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Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I know that.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Small numbers of connections have been made by some of the wireless providers.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Everybody in Ireland accepts that. The question is what that figure is. It was 757,000 and has now reached 543,000. There could be scope for that 543,000 to be reduced without a State subsidy. We might end up providing a subsidy for houses that would be connected commercially if there was no subsidy. Does Mr. Griffin understand the question?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I understand that. That is why I say that once somebody is listed in the amber area, the broadband industry will avoid them because firms know that a subsidy is coming. They are holding back. That is what I feel from my contact with the firms. Operators are delighted when a premises is in an amber area.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: We are nearly there. The public will think that the workmen installing the broadband will be from the same firm as the guy who will arrives at the door selling the product. Like the MANs, however, this is really the wholesale end of the business. The retailers will come and buy it from the wholesaler, which is this company.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Will the witnesses explain that in a sentence for the public? Members of the public will see the truck coming to install rural broadband and think their houses will be connected in a week. However, that effort is only putting in the infrastructure, that is, it is the wholesale end of the business. The retail will come later.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: Or Ervia.

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: That is good. Mr. Mulligan or someone else mentioned 500 m as the length of a cable. I cannot recall the exact sentence but at present, in rural areas there may be a box at one point and then another box at another point up the road but the distance to reach the house in between could be another 700 m or 800 m, by the time one gets to it via the driveway, laneway, or farm. Such rural...

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I will allow the Deputy in, as I am finished now, but who pays for this?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: If they want to get it done underground, that is their own affair. Finally, will there be an annual operating subsidy to the company? If one wishes to keep the comparative wholesale price as it is in other regions, will it be necessary to have an ongoing subsidy after it has all been installed to keep the price down?

Public Accounts Committee: 2017 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: I think that concludes questions. I will draw the meeting to a close, which I am sure people will be happy to hear, since we have been here since about 11 a.m., including a lunch break. I thank Mr. Griffin, the staff from his Department and from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, who got off lightly today with no serious questions. I thank the Comptroller and Auditor General...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 45. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications for each of the past 20 years from persons resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14572/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance the position relating to EU fiscal rules when approval is provided regarding its multi-annual expenditure ceilings and amendments are regularly made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14570/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 75. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding a property (details supplied); the specific uses that will be accommodated on the site; the current position that was at an early stage of development as confirmed in reply to Parliamentary Question No. 211 of 7 September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14577/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Reimbursement (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 110. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the availability of the Spinraza treatment for SMA patients here who are sufferers of the degenerative disease spinal muscular atrophy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14569/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the medical treatment available here or abroad for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14592/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Review (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 118. To ask the Minister for Health when new arrangements will be introduced and if legislation is required regarding changes to the rules for the fair deal scheme in order to introduce a three-year cap on the inclusion of productive assets in the assessment of or as part of the scheme in view of the fact that the matter is ongoing for some time; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 151. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the new all-of-government climate action plan; the timeframe for the report to be produced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14574/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Parks and Wildlife Service (28 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 220. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 623 of 24 April 2018 and 1448 of 7 September 2018, the status of discussions on a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14589/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Applications (27 Mar 2019)

Seán Fleming: 149. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14366/19]