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- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is primarily a matter for the private sector. Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market that is regulated, where appropriate, by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. The role of the Government is to formulate regulatory and infrastructure policies to facilitate the...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: Statutory responsibility for the regulation of electronic communication service providers, including eircom, rests with the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), in accordance with the requirements of the Communications Regulation Act 2002, as amended, and the Regulations, which transpose the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications. I,...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: Section 28(2)(b) of the Broadcasting Act, 2001 mandates RTÃ to provide programmes of news and current affairs in the Irish and English languages, including programmes that provide coverage of proceedings in the Houses of the Oireachtas and the European Parliament. In addition section 45(4) of the Broadcasting Act 2001 mandates TG4 to provide programmes, primarily in the Irish language, of...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 213 together. As I have already explained in detail to the House, the recent coverage in the media with regard to potential performance problems at three ESB plants located at Poolbeg, Great Island and Tarbert underlines the necessity to ensure adequate capacity margins on the generation system. EirGrid's 2007 Winter Outlook Report forecasts that...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The National Postcode Project Board was established in 2005 to recommend the most suitable postcode for Ireland. As part of its work on the project, the National Postcode Project Board's technical and economic advisors carried out an extensive consultation with stakeholders, both within the postal sector and outside it with a view to arriving at a postcode model that best meets the needs of...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The Government's policy with regard to the future development of the postal service, is to ensure Irish customers, both business and residential, enjoy competitively priced, high quality postal services on a par with the highest quality standards in key comparator economies elsewhere in the EU. Ensuring that Irish consumers have access to a broad suite of high-quality postal services and the...
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The assessment of the prospects for geological storage of carbon, in Ireland is at a relatively early stage. A study by Sustainable Energy Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Geological Survey of Northern Ireland and Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) is examining the potential for such storage on the island of Ireland. An EPA-GSI project in the next 2 years will evaluate the...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: My Department is continuing to undertake a Value for Money and Policy Review on Phase I of the Metropolitan Area Networks Programme. The review is being carried out in close cooperation with the Department of Finance. This Review, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2007, along with other policy analyses being undertaken, will help to inform my decisions on future investment in...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: Section 3 of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Act 2007, enacted and commenced in April of this year, amends RTÃ's public service remit, by requiring the national public service broadcaster to provide a television and radio service to Irish communities abroad, and stipulating that any such television service must be representative of the existing RTÃ One, RTÃ Two and TG4 channels. Section 14...
- Written Answers — Compensation Schemes: Compensation Schemes (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The issue in relation to former coal miners who suffer health problems as a result of their time in the mines is primarily one of disability or occupational injuries benefit entitlement and I understand that this matter has previously been referred to the Minister for Social and Family Affairs. I am afraid there is no scheme available to me from which to pay such compensation.
- Written Answers — Tax Code: Tax Code (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I am generally supportive of the introduction of a carbon levy along the lines of the commitment set out in the Programme for Government which states that "Appropriate fiscal instruments, including a carbon levy, will be phased in on a revenue-neutral basis over the lifetime of this Government". In addition, the Programme for Government commits to the establishment of a new Commission on...
- Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1 of today.
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter for the private sector operating a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). I have no function in this matter. I understand ComReg has raised concerns with the authors of the report about the methodology adopted and the accuracy of the results...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The telecoms market is fully liberalised and regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), which is independent in the exercise of its functions. ComReg's objectives include the promotion of competition and the promotion of the interests of users. There are now over 600 authorised undertakings for telecoms services and this includes 100 companies offering fixed...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: In 2004 Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) funded a Geothermal Atlas of Ireland which identified the potential locations of deep geothermal energy in Ireland. The Blackrock-Rathcoole fault line was identified as a possible area of relatively accessible geothermal energy. The report recommended further research along the fault line and SEI have subsequently funded a feasibility study of the...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32 and 36 together. The provision of telecommunications services is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the independent regulator. Eircom, as a private company, is entitled to implement the corporate structure, which best...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act, 2007 puts in place a flexible framework for the licensing of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) into the future. The Act provides for the use of multiplexes by both public service and commercial broadcasters and for the transmission of both digital television services and digital sound broadcasting services. Under the Act, RTE, the Broadcasting Commission...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: TG4 became an independent statutory body on 1 April last. It will continue to receive public funds to finance its operations, along with the income that it generates from its commercial operations. In 2007, some â¬32 million of Exchequer funding for TG4 is being provided from my Department's Vote. The Deloitte & Touche/William Fry Solicitors "Report on the Preparation of a Implementation...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35, 39 and 56 together. The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter for the private sector. Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated, where appropriate, by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. The role of the Government is to formulate regulatory and...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (15 Nov 2007)
Eamon Ryan: The provision of telecommunications services, including next generation broadband is primarily a matter for the private sector operating in a liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). In response to developments in the Irish market and internationally, my Department is currently in the process of drafting a policy paper on Next Generation...