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Written Answers — Management Information Framework System: Management Information Framework System (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: Through the use of the management information framework system, the overall financial service in my Department has improved with a much quicker throughput of transactions, higher levels of productivity and better quality information for managers to support the overall decision-making process generally. Since installation of the new financial management system at end 2004, staffing levels in...

Written Answers — Management Information Framework System: Management Information Framework System (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has fully rolled out the management information framework system, with the new financial management information system, AGRESSO, having been installed in November 2004 in the core financial areas. By November 2006, the essential functions of the system had been rolled out to all Divisions of the Department for the purposes of Departmental financial control, processing,...

Written Answers — Departmental Meetings: Departmental Meetings (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has a Management Committee which is chaired by the Secretary General. It includes the Deputy Secretary General and the Assistant Secretaries of the Department. The Personnel Officer of the Department also attends and the Private Secretary to the Secretary General is Secretary to the Committee. Meetings generally take place weekly. Minutes are circulated subsequent to each...

Written Answers — Departmental Meetings: Departmental Meetings (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The policy meetings that I convene fall into two categories. Firstly, I convene regular meetings with members of the Management Committee of my Department as a group, every six weeks or so and with the Sectoral Divisions of the Department on a three to four weekly basis. Secondly, I convene ad hoc meetings on policy issues with Departmental officials as they arise. These meetings may be...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The number of programme managers, special advisers, policy assistants, personnel on secondment and other personnel who are not part of the existing Civil Service who make up my Department, including permanent civil servants attached to my office and the Office of the Minister of State in my Department, is shown in the following table. Title Minister's Office Minister of State's Office...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The provision of broadband services is mainly a matter for private sector providers operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). I am informed that Ballinrobe and Claremorris are served by a number of broadband providers. In addition, under the second phase of the MANs Programme, a 7.2 km MAN in Ballinrobe town and...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The provision of broadband services is mainly a matter for private sector providers operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). The role of the Government is to formulate regulatory and infrastructure policies to facilitate the provision of high quality telecommunications services, by competing private sector...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The provision of broadband services is mainly a matter for private sector service providers operating in a liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). It continues to be a priority of the Government that there will be broadband coverage across the entire country. In that regard my Department has undertaken initiatives to address the...

Written Answers — Energy Research Projects: Energy Research Projects (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The 2004 Energy Research and Demonstration Inventory Report (summary and project files) is available as a downloadable PDF from the following location www.sei.ie/index.asp?locID=1030&docID=1. The 2005 report is available as an interactive website comprising the summary report as well as all of the individual project summaries, searchable by category, at http://inventory.sei.ie. Outputs for...

Written Answers — Electricity Interconnectors: Electricity Interconnectors (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I can advise the Deputy that work on the project is progressing well. EirGrid, under the regulatory oversight of the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), is finalising the structure of the competition to select a developer and is also progressing work on route selection and the technical specification of the interconnector. To oversee and ensure delivery of the interconnector to schedule,...

Written Answers — Electricity Power Lines: Electricity Power Lines (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: European Union policy seeks to ensure secure and competitively priced electricity markets into the future. Better interconnection between electricity systems is a key aspect of this policy and the White Paper "Delivering a sustainable energy future for Ireland" underlines Ireland's commitment to a more sustainable energy future through a range of measures including increased electricity and...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out as follows. In addition, I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 693 on 27th November outlining those independent statutory bodies, established by the Government, for which I have Ministerial responsibility but which are legally independent in the performance of their functions. Statutory Body An Post Broadcasting...

Written Answers — Electricity Transmission: Electricity Transmission (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The Government Programme commits to the transfer of ownership of the electricity transmission network assets from ESB to EirGrid by end 2008. The mechanisms to implement the transfer to EirGrid of ownership of the assets comprise a range of legislative, commercial, legal and financial dimensions, which are currently under consideration by my Department. I will be seeking Government approval...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: On 13 July this year, I hosted a forum for senior representatives from across the Irish energy sector. The theme of the meeting was innovation and job creation in the energy sector. The purpose of holding the event was to start a dialogue with the key players in the energy sector regarding the opportunity to locate investment in clean energy technologies in Ireland. Investment in clean and...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: It is a privilege to be here to speak on the budget, sandwiched as I am between the Lenihan brothers. Little did I ever think I would end in such a privileged position. I am very glad to share these benches with my colleague Ministers.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: It is indeed. Change will be the content and the subject of my speech.

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: Change is coming and change is something we need to welcome and steer in the right direction. There is no doubt we are facing into difficult and different economic times globally from what existed during the past ten or 15 years. It is clear from the broad economic picture that what we have seen in recent years is a very significant increase in energy prices, in oil and gas, in the...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: That is good news. Oil prices will go up and down but, in general, the characteristics of the global economy in recent years are that high energy prices have, in turn, led to high flows of money between the oil producing companies and the rest of the world, but they had a considerable inflationary effect. The way in which the world economy works in an integrated way has led to interest rate...

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I exclude Deputy D'Arcy from my comments. The response at that time was evacuation from the country. There was widespread emigration to other economies, to America, Australia——

Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (6 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The point I am making is that our response this time, as a people and as a country, will be different for a number of reasons. We are more confident, more capable and have more resources and better infrastructure to allow us face a difficult economic climate if it exists. I believe the budget indicates a steering of the economy in the right direction and indicates a response that is...