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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: You have less than a minute, Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before the committee. I also thank committee members for their contributions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We resume discussion of the national broadband plan, NBP. From the University of Limerick I welcome to the meeting Professor Eoin Reeves, head of the department of economics, and Dr. Dónal Palcic, lecturer in economics, to discuss the national broadband plan. I draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They both have significant experience with public private partnerships at an economic and academic level and we value their input to our analysis. Will they tell me about their experience in the telecoms market as opposed to other areas?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does the same apply to Dr. Palcic?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Professor Reeves would like to come in on that point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will let Professor Reeves in on that, and then Deputy Stanley can ask his further questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Stanley will ask all of his questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: The Senator asked a lot of questions. Have the witnesses taken note of them all?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Will Dr. Palcic just explain that again to me? The bit about the light going into the cable and refreshing every seven to nine years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: To send refracting-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I want to allow Deputy Stanley in at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Senator O'Reilly has finished his questioning. All his questions have been answered. I call Deputy Kate O'Connell.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Dooley-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: No. In fairness, Deputies and Senators are trying to get clarification and when witnesses come before our committee I think these are valid questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: This is a very important issue. We have come in here to try to analyse and this is a robust discussion. I am sure the witnesses do not have any objection or is there any objection to this?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: We need to have robust and challenging questions. We will not know the answer to some of them.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: I am speaking in generalities. We do not expect the witnesses to have definitive answers but they are here to give their professional opinion where they can and, if they cannot, that is absolutely fine. We all accept that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Allow Professor Reeves to finish.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)
Hildegarde Naughton: Allow Professor Reeves to finish.