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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: Which is not available now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: I have two related questions. Eir was sold for a significant sum, and the figure was €4 billion was mentioned at one stage. Perhaps the witnesses will be able clarify that. The Eir network had very little investment in it over the 20 year period, or in the nearly two decades since privatisation. Very little cable was replaced. The cable has been exposed to the severe weather in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: Yes. It was a very valuable asset but some cables were 30 years old.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: At a cost of €1 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: The reason I raised the point is that if the ESB network, a parallel network, was used, and which already carries fibre in some areas, the taxpayer would not be paying rent of €20 per pole on which to hang cables.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: What if the ESB or a model attached to the ESB did that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (19 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: It would be easier to deal with than a French investor.

National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Bill before us is straightforward and simple. I do not know how anybody could oppose it. It would give hospitality workers, who are low paid and on approximately half the average industrial wage, a legal right to have what is their own. We have a solution. We have a Bill that has gone through the Seanad and it should go through this House also, without any messing. If the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 164. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of staff employed at the National Construction Training Centre in Mount Lucas, County Offaly; and the courses available there. [25440/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Data (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants that received training at the National Construction Training Centre in Mount Lucas, County Offaly in each of the past five years. [25441/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 458. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Laois and Offaly approved for home help and home care hours; and the number of persons on the waiting list despite having already been approved for hours. [25435/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Data (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 459. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons in counties Longford and Westmeath approved for home help and home care hours; and the number of persons on the waiting list despite having already been approved for hours. [25436/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 539. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of meetings that have taken place between his officials and representatives of oil and gas companies that have either invested in offshore drilling or wish to become involved in exploration and or extraction in territorial waters. [25515/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Adaptation Grant Funding (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: 673. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the allocation for local authority grants will be forwarded to city and county councils to fund mobility aid and housing adaptation grants for council housing. [25434/19]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: As Vice Chairman of the Joint Committee on Climate Action I have an interest in today's discussion. I thank the Chairman for the opportunity to allow me contribute. I published a paper on biogas almost two years ago in which we examined what was happening in other countries. The driver behind that was the need for climate action, but what was also in mind was our very large agricultural...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Budgetary and Fiscal Implications of Climate Change: Discussion (18 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: Given those needs and the climate emergency we are in, what is the quickest way of kick-starting that industry? Professor FitzGerald might answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: I welcome our guests from PwC. With regard to the cost, Ms Ball referred in her opening statement to the fact that the benefit should be 1.3 of the cost. We now learn the overall cost of the project is approximately €5 billion, according to what the Department and Ministers have been telling us in the past few weeks. It is €2.95 billion in subsidy and €2 billion on top...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: The most senior official in that Department, who has years of experience, was very definite about that. He did not say it may not represent value for money; he said it does not represent value for money. I refer to the fact that the cost to the private operator, in other words, what it will cost it, was overestimated by €1 billion. It was not overestimated by €10 million or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: PwC is looking at the value for money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

Brian Stanley: The cost-benefit analysis.