTE carries two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Perhaps they are watching in Mr. Hanway's head office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Retransmission Fees: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Oct 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Just to get clarity from each of the platform providers, as I understand it, the legislation in respect of RTE talks about "must offer" and "must carry". There are certain opt-outs there. Can somebody on behalf of each group say whether they have to carry?