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Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I shall answer the question if the Deputy will listen. Nobody can promise the Irish taxpayer that there is not a risk attached to this. Nobody can be certain what will be the value in ten years' time of some of the properties we have down in the docks or in County Tipperary. However, as sure as anything, if we were to follow the policy of the benches opposite, or of the Labour Party, and...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I was proud over the past two or three months-----

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: -----to work with the National Treasury Management Agency, with the officials in the Department of Finance and with the experts in the banking sector to see how we might manage this problem. This was the proposed solution which I believe is the best placed for us to achieve. It is neither easy nor orthodox. It will involve difficult legal issues around the ownership and valuation of such...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Concerning ownership, unlike the Labour Party which seems to want to nationalise all the banks, I prefer and support the approach set out by the Minister for Finance, Deputy Lenihan, yesterday. This proposes that if the banks cannot cover those losses that must be recouped, we then take ordinary shareholding in the banks. The benefit of that is it brings a return to the Irish taxpayer...

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That is the proper, fiscally intelligent way to protect the Irish taxpayer's position, as a double lock, a guarantee.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I shall finish with this. We want to recoup the value of those assets and manage them over a period of time. It is the right thing to do. If we have to take ownership of the banks, we will seek to leave ourselves in a position to get the profit from that ownership as bank shares recover. That is what we will do.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: To have a triple lock and guarantee of security for the Irish taxpayer in what we are doing, even in circumstances where loss might accrue to the taxpayer, we should apply a levy of a kind used here previously to very good effect to a banking sector coming out of this situation. That would work as a triple lock to protect taxpayers' interest.

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Opposition is playing politics-----

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy would prefer to do nothing and watch what happens. The Government does not have the luxury of such decisions. It is better to take action-----

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: -----and be responsible about it. Far from it.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The construction of commercial scale wind farms is subject to planning approval by the relevant Local Authority or An Bord Pleanála. The Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government has published "Planning Guidelines for Windfarms" which includes provisions on avoiding interference with broadcast communications including television signals. Any complaint of interference with...

Written Answers — Home Energy Saving Scheme: Home Energy Saving Scheme (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is important to ensure a proper balance between value for money in relation to the cost of the investment in delivering energy efficiency savings measures and the value of those energy savings to the economy. SEI has put in place a requirement that applicants to the scheme install measures attracting a minimum grant payment of €500. The administrative cost of disbursing grants for...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I have no function in setting policy in this area across the public sector. My Department uses both a lo-call number and local number for members of the public. These numbers are published on the Department's website. The use of a lo-call number is appropriate for persons who do not have access to free national call services and it affords considerable savings to such persons and is,...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The micro scale generation programme, recently launched by Sustainable Energy Ireland, is assessing technical, financial and regulatory issues surrounding the deployment of small and micro generation technologies. The programme includes the future monitoring of suppliers and installers in supplying, constructing and commissioning new projects. It is not practical therefore to include...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Applications for grid connections are made to ESB Networks and/or Eirgrid in the first instance. Data on grid connections has been published by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) as part of its consultation process on grid connections and additional information is published from time to time by Eirgrid. CER and Eirgrid have calculated that 5800 megawatts (MWs) of renewable capacity...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Mobile network operators first launched mobile broadband services in European countries in 2007. Since its launch in Ireland in Quarter 2 2007, the demand for mobile broadband services has been growing steadily. The latest figures from the Commission for Communications Regulation show that over 25% of Irish broadband subscriptions are mobile subscriptions. The take up of mobile broadband...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (9 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: On 2 May 2007, my Department commenced the tender process for the National Broadband Scheme using the Competitive Dialogue Procurement procedure as set out in the European Communities (Award of Public Authorities' Contracts) Regulations 2006, which implemented Directive 2004/18/EC. The process comprised of a number of significant stages: o Prior Indicative Notice (PIN) was published on 30...

Written Answers — Garda Communications: Garda Communications (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The functions under the Wireless Telegraphy Acts 1926-1988 for the investigation of interference to radio based services were transferred from the Minister to the Communications Regulator (now ComReg) on its establishment in 1997. The management of the installation of TETRA is undertaken by the Centre for Management and Organisation Development (CMOD) and as such is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Home Energy Saving Scheme: Home Energy Saving Scheme (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: From the information supplied by the Deputy, it would appear that the contractor is proposing to pump insulation into the wall, filling the hollows of cavity blocks. The Home Energy Saving Scheme, which is administered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) provides grant assistance for cavity wall insulation. Typically, cavity walls consist of two rows of brick or concrete block, with a cavity...

Written Answers — Home Energy Saving Scheme: Home Energy Saving Scheme (22 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has set out in section 7 of its "Home Energy Savings Scheme - Contractors Code of Practice and Standards and Specifications Guidelines", the competency and standards expected of contractors for each of the measures eligible for grant assistance under the Scheme. The competency standards prescribed are there to protect householders and ensure the quality and...