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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I will have to check whether my Department has standing in respect of such an application. I will let the Deputy know.

Organisation of Working Time (Workers’ Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2019: First Stage (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: No.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Heat Incentive (13 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I opened the second phase of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) on 4 June 2019. The scheme will be administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and full details, including the supports available, eligibility criteria and how to apply, are available on SEAI’s website at the following link: Applications are being accepted on an on-going basis with no...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I was not aware of this gap to which the Deputy refers. I will follow up and revert to him.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The principle objects of RTÉ are set out under Section 114 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and the allocation of public funding in respect of television licence fee is established under Section 123 of the Act. In addition to oversight by my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, RTÉ is subject to regulation by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. RTÉ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Climate Action Plan, published on Monday this week, includes the following renewable energy actions: - Move to 70% renewable electricity by 2030; - Establish a new Micro-generation Scheme, allowing homeowners to generate their own electricity and sell what they don't use back to the national grid, and support increased community participation in renewable generation; - Bring 950,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Codes (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations for these buildings. An Post GeoDirectory issues a new release of the GeoDirectory database file on a quarterly basis to Capita...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 533 to 535, inclusive, together. All three premises referenced by the Deputy are in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at . The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Properties (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 536 and 537 together. My Department did not purchase any buildings or land in the last five years. Two properties were leased in the period concerned, detail of which are contained in the following table. Address Size Rent per annum Duration of lease Athlone Rd. Roscommon 780 m2 €25,000 ex VAT 3 years from March 2017 UCD, Belfield Dublin 4 126...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mobile Telephony Services (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: Providing telecommunications services, including mobile phone services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), as independent Regulator. I do not have statutory authority to require commercial companies to roll out services and make specific investments in particular locations....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Gas Exploration (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: Effective regulation of petroleum activities requires oversight of work programmes proposed by applicants for, and holders of, petroleum authorisations. In that context my officials regularly meet with applicants and authorisation holders to invigilate proposed and existing work programmes, particularly from a technical and financial perspective, thus facilitating informed decision making....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cross-Border Co-operation (18 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: There has not been an opportunity to meet ministerial colleagues in Northern Ireland, in light of the suspension of the Northern Ireland Assembly. There is ongoing engagement by my officials with their Northern Ireland counterparts on a range of issues. For instance, the administrations in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK have co-operated on energy policy matters, including the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: The premises referenced by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of the procurement process to engage a company to build, operate and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Protected Disclosures Data (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: My Department has received three Protected Disclosures since the legislation was introduced in 2015, one in each of the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. My Department has a Protected Disclosure Policy and Guidelines in place to support the implementation of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232, 233 and 235 together. Under EU State Aid guidelines, it is a requirement that Member States thoroughly evaluate commercial plans so as to ensure that State Aid is confined to areas of well-defined market failure, where commercial investment is unlikely to occur in the near future. The deployment of the National Broadband Plan network is currently to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Cathaoirleach and the committee for the huge amount of work they have put into developing the concept of a climate action strategy that will help us achieve the targets we have set. I also take this opportunity to thank my officials who are here, Mr. Brian Carroll and Mr. Eoin McLoughlin, and the many other officials in other Departments who have contributed immensely to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I refer to the learnings that I mentioned among which accountability from the centre is crucial. If one has 15 distinct Departments and they all are working to their own priorities and within their own silos the needed change will not be achieved unless one has not only a verbal commitment to deliver but it also becomes a priority within that silo When things do not work as intended, there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Deputy for his constructive contribution throughout the debate both in the Chamber and here. On costs, we have €30 billion in the national development plan assigned for this purpose, including investments in retrofitting, the grid and so on. It includes the climate action fund. There is significant money being set aside to achieve this. We have learned that we must...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: We need to move to an aggregated system, one which operates on a much larger scale. We must scale up work and give people in particular areas the option to do that work collectively, while also developing smarter finance and easier pay methods to back it up. We need to design a suite of measures that will be effective and offer people different supports depending on their ability to pay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan: Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment (19 Jun 2019)

Richard Bruton: We are starting immediately to set up the cross-departmental group to design that. It is one of our priorities. It is integral to moving from where we are on a more accelerated basis. The Climate Change Advisory Council has indicated that it is doing work on agriculture and land use, and we look forward to the outcome of that. It will be integral to the design of the Common Agricultural...