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Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Government made very clear what it is going to do in the revised programme for Government, which recognises we have a real problem. As a country we became indebted way beyond what we should have and now we must work our way through that debt. We cannot allow a situation develop where families, who as a result of the economic downturn and through no fault of their own or an unwillingness...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Our banking system is responsible for many of the difficulties in which people have found themselves because the banks lent excessively and recklessly in many cases. We must ensure they now recognise it is not in the interests of householders, the country or banks for us to have a huge scale of closures of mortgages on family homes. As we said in the revised programme for Government, we...

Mortgage Arrears: Motion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Banks must consider a change in terms and in mechanisms. We have given a clear commitment towards introducing that type of system here. We have also recognised that we need to go beyond that and beyond the Labour Party motion as set out. We must take up the very good advice from the Law Reform commission with regard to wider changes within the area of our debt management and solvency...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. I understand that broadband is available in Kilmessan from mobile, wireless and satellite service providers. Details of broadband availability throughout the country are available at www.broadband.gov.ie. I...

Written Answers — Price Inflation: Price Inflation (4 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 to 240, inclusive, together. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) collects and publishes energy statistics to support policy analysis and development, in line with national needs and international obligations. Every six months SEI publishes a report on Understanding Electricity and Gas Prices in Ireland which details electricity and gas prices to every...

Written Answers — Housing Aid for the Elderly: Housing Aid for the Elderly (5 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together. Financial supports are available to homeowners, regardless of age, under two schemes funded by my Department, to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme which is administered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) provides grant assistance to homeowners for energy efficiency retrofitting measures...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (5 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchinson Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS). 3 is required to provide services to all residences and businesses that are within the NBS area and who seek a service. The company is progressing its network roll-out and services have gone live in a number of areas. The entire NBS area must be covered...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Regulation: Telecommunications Regulation (5 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am not a notified party in legal challenges to decisions of the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, nor am I a party to any such proceedings. I am advised by ComReg that eircom has appealed ComReg decisions on five occasions in the last 12 months rising to six over the past 18 months. Two appeals related to the price of local loop unbundling; one related to the regulation of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (5 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Scheme (NBS) contract guarantees that broadband connectivity will be available to 100% of the buildings within the NBS coverage areas. In recognition of the fact that some areas will be very costly and technologically challenging to reach using standard infrastructure, a limited number of residences and businesses in the NBS coverage area may be covered by a satellite...

Written Answers — Córas Postchóid: Córas Postchóid (5 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Tá faomhaithe ag an Rialtas do chur i gcrích córas postchód mar a mhol an Bord um Thionscadal na bPostchód Náisiúnta. Cuireadh an Bord ar bun chun an córas ab oiriúnaí d'Éirinn a mholadh agus chun féachaint ar na costais agus na tairbhí agus ar chur i gcrích postchód. Faoi réir an chórais a mholadh roinnfear an tír i thart ar 200 bailte poist agus i ngach baile poist beidh...

Written Answers — Search and Rescue Service: Search and Rescue Service (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Following an open tender process run by my Department for the provision of an emergency call answering service a concession agreement was awarded to BT Ireland Limited. As part of the requirements of the tender, BT Ireland Limited, has contracted to build and operate an emergency call centre in Ballyshannon, County Donegal. At this stage a site at Portnason, Ballyshannon, County Donegal, has...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm that the number of officials at principal officer level or higher, including technical equivalents, working in the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on 1st May 2009, was 29.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. I understand that fixed wireless broadband is available in Carrowmenagh, County Donegal, from North West Electronics, together with a number of satellite service providers. Details of broadband availability...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 398 and 399 together. Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. I understand that broadband is available in Ballyea, County Clare, from mobile and satellite service providers and in Doora, Ballaghboy, County Clare, from...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) in order to provide broadband services to rural areas, many of which do not currently have any broadband service. 3 is required to provide services to all residences and businesses that are within the NBS coverage area and which seek a service. The company...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. I understand that fixed wireless, mobile and satellite broadband is available in Ballyknockan, Valleymount. Details of broadband availability together with the availability of broadband services throughout the...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) in order to provide broadband services to rural areas, many of which do not currently have any broadband service. 3 is required to provide services to all residences and businesses that are within the NBS coverage area and which seek a service. The company...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Under Section 123 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009, with the approval of the Minister of Finance, I may pay RTÉ in respect of each financial year an amount equal to the total of receipts in that year in respect of broadcasting (TV) licence fees less (i) any expenses incurred in relation to the collection of those fees, and (ii) an amount being equal to 7% of these net television licence fee...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (10 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Approval of any RTÉ superannuation pension scheme is required under Section 91 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. A scheme submitted to me under this section shall, if approved of by me with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, be carried out by RTÉ in accordance with its terms. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on any of the specific aspects and/or clauses of this scheme,...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is engaging with all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, on the prospects for carbon sequestrations in Ireland. The report entitled "Assessment of the Potential for Geological Storage of Carbon Dioxide for the Island of Ireland" was published in September 2008, having been commissioned by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), the Environmental Protection Agency...