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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I suggest, in light of what we have heard, that we invite ESB back in about this issue. I do not want to get into details but, as have others here, I have had considerable interaction with the whistleblower. He has gone through hell in this time. For some time, the ESB sought to distance itself from discussing the individual issues of the whistleblower. I think we should invite the ESB to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The EPA is dealing with what is effectively a semi-State company. This is not a fly-by-night operator that is trying to cut margins. It has a monopoly. It is a large-scale company. The principle of self-reporting works well. It is how Revenue collects its money from the vast majority of taxpayers who, in the last number of days, have been filing their returns. It does so on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 144. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45688/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Data (5 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will provide the Ombudsman for Children with the requested measurement of routes and mileage of the distance between Quin and Ennis, County Clare, and Quin and Tulla, County Clare, in view of the months that have elapsed since the details were sought (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44439/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Services Provision (5 Nov 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 627. To ask the Minister for Health when a student (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44993/19]

Personal Explanation by Members (24 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I take this opportunity to apologise to you, a Cheann Comhairle, and every Member of the House for what happened here last Thursday. Since 2002, I have been honoured to serve both as a Senator and a Deputy. It has been a privilege to serve in these Houses. With that privilege comes responsibility and I accept that last Thursday I fell short of the responsibility that rests on me as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (23 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 151. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will have surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43737/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 420. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have a hip replacement surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43525/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Question Heading for question(s) 487,508,511 (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 487. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43468/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Question Heading for question(s) 487,508,511 (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 508. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital allocation for the National Broadband Plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43469/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Question Heading for question(s) 487,508,511 (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 511. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in years 1 to 5, in tabular form. [43541/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 512. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new access network will impact on the subsidy provided for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 513. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a recent settlement and agreement to consult on the matter of the appropriate level of costs for FTTH connections will impact on the subsidy for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Question Heading for question(s) 664 (22 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 664. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 371 and 372 of 3 October 2019, the number of times in the past four years her Department has allocated additional funds to a body under its aegis for a specific purpose; the body in each case; the amount allocated in each case in proportion to its overall allocation for that year; if the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Warmer Homes Scheme (16 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: When does the Minister expect to have an announcement about a move on the area-based scheme? I would also like to draw his attention to the recent recommendations of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul in this area. It has highlighted the importance of retrofitting the social housing stock in the coming years such that resources are available for local authorities to reach a BER of B2 or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Warmer Homes Scheme (16 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 40. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the retrofitting of social housing and houses at risk of energy poverty under the expanded warmer homes scheme will be prioritised; and his plans to ensure that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, will be in a position to assess applications and co-ordinate delivery in a timely manner. [42298/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Warmer Homes Scheme (16 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Budget 2020 will direct €13 million in carbon tax revenue through the warmer homes scheme to retrofit homes for those living in or at risk of energy poverty. A new retrofitting model will upgrade groups of houses, with a programme targeting social houses in the midlands. The Oireachtas joint committee highlighted in March that the requirement for retrofitting is of the order of at...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Warmer Homes Scheme (16 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: We have been informed that the waiting time from the date of application to the SEAI under the warmer homes scheme to the date of final approval is over one year. We are dealing, therefore, with a process that is already under considerable strain. I ask the Minister to set out how the SEAI will be supported to co-ordinate and deliver a significantly expanded scheme. The Minister must also...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: RTÉ Revenue (16 Oct 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I add my voice to that of Deputy Boyd Barrett. While I addressed the overall issue of funding in my question, I too am hugely supportive of the work of Lyric FM. The kinds of proposals coming from RTÉ, which we hope to challenge in the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment when its representatives come before us, for example, dismantling some of the...