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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I ask the witnesses to clarify on Senator Wall's example of someone being within 500 m of the fibre. What is the technical possibility of getting a point-to-point wireless connection from the neighbour? What is the legal situation in that regard? I ask Dr. O'Connor to respond to the last issue the Senator raised on mobile phone coverage and give us an update on what in God's name has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I will give a very practical example from my constituency, where there is an older person who has no interest in connecting to the fibre network. This person is on the fibre network and a commercial business that requires broadband is within 400 m of him or her, by line of sight. It is technically possible to put a point-to-point connection from the back door of that older person's house to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: We look forward to a response coming back to the committee on that one.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Ó Cuív wants to come back in and there may be other members who also want to. I will ask a couple of questions because I am going to the House later and would not like the officials to miss out on them. Will somebody give us an update on what is happening at EU level? The basic high-speed broadband definition at EU level at the moment is 30 Mbps per second. None of us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Thankfully, I am a fibre broadband user now. Just to clarify, and correct me if I am wrong, there is no impediment for me to have, as part of my package, voice, broadband and television on that. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: So, the network can carry that? A different handset may be required.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: My question is this: is there an issue with the landline number? Can it be transferred over?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: Is it completely portable to the fibre network?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: There then should be no reason someone should not be able to take out his or her copper wire broadband and continue to have a fixed-line phone service based on whatever package he or she purchases from a provider. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I have to go to the Dáil now, but the difficulty in this case is that the mapping was done, the survey was done and the build design was done yet this family was told it would get the service and it subsequently did not. It comes back to the question I asked earlier about the physical limits on the build. This family is less than 500 m down the road from where the current build completes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (20 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I wish to say to Mr. Ó hÓbáin before I finish and call Deputy Ó Cuív that I do not dispute anything he says. I know that Covid-19 was a difficulty. I do dispute, however, what he says about the re-establishment of the task force. I think it would have made a difference. The key difference it would have made is that there would have been a Minister leading that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 94. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the chronic waiting lists within the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49955/21]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: As I stand here, our people have been waiting three and a half years in acute pain for an orthopaedic appointment and a whopping four and a half years for a respiratory appointment while we are in the depths of a respiratory pandemic. Appointments for services in the community are not much better, with waiting list of two to three years for occupational therapy appointments. We urgently...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I appreciate the Minister's comments. Next year, we will spend €40,000 every minute on our health service. We have seen in the past, however, that just throwing money at our waiting lists does not work within our health service. We need to see structural reform and not just reward those who work within our private hospitals. In the programme for Government in 2016, for example,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: I will give the Minister two more examples. Take the rapid access haematuria clinic, that is, the blood in urine clinic at Roscommon University Hospital, RUH, where 10% of patients have been diagnosed with cancer. It treats 70% of patients in one visit and 100% of patients - all of them - are seen within the 28-day target time for urgent cases, and yet this has not been rolled out anywhere...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: When this was opened with fanfare in June 2020 we were given assurances that the psychiatry of later life service would be developed there. It is unacceptable that it will now be 2022 before any older person will be able to avail of a service at Castlerea.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Mental Health Services (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: It is important to look at the history of the facility as well-----

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the number of capital projects approved under the winter planning within the Covid-19 pandemic October 2020–April 2021 plan; the projected number of additional beds to be provided; the number of projects completed to date; the additional beds provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49952/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 194. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to address the serious delays caused by the waiting lists within the health system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49956/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (19 Oct 2021)

Denis Naughten: 204. To ask the Minister for Health the projected number of additional beds to be provided under the winter planning within the Covid-19 pandemic October 2020–April 2021 plan; the additional beds provided to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49953/21]