Results 4,441-4,460 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Leaders' Questions (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Is that a script I see Deputy Higgins?
- Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Government's Decentralisation Programme involves the relocation of Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), involving 95 posts to Clonakilty. The Public Appointments Service (PAS) have informed that the Central applications Facility (CAF) indicates 22 official expressions of interest for BIM posts in Clonakilty in addition to which staff surveys within BIM indicate that at least a further 16 staff may...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: On 7 June 2006 I launched the Bioheat Programme which is a grant aid scheme for commercial renewable heat technologies. The scheme allows companies and small businesses to obtain grants for the installation of wood chip and wood pellet boilers in large buildings and commercial premises. Grant aid of up to 30% of overall costs is being made available depending on the overall size of the...
- Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: My Department continues to analyse all the options available with regard to the promotion of Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs). Taking the life of a CFL as 6,000 hrs, in use 3.5 hrs a day for almost 5 years, the savings to each customer for replacing just one traditional 100w bulb with a 20w is â¬78 over the lifetime of the bulb or approximately â¬16 per year. In one year, the collective...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, the independent regulator. However, it has been clear for some time that the sector has failed to invest at the level necessary to keep pace with the...
- Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (7 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I have no function in regard to the standard and quality of petrol or diesel. There are no provisions in the NORA Bill for monitoring the standard and quality of petrol and diesel that is sold by the oil industry in Ireland. I understand that fuel quality standards are set by the EU and are monitored by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
- Written Answers — Renewable Energy Grants: Renewable Energy Grants (8 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: In March 2006, I launched the Greener Homes Scheme, which is providing support to homeowners to invest in a range of renewable energy heating technologies including solar technology, wood biomass boilers and stoves, and heat pumps. Funding of â¬47m has been provided for the scheme. Grant aid of â¬1,100 to â¬6,500 is being provided under the scheme, depending on the individual technology...
- Written Answers — Biofuels Sector: Biofuels Sector (8 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176, 179 and 180 together. The Government is firmly committed to the development of an Irish biofuels market and to the increased development of bio-energy generally in Ireland. A range of initiatives are in place to support the development of a biofuels sector in Ireland. The Minister for Finance has made it clear that any extension in the amount of relief...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully 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. However, despite Government...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (8 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I have made seven public appointments in the past two months. On 1st January 2007, two were made to Bord na Mona and four to the Electricity Supply Board (ESB). In addition, one further appointment as Chair of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority was made on 22nd February 2007.
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Government is firmly committed to the development of an Irish biofuels market and to the increased development of bio-energy generally in Ireland. A range of initiatives is in place to support the development of a biofuels sector in Ireland. The Minister for Finance has made it clear that any extension in the amount of relief which formed part of the Budget 2006 announcement is not...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies, including Eircom, operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. Accordingly, I have no function in making Eircom provide broadband services to a specific area. My Department does,...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Masts: Telecommunications Masts (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Issues relating to the siting of masts are a matter for the relevant local authority in the first instance, under the aegis of my colleague, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Mr Dick Roche T.D.
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Department is working with all relevant agencies and the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) to ensure that the appropriate administrative, technical and safety standards and practices are in place to underpin programmes for the widespread deployment of micro generation technologies. The White Paper on Energy Policy confirms the Government's intention to realise the potential for...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I can confirm to the Deputy that my approval to ESB, on 28 December 2006, to proceed with this project, had as a condition, that output from the station be sold to suppliers other than ESB Power Electricity Supply as a means of facilitating further the development of competition in electricity supply. Electricity pricing is the statutory responsibility of the Commission for Energy Regulation...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: Staff who transferred to An Post on the vesting day of 1 January 1984 from the former Department of Posts & Telegraph ceased to be civil servants from that date. Such staff have no right to return to the civil service other than through open recruitment.
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The Government is committed to developing domestic scale renewable electricity and heat technologies. The Greener Homes Scheme was launched in March 2006 and it provides support to homeowners to invest in a range of renewable energy heating technologies including solar technology, wood biomass boilers and stoves, and heat pumps. We are working with all relevant agencies and the Commission...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully 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. The Government is...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: I wish to advise the Deputy that the amount paid in respect of car mileage expenses in 2006 by my Department was â¬506,359.52. Payment to cover rail and bus ticket expenses during 2006 was â¬28,321.30.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (20 Mar 2007)
Noel Dempsey: The energy cost of running my Department in 2002 was â¬158,257, and in 2006 it was â¬574,160. 2002 was the year of a significant reorganisation of my Department's functions and divisions. For reference the energy cost for the Department in 2003 was â¬313,486. A considerable amount of responsibilities transferred into and out of the remit of the Department and this, allied to the fact the...