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Written Answers — Computerisation Programme: Computerisation Programme (16 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: This Department's e-government programme consist of the following projects. MAPS, minerals application and programme support, provides for the management of activities in exploration and mining in the State and for the marketing and promotion of inward investment. The first on-line, web presence supporting the application and payment for a prospecting licence and associated GIS services went...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: At least we were in the House, unlike the Deputy. Deputy Boyle could not bring himself to sit down beside some of his Green Party colleagues.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I am rather surprised by this. The Opposition had notice of this Bill for some time. Last June, we were requested to give the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources an opportunity to discuss it before it was published. We deferred publication from the end of June or early July to the end of September as the House did not sit and the Bill could not be taken. The...

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: For one reason or another, the committee members could not get together. This Bill is necessitated by several Supreme Court decisions which have seriously affected this country's ability——

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: —— to implement European common fisheries law.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The Bill brings together seven Acts of the Oireachtas relating to the issue that are already in place. If the Deputies opposite wish to filibuster and delay it——

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: ——they can take full responsibility for the consequences to the Irish taxpayers.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: If the legislation is not passed there will be serious implications for Irish taxpayers.

Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2005: Order for Second Stage. (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I am surprised the Green Party, which has given many lectures about conservation of fisheries, is taking this attitude and wishes to delay the legislation.

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Details of current licences, including those recently awarded, are contained in two reports published by my Department. The first of these is the six monthly report on licensing presented to the Dáil under section 57 of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960. The second is the acreage report which is published on the Department's website approximately three times each year....

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: In September last I published the draft terms and conditions of a proposed new renewable energy feed in tariff, REFIT, programme to support the construction of new renewable energy powered electricity generating plants. Interested parties were given the opportunity to raise any queries or to furnish any observations on the proposals to be delivered to my Department by 12 October last....

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: As a member of the International Energy Agency, IEA, Ireland is required to maintain emergency oil stocks equivalent to at least 90 days of net imports in the previous year. The EU imposes a similar requirement based on consumption. On 1 September 2005, the latest date for which comprehensive figures are available, Ireland's emergency oil reserves, whether held at home or in other EU member...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The liberalisation of the postal sector is provided for in the European Directives 97/67/EC and 2002/39/EC, which set out the requirements for member states on the provision of high quality postal services and liberalisation within their postal networks. Under the directives, each member state is obliged to provide a universal service whereby a minimum level of service must be provided...

Written Answers — Capital Expenditure: Capital Expenditure (17 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: It has not been possible, in the time available, to identify and assemble all the relevant material as required by the Deputy. I have asked my Department to compile the information and I will issue a comprehensive reply directly to the Deputy as early as possible.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The number of civil servants and other staff employed in the press office, which covers the Minister, the Minister of State and the Department generally, and information on the grade and remuneration of these staff, is set out in the following table. Title Number Grade/ Grade Equivalent Remuneration Press Adviser 1 Principal Officer PO salary scale €75,036 (min) to €92,813 (2nd...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The number of civil servants and other staff employed on constituency work for the Minister of State at my Department, Deputy Gallagher, and the grade and remuneration of each of these staff, are as follows: Title Grade/ Grade Equivalent Remuneration Personal Assistant Higher Executive Officer HEO Salary scale —€40,543 (min) to €51,463 (2nd long service increment) ...

Written Answers — Industrial Disputes: Industrial Disputes (22 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: As the Deputy is aware, An Post has been through one of the most intensive industrial relations processes imaginable. At this stage, the dispute at An Post has been before every industrial relations body the State has to offer. Following the 14-day notice of industrial action served on the company by the CWU, which expired on Friday 4 November, the national implementation body, NIB, at my...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (22 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: There are ten staff employed in my private office, details as follows: one administrative officer, three executive officers and five clerical officers, all of whom are permanent civil servants, and one special adviser who is a political appointee. The current annual salary cost of my private office is €354,375. In the year to date overtime costs amounted to €1,956 and expenses amounted to...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (22 Nov 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The priority issues to be addressed by the legislative proposals that will form the basis of a new Broadcasting Bill are as follows: the establishment of a single content regulator for commercial, community and public service broadcasters; the establishment of RTE as a company under the Companies Acts 1963 to 2003; the provision of a statutory mechanism for future adjustments to the level of...