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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Bodies Membership (18 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: Professor Emmanuel Tsesmelis visited Ireland in July 2018, at my invitation. I travelled to CERN, on my own steam, in March this year to meet him with an Irish delegation that included Professor Ronan McNulty from UCD. I was very impressed with the facilities and the capacity at the institute but the lack of Irish involvement was striking. We are, in fact, precluded from further...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Bodies Membership (18 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I agree, as the committee did, that associate membership would be the way forward. In recent discussions, the price tag has been raised and €30 million does seem very high. We could, however, be associate members for €1.3 million. A total of €500 million is being made available for the emerging technologies fund so we could take €1 million from that and leave...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Supports (18 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 31. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is satisfied that the national research prioritisation exercise allocated sufficient funding and resources to research projects in the discovery and basic oriented research areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36140/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (18 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline for the construction and remaining stages of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41826/18]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (18 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 106. To ask the Minister for Finance the rationale behind taxation on passive investments every seven years as though those investments had been divested; his views on whether this may be an impediment to the use of such investments as long-term pension style instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (17 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí and reservists in each Garda station in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42426/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I welcome the delegation. It is great to have them before the committee today. I thank Professor McNulty for a very comprehensive overview of CERN and the benefits membership would bring. I was fortunate enough to travel to CERN with Professor McNulty earlier this year. We had a very productive two days meeting with the academics, researchers and technicians there. I certainly learned an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: The cost is €1.3 million. There is no commitment to increase that if we are not in a position to do so. Could Professor McNulty confirm that? I also wish to raise the multiplier effect. The best comparator here is the European Space Agency, which I also visited last year with the Minister of State, Deputy John Halligan. A sevenfold multiplier effect is sometimes cited there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Irish Membership of CERN: Discussion (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I went over with Professor McNulty and I thank him and CERN for inviting me over and having me that day. It is great that we have had the opportunity to go full circle and have these six witnesses before the committee today. It has been an excellent and powerful presentation. As far as I can tell, cross-party support is emerging from the committee, which is great to see. At the end of the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: It was GAA.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Occupational Therapy Provision (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 356. To ask the Minister for Health if an appointment with an occupational therapist will be expedited in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41786/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 368. To ask the Minister for Health the date a person (details supplied) will receive surgery; if this surgery will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41877/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I welcome the delegates for whom I have a couple of questions, the first of which concerns the wholesale broadband market review. Am I right in saying it was published recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: It is in the process of being published.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: It is nearly-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I understood the commission was taking enforcement proceedings because of the delay in publishing the notification and that there had been delays in a number of similar items or reports coming through. Rather than beating Mr. Godfrey up about this, I will put it the other way and ask if ComReg has sufficient resources to deal with these items, given the delays in publishing the review and others?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I understand from the budget figures that came out this week that ComReg returned €62 million in receipts back to the Exchequer in 2018. Would it have been an option to retain some of this money within the organisation to manage some of these projects?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: In other words, the Government would not let ComReg keep it. It was mandated to return it to the Exchequer. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: If ComReg engaged in extra activities, it would have a smaller surplus. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: Does the power to expand its activities lie within the organisation? I am just trying to understand what funding is available to it. I know that some semi-State organisations behave in a similar manner, but does ComReg have executive control? Can it make a decision, for example, that some of the €62 million will be spent in fast-tracking the broadband market review instead of...