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Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: We hope to end it.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Everyone accepts that.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Northern Ireland (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The Taoiseach is happy enough with the timeline.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Was there any discussion about green bonds and physical constraints or a roadmap?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I will not repeat what has been said. Obviously, I add my voice in support of Seán Binder. I put the same question about Lukashenko and the weaponisation of migrants which shocks us all. We all know how the energy crisis is impacting people. We are all beginning to get stories of people who cannot afford to pay for their gas, oil or electricity and are forced to consider...

Ceisteanna - Questions: National Risk Assessment (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It will not be a shock that I will add my voice to what was said previously, particularly in respect of the necessity for planning on an all-Ireland basis for all the issues we are dealing with and all the strategic risks we face. Many of them will require even more than that. Obviously, there must be international co-operation, and within the European Union there is the facility to examine...

National Standards Authority of Ireland (Carbon Footprint Labelling) Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: This pandemic, which we are still in the middle of, has proven to us on some level how we have failed to manage this planet. Unfortunately, we have seen it come back to hurt us and hurt our people in a really dreadful and tragic way, and we are far from through it. Within the last period, we have had COP26 and, for all the failings there may have been, it was particularly useful in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the Minister. I will continue with some of the questions and back and forth the Chair and Minister were engaged in. On section 254 guidelines, it would be fair to say that National Broadband Ireland, NBI, said the streamlining has improved things. I ask the Minister to correct me if I make a mistake, but NBI said what it really wanted in a perfect world was a different planning...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I understand the modus operandihas changed regarding how people are operating. There was an acceptance there were too many obstacles and, therefore-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: They put in their own ducting to get around that problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. It is only when people see a hole in the ground that they realise the reality and size of what they are dealing with. I accept the Minister's comments on wider planning changes, and we will leave that to one side. As regards the request for a specific resource, I ask that there be some element of engagement on that because it looks like-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I appreciate that. I will draw the attention of the Minister to what he has mentioned as regards the intervention area and Eir. In straightforward terms, I assume the Minister has done a wee bit of due diligence on this. Regarding the intervention area, does he have any idea how many premises have been passed by Eir and how many currently have access to Eir and NBI networks? Does the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: It is not 45,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Regarding the contract, was this foreseen? Some of my questions can only be addressed when we get answers on the numbers. Was it foreseen that there would be an overlap in some of these areas? I accept that at times NBI will build to get to the next area. Some places, if we are talking about a seven-year project, will become more viable for SIRO or Eir to build into, in particular in a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, I think that is what most of us want. Questions are in the public domain and we want answers. I accept it is not the responsibility of the Minister whether all of the necessary due diligence regarding the procurement process was done in terms of putting a contract in place. He said there is a sufficient amount of leeway, and in situations where NBI will not build but somebody...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am delighted to hear that. Could we get some of the detail on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: The bigger question relates to whether it can do so and what the rules are. If we could get that information, it would assist. We might have to do our own work on this. In fairness to the Minister, the matter takes in the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, and relates to the provision of the other pieces of information. NBI has been open. In our interaction with it, we probably...