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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Deputy Stanley and Senator McDowell indicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Does Senator McDowell wish to ask his questions now? I will ask the Minister to answer the two sets of questions together.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I am very conscious of the Minister's time to answer all the questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: We are moving on to programme C, energy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: There are only 15 minutes or so for the Minister to respond, so I might call on Deputies one after the other to ask their questions after the Minister makes his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Yes. We are on energy, page 21 of our document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Deputy Eamon Ryan. Once again, the Minister has limited time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: The Minister has to leave us. However, if members had questions about programme F - appropriations-in-aid and the Environment Fund, and put them in writing, would he respond in writing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: With the members' agreement, we will leave programme F. If members wish to write to the Minister, he will reply to them. We now turn to programmes D and E. Could the Minister of State, Deputy Kyne, make a brief statement programme D - natural resources?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: We are in the process of preparing a draft report on that, which will come before the Minister in time. We are going to move on to programme E - inland fisheries.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: The IFI has written to us. We do not have any time in our schedule up to Christmas but we said that we would look again in the new year to see if we could meet. It is certainly an issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Minister of State, the Minister and their officials for attending. I propose that the committee publish the opening statement and briefings from this meeting on the website. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Night (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: 80. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of success of Culture Night in Galway; and the plans for 2019 in relation to same. [39453/18]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Digital Archiving (2 Oct 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: 100. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives provided for archiving historic collections; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39452/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Business of Joint Committee (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: As we have a quorum, we will commence the meeting in private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: Today we will deal further with EU COM (2018) 340, a proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. It is proposed to adopt the draft political contribution report as the final report of the committee. Is that agreed? Agreed. It is proposed that the report will be laid before both...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: We will now move on to our engagement with representatives of Eir on broadband installation issues. We will suspend briefly to allow the witnesses to take their seats.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I wish to draw the attention of witnesses to the fact that by virtue of section 17(2)(l) of the Defamation Act 2009, they are protected by absolute privilege in respect of their evidence to this committee. However, if they are directed by the Chairman to cease giving evidence on a particular matter and continue to so do, they are entitled thereafter only to qualified privilege in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Ms Lennon. I will take a number of members in a row. Ms Lennon might take note of the questions and either herself or Dr. Healy can respond. I myself might start with a few questions. What are Eir's future plans regarding the significant issues that were self-disclosed under the regulatory governance model procedures and what will the company do to tackle them in the future? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Sep 2018)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank Deputy Ryan. I thank Mr. Healy and Ms Lennon for coming before us today. There was very good engagement with our committee members. It is proposed that the committee will publish the opening statement and submissions received on our website. Is that agreed? Agreed.