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

James Lawless: The only way to spend the money is by paying them more.

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

James Lawless: I am sure of it. Is hiring contractors an option?

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

James Lawless: I watched some of the initial presentation in my office, but I did not catch all of it. I appreciate that this may be a sensitive or difficult matter, but the national broadband plan has been mired in difficulties on many levels. Does Mr. Godfrey have a view on it that he is in a position to share?

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

James Lawless: Yes, it is. Is Mr. Godfrey confident that it will deliver? We have seen timelines come and go. We are seven years on and many of my constituents in rural Kildare do not have broadband. The position is the same throughout the country. There was something in the presentation about the last mile, for example. Was Mr. Godfrey expressing an opinion that things could be done in a different...

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

James Lawless: Okay. My final question is related to the metropolitan area networks, MANs. Does ComReg have any part to play in their oversight?

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

James Lawless: None at all.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 98. To ask the Minister for Health if the homecare package hours awarded to a person (details supplied) will be increased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41556/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 196. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the joint applications made which included a group (details supplied) as an applicant in 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018 for the town and village renewal fund or other similar schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41624/18]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (11 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 197. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the joint applications made by Kildare County Council and a group (details supplied) in 2018 or a previous year for the rural recreation fund or other similar schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41623/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (9 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 424. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress expected in 2018 in the upgrade of the broadband telecommunications infrastructure for homes along the R157 from Maynooth, County Kildare (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40890/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (9 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to review the policy which excludes Irish citizens from building up class A contributions while working in the European Patent Office despite other Irish citizens in other European institutions being able to do so; her further plans to extend this allowance to the European Patent Office; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Weather Events Expenditure (9 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 529. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the allocation of emergency funding provided for Clane, County Kildare following the significant snowfall in February and March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40777/18]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I am glad that both Ministers with responsibility for housing are in the Chamber. The chair of the Housing Agency, Dr. Conor Skehan, in terms of the national development plan, referred to the foolishness of these types of initiatives and of the overall plan. Let us be clear on what we are doing. In the middle of a housing crisis we are taking established areas in our commuter belt that are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: Just say you will change it all. That will be fine.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: National Planning Framework (3 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: It need hardly be restated the housing crisis is in full swing - one can almost hear the drums outside the House on Kildare Street. Every inch of available land is being considered for development. Funds such as LIHAF have been put in place and every kind of assistance and support is available to ensure such land can be developed to provide housing units. However, while we are in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 160. To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time expected for a cataract operation for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40127/18]

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: I commend my colleague, Deputy Kelleher, on introducing this much-needed Bill. It is a simple and practical proposed solution to an issue that has dogged business and industry in the insurance area for some time. I sit on the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation where we have considered these issues. Many delegations and interest groups from the sector have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 414. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting on home care packages in CHO 7; the waiting time on the home care package in this area; his plans to reduce the waiting time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39850/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Projects Status (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 534. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the status of the provision of funding of a bypass for Clane, County Kildare; the discussions he has held with the local authority involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39715/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Road Network (2 Oct 2018)

James Lawless: 537. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if capacity issues on the M4 have been investigated; if so, the results of such investigations; if widening works for this section of the motorway are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39853/18]