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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: For motorways being built from now on, it is important to have the discussion before it is done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: I will pick up on a point made by Mr. Denihan regarding the use of the ducting along NRA roads. He stated that the cost was prohibitive. Does this mean the facility is there but the operators cannot agree on a price with the NRA? Is that how I should interpret the point?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: None of the ducting that already is in place along NRA roads is being used by the companies at present to improve coverage. Is that what Mr. Dean-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: Surely that is crazy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: I mean from both sides. If the NRA has a facility that is not being used, the authority is getting nothing for it at present. Is there no meeting of minds, or am I simplifying an issue that is a lot more complex?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: Thank you for that overview of the €2.5 billion investment and everything that is happening. The view of the committee since we started examining this is that everybody accepts that the train is coming down the track, as it were, but the difficulty is that there is a huge demand for broadband from SMEs and so forth. They know they must facilitate online shopping and have an online...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: You mentioned where telephones are placed in cars and so forth. There are also new specific areas. When I am travelling to Mayo, I know where coverage will drop, and it will drop in more places this year than was the case a year ago. That is the issue. I am sure members will have questions on those matters.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: We are now in public session. I welcome everyone to the meeting, the aim of which is discuss with representatives of the Telecommunications and Internet Federation, TIF, and the Irish Cellular Industry Association, ICIA, and with services providers the issues of poor broadband and mobile telephone coverage. Members will recall that we met officials from the Department of Communications,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: Unless there are any other questions, we will conclude. I thank Ms O'Donnell for attending and laying out her strategy. I propose to send a transcript of today's discussion to the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, for his information and consideration. Is that agreed? Agreed. I do not see obstacles in the way. I congratulate Ms O'Donnell on her appointment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: We will adjourn until 9.30 a.m. tomorrow, when we will meet the Telecommunications and Internet Federation and the Irish Cellular Industry Association to discuss mobile phone coverage and broadband availability.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: On that point, I have been approached by a number of business people on an individual basis who are of the view that the RSA has become a revenue-collecting resource in its own right and this is, in some instances, hindering the execution of business. I am not suggesting that inspections should cease or anything like that, but the people to whom I have spoken are saying that prices have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: To be clear, I am not in any way suggesting that we take any shortcuts in this regard. Perhaps a better example is the one Deputy O'Donovan gave regarding vintage cars. Those types of vehicles are seldom involved in accidents, as far as I am aware, and their owners often do a great deal of charitable work, which is particularly important in the rural economy. It is about getting the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: I call Senator Brennan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: I thank Ms O'Donnell for her presentation in which she outlined a serious grasp of the challenges faced, the targets set and the achievements that have taken place since the RSA was set up. Last year the committee visited the headquarters of the RSA in Ballina. Seeing the analysis of all the tragedies and accidents that had occurred and how the RSA based its campaigns on statistics as they...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Road Safety Authority: Chairperson Designate (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: We have a quorum. We are in public session. I remind all present to switch off their mobile phones. Apologies have been received from Deputies Michael Colreavy, Seán Kenny and Noel Harrington. The purpose of the meeting is to engage with Ms Liz O'Donnell, chairperson designate of the Road Safety Authority, in order to discuss the approach she proposes to take when appointed to the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Invalidity Pension Waiting Times (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: 173. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the current waiting time for having applications processed and a decision made for invalidity pension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43112/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: 174. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals that are under appeal for disability benefit, disability allowance, carer’s allowance, carer’s benefit, invalidity pension, illness benefit in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43114/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mobility Allowance Review (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: 421. To ask the Minister for Health when the replacement of the mobility allowance and motorised transport schemes will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43222/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Orthodontic Service Provision (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: 355. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Mayo will receive an appointment for orthodontic treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42871/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (11 Nov 2014)

John O'Mahony: 393. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 201 of 19 September 2014, 638 of 15 July 2014, 139 of 25 June 2014 and 209 to 212, inclusive, of 4 June 2014, the reasons these questions have not been answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43121/14]