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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I call Senator Joe O'Reilly and ask him to speak to programme A, which relates to communications.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: It is this heading. The Senator can ask the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: That comes under programme C on energy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I call Deputy Eamon Ryan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: There would be another queue of questions. The Deputy is the last speaker to have indicated in this-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Does Deputy Lawless wish to come in?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I invite the Minister to respond to those observations. If he wishes me to shorten the contribution times, I might not let it go for so long.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Have you finished, Minister?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I ask the Minister to answer that point briefly, please.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Thank you, Minister. We will now move on to the next programme, if members agree. That is programme B - broadcasting. I will start with Deputy Dooley who has indicated, followed by Deputy Stanley.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: The amount estimated to be allocated to RTE was €185 million. Is that not so? Up to last June, 46% of that amount was spent. That was the question. I call Senator McDowell if he has a question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: The overarching question concerns grant aid for RTE. There was a shortfall in that grant aid in 2014 and 2015, and it looks like that may also be the case in 2016. Does the Department feel there could be an adverse effect on the provision of public service broadcasting? I would like to get the Minister's views on that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Deputy Ryan. I am conscious that Senator Lombard has not come in yet so could Deputy Ryan keep his question short?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: All these issues are related.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will now move on to programme C - energy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: I will bring in Senator Lombard. Could members keep it to questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: Could Senator O'Reilly keep it to questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: We were going to have a brief discussion on it in private session, but if the Deputy wants to give suggestions, we can defer it until next Tuesday. We will leave it until next Tuesday.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Change and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2016: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (21 Sep 2016)
Hildegarde Naughton: We will move to programme D - natural resources. Have members any questions on natural resources?