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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...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: As stated in replies to previous Parliamentary Questions, the closing date for receipt of applications under the Salmon Hardship Scheme was 27 April 2007. Applicants have, however, until the 31 December 2007 to accept any offer under the scheme. This deadline, I believe, provides ample time for those concerned to give the scheme due consideration and accordingly, there are no plans to...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated, most recently in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 8 November 2007, the approach to determining the hardship payments under the Salmon Hardship Scheme is fair and reasonable and there are no plans to review the scheme.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The following is a breakdown of costs paid by my Department for 2006 and 2007 respectively. Breakdown also shows costs incurred in respect of roaming and data charges. Year Total Amt Data % Roaming % Data Roaming % â'¬ â'¬ % â'¬ % â'¬ % 2006 164,967.57 16,800 10.18 33,635.45 20.39 1,615.04 0.98 2007 134,645.22 11,016 8.18 16,751.97 12.44 2,764.78 2.05

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to refunds paid to staff in respect of mobile phone charges. The total amount spent on refunds to staff for 2006 and 2007 in respect of mobile phone charges incurred by them is outlined below. It is not possible to isolate costs in respect of roaming and data downloads for these costs. Year Total Amount spent Refunds to Staff Percentage...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1002 and 1020 together. This material relates only to the period since my appointment as Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources on 14th June 2007. The breakdown of costs for my official issue mobile phone and Blackberry, since my appointment, is set out in the table. Year Cost Roaming Percentage Data Percentage 2007 â'¬517.67 â'¬24.16...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The value for money review on the Sustainable Energy Priority of the ESIOP was published and laid before the Oireachtas in July 2006. Recommendations assisted in the establishment of the 'Greener Homes Scheme', which has a total value of €57m and is estimated to contribute to substantial CO2 savings of 40,000 tonnes per annum. Further recommendations from this report, which will yield an...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: It is anticipated that the value for money review carried out on broadband infrastructure will be published in Quarter 1 2008. Value for money savings are anticipated but cannot be quantified in advance of a range of policy decisions which will be made in the years following the publication of the report.

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (11 Dec 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The group broadband scheme operated from March 2004 to December 2006. The value for money review carried out on the group broadband scheme will be published prior to the current year end. As the scheme was closed prior to the completion of the review no specific savings will occur in relation to the scheme. However, the recommendations made are expected to substantially contribute to...