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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: Illegal dumping is a matter of individual responsibility and compliance with the law. While enforcement action in this area is a matter for local authorities, my Department encourages a multifaceted approach to tackling the problem, incorporating enforcement, public awareness and education. As such, it provides funding to support the activities of the waste enforcement regional lead...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at . The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour coded and searchable by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 400 and 407 together. Overall Exchequer funding requirement for the NBP is capped at €2.1 billion over 25 years, excluding VAT and contingency funding. Funding for the NBP for 2019 is set out in the Revised Estimates Volume. I will be engaging with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on revised multi-annual budgetary ceilings for my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 401 to 403, inclusive, together. National Broadband Ireland (NBI) will own any new infrastructure it builds for the National Broadband Plan. However, only a small percentage of the infrastructure to be used for the NBP intervention network will be new infrastructure. This is because most of the infrastructure to be used will be existing poles and ducts...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: The premises referenced by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State-led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of the procurement process to engage a company to build, operate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high-speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour-coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website atwww.broadband.gov.ie. The National Broadband Plan intervention is the subject of the procurement process to engage a company to build, operate and maintain the NBP State intervention network. I recently brought a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 to 412, inclusive, together. These premises referenced by the Deputy are in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State-led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: There are 4 premises in the townland of Ballycurraghan, Co. Kildare. All 4 fall within the AMBER area of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, available at www.broadband.gov.ie, and fall within the State-led Intervention. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State-led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high-speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour-coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high-speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour-coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Funding (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 417 and 418 together. The overall estimated project cost is circa €5bn (ex-VAT) over 25 years. This will be made up of the State Subsidy and funding from the Bidder and commercial revenues. Subsidy will not be paid to National Broadband Ireland until after houses are passed and connected. That procurement process has now determined that the maximum...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: Every home, farm, school and business in Ireland will have access to high speed broadband - no matter where they are located - following the Government’s decision to approve the appointment of a preferred bidder to the National Broadband Plan. Under this plan, Ireland will becomes one of the first countries in the world to ensure that those in rural areas have the same digital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I have provided the committee with a written copy of my statement. I thank the committee for the opportunity to present this statement. We have sought to be extremely open on this contract because it is of such importance to the State and we have provided a huge volume of information which I know the committee is anxious to discuss. This project is core to Project Ireland 2040 and I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I will go through them. The Deputy is suggesting the announcement was not positive. Considering that every Deputy in the House was asking me when it would happen, there was a huge appetite for it. It is a positive announcement. It is really important that we set about ensuring there is not a digital divide, as it is described, between people who live in rural areas and those in other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: There are obligations in the contract. As Minister, I have a role in preventing any such change in the make-up of the ownership of the company that would undermine the delivery of the contract. There is a role for the Minister in deciding whether any such changes should occur. In addition, if I am in a position to approve such a change, all the terms of the contract will continue to apply....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: I accept that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has set out strong arguments but I assure the Deputy that the team evaluated all of those and they were also closely evaluated by the Government. The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was doing its job. Its job is to look at different elements of a project and to challenge those elements, which is exactly what it did....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: We did not seek the release of any statement but we sought agreement that we could make public details of the initial investment and working capital.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: We sought agreement. What the company does is its business, but we sought that. I am not surprised that it issued its own statement if it knew that we had sought that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (14 May 2019)

Richard Bruton: Will the Deputy say that again?