Results 4,521-4,540 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Electricity Generation. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There will be a benefit of some €66 million to the electricity market in this country per annum.

Electricity Generation. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: This means the net benefit of the project to the consumer and the electricity market will be extremely positive.

Electricity Generation. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is difficult to determine what represents the right price. We engaged in a tendering process involving three major, world-renowned companies. Only one of those companies could be successful. I acknowledge it is a seller's rather than a buyer's market. However, we obtained a competitive bid which stands up to international comparison. The benefits to the consumer and the electricity...

Electric Vehicle Programme. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to answer Question Nos. 7, 8 and 22 together. In conjunction with the Minister for Transport, I have announced plans for the large scale deployment of electric vehicles in Ireland. The target of 10% of all vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2020 will equate to 250,000 cars on Irish roads. The interdeparmental-interagency task force is chaired by my Department and comprises...

Electric Vehicle Programme. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have an exact date for the publication of the report. However, it will be issued shortly. I will provide the Deputy with a broad outline of what we envisage will happen over the first two years of the strategy. The first point to make is that the strategy is dependent on the availability of suitable vehicles. Nothing can be done until such vehicles become available. From...

Electric Vehicle Programme. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We are seeking memorandums of understanding with other manufacturers because crucially, car availability is the constraint. I fully agree with the Deputy. We should be ambitious in this regard and ahead of the curve as a country. In a sense we should be ahead of the people in providing facilities for them because I believe this will be enormously positive for the country. We are also...

Telecommunications Services. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 43 together. My Department entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the national broadband scheme, NBS, in December 2008. Within my Department, the implementation of the NBS is being overseen at senior management level by full-time civil servants at the grades of assistant secretary and principal officer....

Telecommunications Services. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I would have to check the stage at which that was included but I imagine it is because it is fairly standard procedure in some of our other similar projects. For example, the MANS always had a technical advisory component as it was being implemented as well as at the concept stage. On similar projects there is always that technical outside assessment of whether it is being delivered.

Telecommunications Services. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is to be rolled out in September 2010.

Telecommunications Services. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The 28 month tendered bid was for a total of €399,000 and for the various stages of that right through to the end of the scheme. The Minister asked whether we can be certain there will be no planning delays. One cannot be certain. This is a very complex project all over the country. Masts have to be put up involving very significant, complex backhaul works involving new technology. No...

Telecommunications Services. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: A couple of years ago in my old house in Ranelagh I could not get broadband because of a paired split on the DSL line. I eventually got it by putting a fixed wire connection to a distant point. There is a range of different reasons. Largely the areas are where electoral districts had the vast majority of homes covered by existing subscribers, and under European competition rules we were...

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 10 and 38 together. The roll-out of the national smart metering programme is progressing in line with the commitment in the Government's energy policy framework and in the programme for Government. The smart metering programme is a central component of the strategy to radically enhance management of energy demand and to deliver greater energy efficiency...

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: In response to the question as to who pays and who benefits, the Deputy is correct that the supply companies will benefit and it is designed to do that. The first benefit is that there is less theft. With more control over where electricity is going and real-time information as to what is happening, the experience internationally has been real savings, which may be single-digit but are...

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I need to check on that matter and come back to the Deputy. Obviously, Bord Gáis's entry into the market occurred at a late stage when we were very advanced in this trial system. I would need to check what happens when a consumer swaps. This is a meter being installed by the ESB and it is part of its distribution grid system. That is not to say the information and all the other aspects...

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The number of houses to participate in this test phase is close to 17,000. Originally it was 21,000. The detailed calculation was done and it was seen that we could deliver the analysis we needed on that basis. It is not a question of whether we are going to do this but how we can best do it. It is a programme for Government commitment and it makes sense. As with anything in the energy...

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Bord Gáis customer is treated in exactly the same way as the ESB customer. The ESB makes the switch on the basis of a phone call. The software allows all the billing and other information to go to Bord Gáis.

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: In respect of the Deputy's circumstances, I put that invitation to Members because I thought it was important for us to see how such systems work if we are to legislate and make decisions about the use of such metres.

Electricity Metering. (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I will certainly examine it. I will respond to the Minister's case.

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme, which opened for applications on 25 March, provides grant assistance for a range of energy efficiency applications. These include roof insulation, as well as specific internal and external wall insulation, and boilers and heating controls. Grant assistance is also provided for the assessment of energy upgrade requirements, through a Building Energy...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Jun 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 12, 17, 46 and 48 together. Biofuels have a central role to play in the delivery of reductions in Greenhouse Gas emissions, as one of the few available and effective means of reducing emissions from transport. Ireland must meet a challenging 10% renewable energy in transport target by 2020, under the terms of the Renewable Energy Directive. In that context,...