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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: The delegates have two minutes in which to answer those questions. Who would like to start? Ar mhaith le Ms Uí Mhaoláin a thosnú?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: As 30 minutes have passed, we will move to the next questioner. I will allow an Teachta Éamon Ó Cuív to come back in at the end if anything needs to be cleared up.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Is the selection process referred to by Mr. Dempsey the tendering process that was undertaken or was it a post-tender process?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: There was more than one bidder for that role in west Cork.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Departmental officials will be before us over next few weeks and we might put this issue on the agenda in order that members can ask them what was the process and the rationale behind their decision.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I suggest it could be done afterwards as we have many questions to deal with. When the guests have left, we can discuss the issue.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Yes, and we can seek for them to be answered together.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: There are five minutes left in the slot.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: That will include responses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I will allow a two-minute response from each of the witnesses.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: The committee will produce a report based on the evidence it has heard from all of the delegates who have travelled great distances from around the country to engage with it. In that regard, it is important that delegates rather than members are allowed to speak for the majority of the time allocated. I ask that members confine their questions to three minutes, with witnesses then having...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Tá trí bhaill an choiste ag iarraidh ceisteanna a chur, ach roimhe sin tá Seán de Buitléar agus Joseph McCrohan chun freagra beag a thabhairt ar an díospóireacht dheireanach.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Everyone will have an opportunity to speak because there are plenty more questioners to come.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: That is very interesting. It strikes me that over the last six months, Britain has produced more solar electricity than coal electricity for the first time ever while we do not even have a solar power sector in the State yet. The opportunity for rural areas to tap into that is massive. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice is next and has ten minutes. I ask that he allow the majority of that time...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: The Deputy has four minutes remaining.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Would Mr. Dempsey answer those questions? .
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I am conscious that Deputy Fitzmaurice's questions must be answered.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: I call Deputy Danny Healy-Rae who has ten minutes in total for questions and answers. I suggest the Deputy uses five minutes for his own preamble and questions and gives five minutes to our guests to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs: Sustaining Viable Rural Communities: Discussion (12 Oct 2016)
Peadar Tóibín: Go raibh míle maith agat, a Theachta. I will give three minutes to the witnesses for this slot.