tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891046308852041295.post2843967688875457280..comments2023-09-06T06:30:27.720+01:00Comments on SEO Ireland: The Green Party push their internet strategy into high gear...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06142914827010036758noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891046308852041295.post-52185967357680029762011-02-16T20:18:17.044+00:002011-02-16T20:18:17.044+00:00Hi @Helen. You have to wonder if Eamon Ryan hasn&#...Hi @Helen. You have to wonder if Eamon Ryan hasn't pressed some sort of self-destruct button. The impact of the Greens is, proportionally speaking, as bad as their partners [in crime]. They went in on the higher moral ground on Education, Environment, Health and everything else -- and then left us with this, Genetically Modified food (health and environment).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142914827010036758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891046308852041295.post-47957572435162927932011-02-16T18:36:55.382+00:002011-02-16T18:36:55.382+00:00The Green madness doesn’t stop at taxing data usag...The Green madness doesn’t stop at taxing data usage on the internet. Eamonn Ryan, as Minister for Communications has already failed to make proper provision for communications infrastructure whilst in government. He waxed lyrical about broadband in his rosy interview with Silicon Republic yesterday. Yet, broadband availability is really patchy outside of the main urban centres. In addition, in Ireland, unlike any other EU country, holiday home businesses have to pay 1 license fee per house, whereas a hotel only pays 1 license for the whole hotel. Minister Ryan would never meet with industry lobby groups to discuss this issue but kicked to touch for years about reviewing it. In other countries tourist accommodation is on a level playing field regarding TV license fees – there is a sliding scale that applies to both hotels and holiday homes. Eamonn Ryan is all talk and no action. It's a case of “been there, didn't do that” for Ryan and the Greens. And their efforts at strategy are ludicrous. It’s a concern as to who Fine Gael might cosy up to in Government– a coalition is always the Government that nobody voted for and gives minority groups, such as the Greens, inordinate power. Oh for a leader with passion & vision and a powerhouse party that would form a majority government…Helen Cousinshttp://xbs.ie/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891046308852041295.post-52349983453293090692011-02-15T20:52:53.404+00:002011-02-15T20:52:53.404+00:00@anonymous Eamon Ryan literally proposed this toda...@anonymous Eamon Ryan literally proposed this today.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142914827010036758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891046308852041295.post-33514112147579191322011-02-15T20:45:10.127+00:002011-02-15T20:45:10.127+00:00I think you're being a little unfair on the Gr...I think you're being a little unfair on the Greens. Mary White proposed a 1 cent tax on sms messages more than two years as you've linked above but was rapidly shot down by her own party members amongst others. Apart from anything else, she miscalculated the likely revenue by an order of magnitude.<br /><br />There was never a proposal to tax data usage on the internet. While Eamon Ryan was minister for comms, broadband fixed line penetration increased by two thirds to nearly 1 million. The NBS rollout was completed, connecting 250K mostly one-off houses to a minimal 3g standard. The final 1% of buildings will be connected by the rural broadband scheme by the next government.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com