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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 779. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements of the national broadband plan which are in place to avoid duplication of infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31300/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 780. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent to date in 2019 within his Department on the promotion of the national broadband plan. [31301/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 781. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if moneys have been set aside to attend the National Ploughing Championships in 2019 to promote the national broadband plan; and if so, the amount set aside. [31302/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 783. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the recurring weekly meetings attended by either him or the Secretary General of his Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within his Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31336/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 825. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the recurring weekly meetings attended by either him or the Secretary General of his Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within his Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31348/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 864. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the recurring weekly meetings attended by either her or the Secretary General of her Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within her Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31335/19]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 881. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the recurring weekly meetings attended by either him or the Secretary General of his Department in 2019 at which climate change and-or preparations within his Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31347/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 922. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the recurring weekly meetings attended by either her or the Secretary General of her Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within her Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31340/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 956. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recurring weekly meetings attended by either him or the Secretary General of his Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within his Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31344/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 979. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the recurring weekly meetings attended by either her or the Secretary General of her Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within her Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31337/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Can we just concentrate-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I know you might be getting direction from Fine Gael headquarters on the questions to ask but we might wait until the submission has been made before you do that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Blaney for his presentation. He says the legislative framework to proceed with a universal service obligation, USO, in the provision of broadband is not available here as a result of the non-transposition of EU legislation. That is something in which the Department is actively involved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Does Mr. Blaney know of any European member state that has transposed the directive?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Do member states define the purpose of a USO? If Ireland had not envisaged the national broadband plan, there was no policy intervention on the horizon and we had the tools provided by the EU directive, including a USO, would Ireland be able to define the USO in such a way as to provide broadband for those who did not have it, in other words, for those included in the figure of 542,000?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: It is accepted that there is market failure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: If the policy intervention was less expansive and had not sought to cover the figure of 542,000 but only to cover 100,000, could the USO then be used to provide a service for the remainder? It seems to be somewhat arbitrary because there is no definition of a public policy intervention. The only overriding principle underpinning the USO is that the rest must be covered, however many it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Approximately 1.5 million premises in the State have high speed broadband, while 500,000 do not. Mr. Blaney seems to be suggesting the USO can only be applied to a much smaller group, but it is not defined.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: For the purposes of clarity, transposition is a matter for the Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (11 Jul 2019)

Timmy Dooley: It is a devolved responsibility; therefore, in theory, the Government or the Department could set the scale.