Results 3,681-3,700 of 10,460 for speaker:Gerry Horkan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: -----still on the 15-month journey from start to finish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Regarding the revised targets, which Mr. Hendrick told us we are all aware of, what was the revision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The witnesses' submission states, " As committee members know, we have agreed revised targets with the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and we are committed to delivering". The targets have been revised from what to what?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What was it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It is a 50% reduction in the ambition, as it were.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: We all understand that Covid had an impact and there were many other reasons.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: What will the 300 extra staff do for the programme plan? It is a 25% increase in capacity, but what will they do particularly? Will they be at build stage or design stage?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The extra 300 staff will be on the build side.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Significant.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: That is an average but, by definition, every house in the intervention area is there because it was deemed to be commercially unviable at a certain point in time. Am I correct in saying that companies have gone into parts of the intervention area subsequently and stated that they were commercial? Some commercial operators have gone into areas that were originally deemed not to be commercial...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Into what was originally deemed the intervention area.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: The commercial operator could be offering a service, but NBI could be offering a better service at a better price or whatever the case may be.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is there any suggestion that the intervention area should be revised?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It would not be in NBI's interests to do that, but it might be in the interests of the State in terms of paying for areas that do not need to be paid for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Clearly, there are areas just outside the commercial area and others that are at the top of mountains or bottom of valleys, are inaccessible and where there are few houses but to which NBI will eventually deliver. I am not using the word "eventually" in a bad way. It is just that NBI cannot be everywhere at the one time. Is there a rough cost per premises? I am sure the range is large,...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Not just the average, but also the maximum cost. Many premises will probably be below the average, but a few will be very expensive.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Based on NBI's pitch to the State about what it could do the work for.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: I might contribute again. I wish the witnesses the best. It is important that this work happen. It is no different than running water or electricity. NBI should keep going as fast, thoroughly and efficiently as it can in delivering broadband to all of the 227 deployment areas. Is it fair to say that the witnesses are more confident now about how the programme is going than they were at...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: Is there anything else that NBI needs this committee to do at this point to aid it?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Broadband Plan Update: National Broadband Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Gerry Horkan: It was good to be there.