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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-04-16/19/
16 Apr 2015 - Public Electronic Communications Networks (Improper Use) Bill 2015: First Stage
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-04-16/19/
16 Apr 2015 - certain offences in connection with the improper use of public electronic communications networks; and...It will make it an offence for a person to send or cause to be sent by means of public electronic communications...In this Bill I am addressing a gap in the legislation in that the Communications Regulations (Amendment...) Act 2007 addressed messages by telephone only, excluding electronic communications or social media....The O'Neill group recommended that the 2007 Act be amended to include all electronic communications within
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-10-23/8/
23 Oct 2014 - of post offices in the community....financial services sector for both electronic transactions as well as the more traditional over-the-counter...Action 6 of the policy document, Supporting Public Service Reform: eGovernment 2012-2015, states: "Public...of electronic channels in the disbursement of welfare payments....The progressive change to the use of electronic transfer for social welfare payments is one factor being
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-07-17/7/
17 Jul 2014 - of post offices in the community....The impact of the use of electronic transfer for social welfare payments on local post offices is a factor...and the financial services sector for both electronic transactions as well as the more traditional over-the-counter...Any such developments would be subject to public procurement requirements....I envisage a strong future for the network by using its existing strengths to remain a significant player
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-09-22/15/
22 Sep 2015 - Minister of State at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources I thank the Deputy...However, the postal sector is undergoing systemic change, with migration towards electronic communications...The group presented its initial report to the Minister in May 2015 and outlined, in summary, that the...To gain further insight into these areas, a public consultation exercise was held from 16 June to 28...It is clear from the responses received that there is a strong public desire to maintain the nationwide
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-12-11/12/
11 Dec 2014 - of post offices in the community....financial services sector for both electronic transactions as well as the more traditional over-the-counter...in the provision of services that large numbers of people and business users want to use and that are...the auspices of the Cabinet committee on social policy exploring the scope for providing additional public...services and securing new lines of business through the post office network.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-10-21/26/
21 Oct 2015 - and its future is one that resonates with us all....It is true to say that the postal sector is undergoing systemic change, with migration towards electronic...communications resulting in significant core mail volume decline year on year....A public consultation on the initial report of the post office network business development group took...It is clear that there is a strong public desire to maintain the nationwide network of post offices and
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2013-10-23/30/
23 Oct 2013 - services and more effective electronic payments as set out in the public service reform plan and the...eGovernment strategy 2012-2015....a strategy which aims to address the reality of increased use of electronic payment methods within the...Post offices were also used as a payment channel for the property tax....My colleague, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, envisages a strong future
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2001-11-22/81/
22 Nov 2001 - Minister for Public Enterprise (Mrs....On the question of telecommunications, the forthcoming Communications (Regulation) Bill will contain...of telecommunications networks....co-ordinate road openings and to require operators to share trenches and provide spare ducts for future use...I am most anxious to have the Communications (Regulation) Bill progressed as soon as possible.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2013-06-25/18/
25 Jun 2013 - It is based on the objective of better public services and more effective electronic payments, as set...out in the public service reform plan and the e-Government strategy 2012-2015....At the moment, some 50% of all transactions are being paid in cash through the post office network....The Minister for Social Protection and the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources,...throughout the country, notably the extent to which it is now a one-stop-shop where people can pay bills
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-07-01/25/
1 Jul 2014 - Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Pat Rabbitte) I thank Deputy Kitt...It is acknowledged that the migration from cash to electronic payments by the Department of Social Protection...These can range from cash transactions to electronic transactions....I acknowledge the pivotal role post offices play in local communities in both financial and social terms...I envisage a strong future for the post office network by using its existing strengths to remain a significant
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2013-10-23/30/
23 Oct 2013 - The Minister of State knows about the great anxiety among members of the public who use their local post...from certain given the Department of Social Protection's desire to move social welfare payments to electronic...Community welfare officers no longer go out to rural communities and rural pubs are closing....and Natural Resources, Justice and Equality, the Environment, Community and Local Government, and Public...Gardaí could use the post office network as a one-stop-shop in locations where Garda stations have closed
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2013-12-04/10/
4 Dec 2013 - of post offices in the community....Protection intends to implement a strategy whereby the bulk of social welfare payments will be made electronically...In the context of the public sector transformation agenda, I will continue to engage with my colleague...Overall, I envisage a strong future for the network through the use of its existing strengths to remain...project, as the target segment for this project is already comfortable in using post offices for financial
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-03-11/4/
11 Mar 2014 - Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Deputy Pat Rabbitte) There is no Government...for Government and the financial services sector for both electronic transactions as well as the more...Naturally, any such developments would have to be subject to public procurement requirements, as appropriate...proposal for a whole-of-Government consideration, encompassing central and local government and the wider public...service, of the nature and extent of services that can be provided to the public using the post office
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-11-21/18/
21 Nov 2017 - Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and...This funding will be provided in the form of a repayable long-term loan and is to be used to support...They have arisen, in the main, from the decline in mail volumes and the move to electronic transactions...in both the mail and post office network....legislation to facilitate the repeal of the price cap mechanism when the drop in mail volumes accelerated in 2015
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2004-12-01/98/
1 Dec 2004 - Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (Mr. N....It may be useful, at this stage, to illustrate the current strength of the network....An Post has established 3,000 Postpoint outlets in retail premises, of which 600 can be used for bill...As part of this strategy, An Post has secured additional business for the network, including bill pay...Further opportunities from both the public and private sectors are being actively explored by the company
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2014-01-30/29/
30 Jan 2014 - There is an opportunity to make greater use of the post office network and we should set about seizing...faces a challenge in the face of the significant decrease in letter and parcel post and the threat from electronic...communications such as e-mails and texts....I acknowledge the independence of the board and the need to comply with public procurement regulations...Things wither and die if they are not used.
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Debate: Seanad Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/2016-01-27/24/
27 Jan 2016 - With regard to the overall public transport network, the answers are obvious but still worth stating....such as the Luas and a metro could have a very positive effect on the carbon-emitting potential of the public...transport network....With respect to the broader use of alternative fuel sources, the Minister for Communications, Energy...of alternative fuels for private car use.
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-12-11/13/
11 Dec 2015 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Brendan Howlin) I move: "That the Bill be now read...The Appropriation Bill 2015 is an essential element of financial housekeeping that, as Deputies are aware...Second, the passage of the Appropriation Bill 2015 is essential to provide a legal basis for all existing...of us in the Dáil are required to undertake....Bill will allow the payments required to deliver these public services to continue into 2016 in the
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Debate: Dáil Éireann
https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2015-12-11/15/
11 Dec 2015 - Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Brendan Howlin) I move: "That the Bill be now read...The Appropriation Bill 2015 is an essential element of financial housekeeping that, as Deputies are aware...Second, the passage of the Appropriation Bill 2015 is essential to provide a legal basis for all existing...of us in the Dáil are required to undertake....Bill will allow the payments required to deliver these public services to continue into 2016 in the
