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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I am going to stop Ms Lennon there. For two years, the Government has been saying that we cannot interfere with the current process in any way. When both Eir and Siro pulled out, I raised concerns with the then Minister, and he said we had to keep going, because if anything was done to stall this process, we would lose two years. In essence, it is the way the procurement process is put...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Based on Ms Lennon's knowledge of what Granahan McCourt Capital is offering, though they do not exist in this area of the marketplace at the moment, how long would it take to get service providers onto its network?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: There is a time lag associated with overbuilding Eir's network.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: That covers most things for me. However, I read an article in one of the main newspapers which indicated that people are now looking at Eir doing it for €1 billion again, but the biggest hurdle is that Eir says it does not want to re-enter the national broadband plan in any form. Is that true?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The Government has gone a long a way and it is arguable that it should have known Eir had the capacity to do it more cheaply, based on the letter from Mr. Moat. Was there a conversation between the former Minister, Deputy Naughten, and Mr. Richard Moat after that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: If the Government decided not to proceed with the signing of a contract with Granahan McCourt and a new process was under way, would Eir get involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Eir is saying it could do the job for under €1 billion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: If the model mirrored-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: If it was a fit for the 300,000-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Poor old Denis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Urban in a rural setting? What are you saying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Is a two-storey more expensive to connect than a bungalow?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: I have a minor supplementary question. I was looking at what the Taoiseach said in the Dáil today. He said: It seems that the €1 billion bid about which Eir is talking would involve passing homes but not connecting any of them and does not cover maintenance costs for 25 years. Therefore, it would be pretty useless to anyone. I would like to hear Eir's response for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (25 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: The quality of the service that would be available to the 542,000 premises would be the same as what is available to the 300,000 premises.

Climate Action Plan to Tackle Climate Breakdown: Statements (20 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Fianna Fáil gives a guarded welcome to this new climate action plan. We welcome the momentum it provides following the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency in May. We welcome that after eight years of knowing inaction and deliberate delay in some respects, we have some sort of indication that the Government may be about to treat the climate breakdown with the seriousness...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: Members of the public will make up their own mind on that too.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (19 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 174. 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. [25669/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (19 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 232. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in areas already covered by a commercial plan to cover 300,000 premises; when this roll-out was agreed; if this took place before or after the departure of a company (details supplied) from the bidding process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (19 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 233. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the barriers in place to ensure issues regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan do not break state aid rules (details supplied). [25780/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (19 Jun 2019)

Timmy Dooley: 235. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the duplication of fibre as part of the national broadband plan in areas in which fibre infrastructure is already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25782/19]