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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: The trading online voucher scheme has been hugely successful. Of the 9,000 businesses that have engaged with us, just short of 50%, or about 4,000, have taken up the voucher. We can get the exact figures for the committee. We have analysed the businesses that have taken it up and have found that, on average, their sales have increased by one fifth, employment has increased by one third,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: Personally, I would like to see the State intervention phase happen much more quickly than is the case at the moment. It is important that people understand the context of this, however. To use the analogy of a road, we are trying to bring a motorway to every single home in Ireland. Everyone has two cars outside their home at the moment but, in the future, everyone in each house is going...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: That is twice in the one week. The Senator is doing well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: We will get there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: First, I will respond to the questions from Senator Leyden. The reason SIRO has decided to withdraw from the process is that it wants to refocus on delivering pure fibre broadband to 51 towns across the country to 500,000 premises. As everyone here that has been watching this situation unfold knows, two years ago SIRO announced the roll-out of pure fibre to the towns in question and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Senator Leyden knows better than anyone - we represent the same constituency - and Senator McDowell lives some of the time in the constituency, one in every two premises in the constituency will not have access to high-speed broadband at the end of the commercial roll-out process. That is not an acceptable situation. That is why I am not only pushing the State intervention aspect of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: This is a global telecommunications consortium that has a huge wealth of experience. In fact, when Deputy Dooley was in short pants and I was on the other side of the House discussing this with Senator Leyden's good friend, former Deputy Mary O'Rourke, I spoke about bringing all the State-owned fibre together. Enet came into this country and did that by itself on a commercial basis without...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: I did not interrupt Deputy Dooley so perhaps he will let me finish. I will listen to the Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: Let me comment on the competitive tender process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: Fair enough, I will withdraw it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: I have withdrawn it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: I am withdrawing it for the third time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Dooley questioned the issue of the second bidder and I wanted to clarify the credentials of the second bidder in this process.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: The point I wished to make is that there are two-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: -----and the process we are involved in at present in respect of the two bidders is that across Europe there has not been, nor is there, in the vast majority of countries-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: -----two very detailed bids.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: The record is available on this. We have two very strong bids before us. The reality is that if the Chairman were building a house in his constituency-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: It is hard when asked a question to not be allowed to answer it. However, if the Chairman were building a house in a rural area in his constituency, he will go to the local builder to get a price from him. The Chairman will then go to a second builder and seek another price for it. Independent of that, he will also be sounding out the price of materials and so forth. We have carried out...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: A number of issues were raised, but I will take Deputy Smith's point on rural electrification first. I use that analogy. When Ardnacrusha was built, the Government of the day was told it was mad and that the amount of electricity generated at Ardnacrusha would never be used because there would never be that much demand. Today, Ardnacrusha produces 1% of our total electricity usage. It was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2017: Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (27 Sep 2017)

Denis Naughten: The big cost and heavy lifting has been done. Therefore, it will be much easier and quicker to finish the project, and it does not make it any more expensive.