Results 9,181-9,200 of 9,814 for speaker:Steven Matthews
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: It is the final bit of the link, that old copper legacy, where there is an issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: And Eir is working to address that and rolling out fibre.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Ms Lennon says Eir has 1,000 field engineers who have dealt with 200,000 repairs. How many of them are directly employed in front-line faulting to the house?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: It is a combination of directly faulting, new works, insulations, and testing and 1,000 field engineers are across that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Does Ms Lennon think that is enough to deal with the network and the necessary upgrades?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Are most of them contract staff?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: That is very helpful when the company has field engineers that they know the legacy issues.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: That is really important. As for fault reporting, from the fault report to the repair report going back in, a number of steps have to be taken. Is Eir experiencing any difficulty when a fault is notified to the service centre or call centre, with the diagnosis of that fault or with how it is recorded and then sent communicated to those in the field? Is Eir having any difficulty between the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Another query has come to me. Is there any difficulty in assigning Eircode postcodes to addresses? Is an Eircode postcode needed for a connection?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Is there any difficulty in the assigning of Eircode postcodes and the rate at which they are assigned?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: We all experience that in canvassing rural areas, I think. If the Eircode postcodes were to be assigned monthly, does Ms Lennon think that would assist?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: I thank Ms Lennon for answering those questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Irish Water has a dedicated phone line as well. If Eir could supplement the email address with a phone line, I think we would all-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Broadband Connectivity and Telecommunications Issues: Eir (25 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: Yes, it would be very helpful.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the commitment in the programme for Government to introduce a social housing passport that would allow households move from one local authority list to another local authority list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38651/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 269. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to expanding the Covid restrictions support scheme to businesses that do not currently meet the qualifying criteria (details supplied) but can demonstrate a significant reduction in income as a direct result of the pandemic. [37951/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 367. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the Departmental working group being set up to investigate the possible amendments to building regulations to require changing places (details supplied) in suitable public buildings. [38641/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Town and Village Renewal Scheme (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 368. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the steps he has taken to date to implement a town centres first strategy that was committed to in the programme for Government. [38642/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electric Vehicles (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 369. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the way in which local authorities are implementing the rollout of electric vehicle charging stations. [38643/20]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (24 Nov 2020)
Steven Matthews: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding the rollout of a nationwide e-planning system. [38649/20]