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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Dr. Aldred. Does Mr. Küster wish to go next?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Dr. Aldred, Mr Küster and Mr. Deegan. I would like to pick up on Mr. Deegan's final comment. As he is aware, the National Transport Authority is trying to roll out the BusConnects programme. This bus network will provide 230 km of bus lanes and 200 km of segregated cycle lanes on 16 key routes coming into the city. Mr. Deegan is probably aware that there has been a great deal...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: On the use of e-scooters, are there other jurisdictions where they have got regulation right? We are in that phase in Ireland. With the Road Safety Authority, are we looking at how best to regulate them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Does the Deputy have any other questions? He has two minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Okay. It may be better to ask all the questions now but, if the Deputy would prefer, the witnesses can give a short answer now. I just want to keep the questions within a ten-minute slot. If the witnesses answer as briefly as they can it will give the Deputy a chance to ask other questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I ask Dr. Aldred to keep her answer short.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Deering wants to very briefly ask a related question. I will then come back to the panel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Whoever wishes to come in on that can do so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: There are two minutes left for answers. Do the witnesses wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: That would be useful.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Does Deputy Ryan have any more questions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Active Travel and Urban Planning Focusing on Cycling: Discussion (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: On that note, the joint committee is adjourned until Wednesday, 10 July. I thank the witnesses for coming before us.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I want to read a correction to the record. The University of Limerick, UL, academics who appeared before the committee on Wednesday, 19 June, have requested the following correction to the record of yesterday's proceedings, which I will read into the public record. At yesterday's with committee meeting with Eir, it was stated that the UL academics who attended the previous meeting may have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. O'Leary. At our meeting yesterday with Eir it stated it could design, build, operate and upgrade the poles and ducts and pay value added tax, VAT, for €1 billion to roll out the NBP. That is in contrast with its final draft bid of €2.75 billion, which did not include VAT. Is that credible? Is coming in under €1 billion something that the ESB could do?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: There has been considerable public commentary going back some months, with which, I am sure, Mr. O'Leary is familiar, to the effect that ESB poles could be used to roll this out. Will Mr. O'Leary outline how he would replace fibre and what challenges, if any, in placing fibre along electricity wires and its impact? There is a popular narrative that the ESB could roll this out.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: Is it correct that if repair work were being done on the broadband fibre, there might have to be an electricity outage?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am also chairperson of the Joint Committee on Climate Action. Mr. O'Leary referred to the ESB's focus on rolling out charging points. What kind of capital investment plans are in place for this. We have set a target of 70% in respect of renewable electricity generation by the year 2030. How would the ESB's capital plan have worked had it also been rolling out a national broadband plan?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Mr. O'Leary and call Deputy Dooley.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: I have a final question about something which I do not believe has been covered. The ESB doing this has been mentioned a lot. These are all hypothetical questions, but, for the purposes of clarity, if we were to roll out a contract such as this again and it was to be given to the ESB - we know what the issues are with state aid rules - will Mr. O'Leary clarify that a new procurement process...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (26 Jun 2019)

Hildegarde Naughton: We have a statement from KPMG that it would take five years if we were to end this process and start all over again. Mr. O'Leary is stating that, in general, it would take time and that it would not happen within a year or two, as others have said.