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Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Is that the capital carryover?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: What about the increase of €10 million?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: That is fine.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I told the Chairman that we would start moving as he got going.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: By virtue of freedom of information we have the benefit of the communication between Mr. Savage and the Minister and the communication between the Minister and the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton. What we do not have is any understanding or discussion of what transpired between the Minister and RTE. Has the Minister had an opportunity to communicate with Mr. Savage in writing...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: My concern is the continuous erosion of our public service broadcasting entity. It is recognised that RTE had to trim its sails in recent years and it did so. This needed to be done. The director general, Noel Curran, and the chairman, Tom Savage, have done a very good job over the past couple of years in difficult circumstances. However, I am deeply concerned that the €5 million...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: We can speed up as we get tired.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister told us under the last subhead that whatever difficulties arose between his Department and the Department of Education and Skills have now been resolved. Is he in a position to tell us whether the same has happened in respect of his discussions with the Department of Social Protection?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I take it that the Minister shares the concerns of the chairman of the RTE authority, Mr. Savage, that the €5 million that is being cut from RTE's budget is, to pardon the pun, a savage cut. He rightly identified that we live cheek by jowl with another country with whom we share the same language that has the economies of scale that have allowed the development and creation of some...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: There are a great many swingers.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I may have questions on particular sections. What way do you want to do it, Chairman?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Let us consider subhead A3. There has been a 70% increase in the capital allocation for information and communications technologies. What exactly is that attributed to?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Last year about €8 million was allocated to postcodes. Was that spent?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I am not sure if the Minister has any familiarity with Loc8. I have had some communication about it from a group that is proposing it as an alternative to the project the State is undertaking. The group seems to believe a system exists that could be provided more cheaply. Has the Minister or his officials had an opportunity to review that?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Where was the decision taken to go with Capita? Was it taken by the Department or was a group of external consultants involved?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Has Capita experience in rolling out this system elsewhere? If so, where?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: Will the €10 million this year conclude the final tender price, or will there be an allocation again next year?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: The big upfront cost is this year.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: I see there is €6.8 million allocated again this year for broadband in schools. What does the Minister hope to achieve with that money? Will it be an entire roll-out across all the schools and what level of equipment will be deployed? What generation of broadband do we expect to have in our schools?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014)

Timmy Dooley: On the zero item assigned to the rural broadband scheme, does the Minister believe the Department has achieved an adequate roll-out of broadband in rural areas, such is the inability to spend anything this year?