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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: A land subsidence incident in the grounds of the Magheracloone GAA club was reported on Monday morning, 24 September affecting lands above the disused underground gypsum mine at Drumgoosat, Co. Monaghan. An investigation team engaged by the company, incorporating mining engineers from the UK, arrived at the site to assess the situation and determine the scale and cause of the subsidence and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: The aim of programme D is to manage Ireland’s mineral, hydrocarbon and other geological resources in a sustainable and productive manner. Funding of €26.7 million under this programme allows my Department to provide reliable geoscience support for environmental protection and the sustainable development of Ireland's natural resources. The programme provides funding of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: A number of licences are in the offing, one of which relating to the Porcupine Basin recently progressed to the next stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: The budget for natural resources is €26 million, of which €504,000 is spent on petroleum services, which is not a significant spend. The Deputy mentioned that the cost of drilling a well is €100 million but that is private investment, not State investment. I agree with him that offshore potential is significant. In this regard, Ireland has been described as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: It has not been brought to my attention that there are plans for a further round. We are currently dealing with the 2015 round. On the issue of investment in other areas of offshore energy, the SEAI and the Marine Institute are investing in research on offshore wave and tidal potential. There are three test sites, one of which is in Galway Bay. The planning process for it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Funding is provided through the SEAI and the Marine Institute for projects on test sites, including testing of new technologies and floating pontoons such that turbines will not have to be embedded in the sea floor. The potential for the west coast is huge. There are also pitfalls in terms of the weather extremes in that area. This issue is being examined in the context of scaling up the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: No new rounds of licences will issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Two applications for licensing options in the Celtic Sea are currently under consideration. There are also applications to convert existing licence options awarded under the 2015 Atlantic margin round. We are still dealing with 2015 Atlantic margin round. There is no plan for a new round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: All the work relates to licences moving to a new stage rather than to a new round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: I welcome the debate within the committee. No decision has been made on whether the Bill proposed by Solidarity will progress to the next Stage. I read the transcript of the hearings held by the committee a number of months ago. Has the next Stage of that been decided? Will the Bill be allowed to proceed to Committee Stage? I am operating under the law-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: That would be subject to a decision of the Dáil as this is a minority Government. It is subject to all parties and what the views opposite will be we do not know. I am operating under the existing law but there is no discussion on a new licence round. The last round was 2015. Anything else that comes before me relates to the different stages of the licensing process and moving from there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Programme E provides grant aid of €33 million to Inland Fisheries Ireland, IFI, which is responsible for the conservation, management and regulation of our inland fishing resources. The inland fisheries programme includes an allocation of just under €18.8 million towards the single allocation platform, SAP, costs of IFI and the Loughs Agency, a North-South body co-funded by my...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: Unfortunately, the ban did not have the anticipated impact and certainly not what was spoken of at the time. We have had a difficult decade but there are signs over the past year or two that figures are improving. It is hard to know the exact cause, although there has been speculation on whether it could be global warming, sea lice or supertrawlers. We do not know. We are part of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: I agree. Has the committee met with IFI or the scientific team to get their point of view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2018: Vote 29 - Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (2 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: It has great expertise in the area. I will furnish the committee with the details of this year's figures as they come in. They will go out for public consultation and a statutory instrument for the coming year will come before me just before Christmas.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: As Minister of State with responsibility for natural resources, I visited the site on 25 September following the mine collapse. Gyproc is a very important employer in the locality and I know there is inconvenience with regard to roads being closed. This is a health and safety matter. My Department's mining division and Geological Survey Ireland have visited on a number of occasions and...

Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018: Referral to Joint Committee (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: I move:That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Order:Competition Act 2002 (Section 27) Order 2018,copies of which were laid before Dáil Éireann on 3rd October, 2018, be referred to the Joint Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in accordance with Standing Order 84A(4)(k), which, not later than 18th October, 2018, shall send a message to the...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Budget Statement 2019 (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: It is in the capital plan of the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Kyne: An initial draft scheme of the Geothermal Energy Development Bill was developed in 2010 with the aim of providing a legislative framework for the vesting, licensing and regulation of the development of geothermal energy. Work on developing the draft Bill has been postponed since then until other legislative priorities have been dealt with, including the drafting, publication and...