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Other Questions: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: The EPA report on fracking does not include consideration of an issue that will have to be taken into consideration by the political system, namely, the negotiations on the transatlantic trade and investment partnership, TTIP, and the investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, system. Particularly under the ISDS system, energy companies will undoubtedly threaten governments. If they are not...

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of homes estimated to have no access to high-speed broadband. [23140/15]

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Will the Minister indicate the number of houses that require retrofitting? I would also like to know the number of houses and businesses that do not have access to high-speed broadband. Where are we at in terms of establishing that level of need?

Other Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I do not think we can rely exclusively on private companies to give us the information we need. I suggested five or six weeks ago that it would make sense to have an online system in order that, if people could not access high speed broadband, they could log the issue and the Department would have the information and a rolling count. It would be a simple, inexpensive solution to the...

Urban Regeneration and Housing Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: There is no doubt but that social housing in Ireland has improved over the decades. It is self-evident that the quality of houses now being built by the local authorities has improved immeasurably in comparison with those constructed over 30 or 40 years ago. This step-change was needed. However, we are a long way from what all of us would like to see, namely, as in the case of access to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 120. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been any further development in restocking Irish rivers with eels, or if compensation will be made available to eel fishermen. [23142/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Exports (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there has been any move to renew talks on the export of renewable energy from Ireland to Britain. [23139/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I thank the Chairman. I hope the next time Deputy O'Donovan criticises me for taking too much time to pose my questions, he will be cognisant of the fact that I have just 13 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I welcome the representatives and thank them for appearing before the committee. The presentation was not what one would have assumed. The topic for discussion was the basis for putting the North-South interconnector underground but that was not the presentation which was a restatement of the need for a single energy market on the island. There are very few people who do not understand the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: The cost of the overhead line is €140 million. Of what is the balance made up? The witnesses' estimate was that there would be a 5% additional cost to consumers if the interconnector were undergrounded, and that there are technical limitations. Could those technical limitations and additional cost factors be addressed by a one-site two-converter station based some place on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Finally, does this have an impact on people who operate as microgenerators, who want to connect to the grid? It is not something that we encourage financially. However, we should be doing so, particularly in terms of renewable energy. Does this conversation have an impact on those of us who would like to see more emphasis on microgeneration?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I thank Mr. Blaney.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I move amendment No. 1.In page 7, to delete lines 19 to 21 and substitute the following:"(2) A person who breaches the Act of 1988 in relation to postcodes shall be liable in damages in tort.". I have concerns when data protection measures are inserted in primary legislation, as is the case with this Bill, because the legislation will depend on close linkages with the principal Data...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: There are risks in having a postcode contractor perform some of the duties that a data protection commissioner would perform under data protection legislation. This sets a dangerous precedent, which could have unintended consequences. It is good that the Minister has introduced this Bill as without it, data protection would not be possible. My amendments, Nos. 1 and 10, are required to...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: May I respond to the Minister's points?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I understand what the Minister is saying but corporate lawyers will have great fun with this one. The precedent that is being established in setting up contractors who are replicating the role of the Data Protection Commissioner is a dangerous one. The Minister said this has never been a problem up to now but in regard to the dissemination of information the facility to target specific...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Is the Minister specifying that within this legislation because that provision is not set out under the complaints procedure measure?

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: There is no section in the legislation that points out the right of a person to go to the Data Protection Commissioner. It is not stated in the Bill.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: I would be much more assured about this if such a reference were included in this Bill.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2015: Committee Stage (17 Jun 2015)

Michael Colreavy: Yes.