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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Does Mr. Griffin have an idea of the costs to date? How much has been spent on those interim works?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Is the newer building in Beggars Bush that the NCSC will move in to also owned by the OPW or is that leased?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Okay, that is fine. If Mr. Griffin could provide a note on that, it would be much appreciated. I will now turn to the NBP, which we have discussed previously at the committee. I understand the deployment plan is 12 months behind schedule. Delving into that further, fines of €135,000 were issued in respect of build delays. I gather from what Mr. Griffin said in his opening...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Are they not revised targets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Are we not behind on the revised targets?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: Just before Mr. Mulligan comes in I would like to ask another question because my time is limited. From 1 February to August of this year, sanctions totalling €134,800 were imposed but I understand there is a refundable option if other build milestones are achieved. I ask Mr. Mulligan to touch on this in his response.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: When does the refundable option kick in? How is it traded off against the milestones that are missed?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Mulligan. With regard to blackspots, we focus a lot on rural Ireland but there are obviously blackspots in urban Ireland also. There are some glaring ones where there is fibre in the ground but houses cannot connect to it. I know the Department is aware of certain situations. I brought some to its attention. It is galling for people in an estate of 700 houses where it would...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General - Chapter 9: Implementation of the National Broadband Plan (13 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank Mr. Ó hÓbáin. The Department needs a carrot and stick approach with certain operators. While they have plans, the public have been waiting years for them to be able to connect to cabinets or whatever other infrastructure is required. In urban areas there is an expectation, and rightly so. Not being able to connect when fibre is right outside the house is illogical.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (12 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State for the update, the majority of which was contained in the response I received yesterday from the Department, which is welcome. A parallel I would draw is the issue of Go-Ahead experiencing higher than normal levels of Covid-related staff absences. We wish Covid on nobody but I do not understand how that company seems to have a worse number of cases of Covid...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Bus Services (12 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, for taking this matter. I am disappointed that the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, was not able to make it. I have raised this issue previously, most recently with the Tánaiste in this Chamber in September and at committee meetings last year. Specifically on the Go-Ahead bus service, my office is inundated with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 221. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number and value of fines levied by the National Transport Authority on bus, Luas and rail services for contract breaches by each service provider during the years 2020 to 2022, in tabular form; the steps that he is taking to improve services for public transport users in the greater Dublin region; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that the owners of dwellings with thatched roofs are having securing home insurance; if he will raise the matter with the insurance sector to seek an appropriate solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49565/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions that are still outstanding from the August 2005 report on the Present and Future Protection of Thatched Structures in Ireland; the supports that are available to support homeowners maintain thatched roofs; the number of thatched roof dwellings per county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49564/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 380. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the proposed construction of the SEN classrooms for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 488. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49563/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 586. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the proposed arrangements for special exemption orders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49559/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in the State as of 1 January in each of the years 2019 to 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50243/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 611. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned as juvenile liaison officers. [50244/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Oct 2022)

Cormac Devlin: 615. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of anti-social behaviour orders issued for each of the years 2019 to 2021 and up to 1 October 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50368/22]