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- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: There should be a C2 or B1 or whatever at the top of the page
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: I think the Deputy is referring mainly to the expenditure on the national broadband scheme which is paid over tranches depending on how it is perceived to have performed and in accordance with the contract entered into with the supplier. That is the main element of it.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: That contract expires in August 2014.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: No. The rural broadband scheme is different. If the Deputy is asking me if the national broadband scheme intrudes into rural Ireland, the answer is "Yes".
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: The other big item on that issue is the one Deputy Dooley raised which relates to the provision for postcodes. The Deputy will see from the table he is looking at that the amount is €10 million.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: If the Deputy is asking whether the emergency services, for example, the ambulance service and so on, would be capable of using it, the answer is "Yes", but it is not just a system designed to improve the efficacy of postal delivery or whatever. It is as much a response to business in the logistical sector, for example, where there has been a growing demand in recent years and a believed...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: The short answer is "Yes".
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: It is for postcodes. There is a provision of €10 million for postcodes in 2014.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: No, it was not. The tender was completed and all the rest, but the amount of money spent was negligible. The main spend will be this year, and that means spend will go towards preparing other Departments to get their databases and systems synchronised. Almost 50% of the cost of the project is to do with other arms of the State bringing their databases and so on up to kilter.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: Yes, we did. We looked at all the alternatives on offer and a great deal of care was taken. If we get this wrong, we will know all about it. I got a great deal of correspondence and read some commentary that An Post was going to win the tender, but a company called Capita won the tender. That company employs almost 1,000 people in Ireland already, and the unique identifier system that it...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: A group of people, led by the Department, were verifying and testing the tenders received. Ultimately there were three tenders, and on the weightings attached to that, Capita came through. That was the recommendation made to me, and I approved it.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: I do not think there is any precedent country where this has been done. Capita's expertise in this broad area is very well established in a number of countries, but this is a world first in terms of the application of this system to Ireland. That came through a process of the Department, consultants, an evaluator and so on. This was the recommendation at the end of the day.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: The total cost will exceed €20 million, about half of which will revert to one limb of the State or another. That contract is for ten years.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: That is right.
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: This is the final tranche. It has been roughly €6 million every year for three years, and this will connect up 274 schools that are outstanding and ensure they have industrial strength broadband. We are looking at what element of input might be necessary to encourage or ensure schools make optimum use of it. The performance among the teaching profession is probably variable. Some...
- Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 29 - Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Revised) (21 Jan 2014) Pat Rabbitte: The national broadband scheme is a very basic provision and if it had not been done, parts of rural Ireland would not have access at all. The rural broadband scheme was intended to address individual premises that did not have a service for whatever reason and which were not catered for by the national broadband scheme. In 2013, there were a small number of takers and there is no provision...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2014)
Pat Rabbitte: Details of the external reports commissioned by my Department are set out in tabular form below. The bulk of the studies referred to below are technical and specialist in nature and were necessary to enable the Department to discharge its policy and project responsibilities in the areas concerned. Payments from Ministerial allowances are not a charge on my Department’s Vote and are...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 403 and 404 together. Ireland’s telecommunications market has been fully liberalised since 1999 in accordance with the requirements of binding EU Directives. The market has since developed into a well-regulated market, supporting a multiplicity of commercial operators, providing services over a diverse range of technology platforms. Details of...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (21 Jan 2014)
Pat Rabbitte: It is important that the boards of Irish Commercial Semi State Companies are led by persons with the requisite knowledge, skills, expertise, competence and leadership ability required to ensure such companies perform optimally. The position of Chairperson of EirGrid does not carry an entitlement to a salary. However, the Chairperson is offered an annual fee. Currently the fee offered to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (21 Jan 2014)
Pat Rabbitte: Payments made by my Department to Oracle since March 2011 are set out in the following table. There have been no payments made to Accenture in that period. Year Amount Paid 2011 € 72,634 2012 € 76,049 2013 €213,777