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Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There is no commercial arrangement between either my Department or Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), with the company in question to provide zero emission vehicles to the Government. A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Renault-Nissan and any Department which provides for information exchange on infrastructure technologies and technical specifications for vehicles. The...

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The implementation of the Directive to which the Deputy refers and the 2008 Greening Transport Strategy do not come under the remit of my Department but are a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Transport. My Department engages closely with the Department of Transport on delivery of the Sustainable Travel and Transport Action Plan and on the Strategy for the electrification of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 413 and 416 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. The availability of broadband is widely accepted as having a positive impact on economic and commercial activity. I understand that fixed wireless and...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Assessment Asset Strategy agreed between the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and the ESB in 2007 was designed to reduce the company's capacity share of the all island power generation market to below 40%. The CER has been closely monitoring ESB's compliance with the terms of the Asset Divestment Strategy. The necessary capacity reduction has already been largely achieved with the...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (17 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Mineral Oil Tax Relief (MOTR) Schemes, which were introduced by my Department in 2005 and 2006, have been instrumental in assisting many of the biofuel producers in Ireland to begin operations. The MOTR schemes, which will expire at the end of 2010, have been successful in leveraging a significant amount of biofuels into the Irish market. With a view to developing a long term guaranteed...

Seanad: ^ Bio-fuel Obligation Scheme: Motion. ^ (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to be here to debate this very useful motion which allows us to review what is happening in this complex and important area. It is important for a number of reasons. In a world where we will see increasing difficulty in accessing cheap, reliable supplies of oil we have to start providing for the security of our country and develop an alternative supply to light sweet crudes which...

Seanad: ^ Bio-fuel Obligation Scheme: Motion. ^ (18 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That Bill is being fast-tracked. It will be introduced next year for certain.

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Currently every premises in Ireland that has a television must have a television licence and no commercial television licence system operates. Section 144 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 provides for the introduction of regulations in relation to different classes of licences in respect of different classes of premises e.g. commercial premises. The future development of any regulations in...

Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (19 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As I stated in my reply to the Deputy's previous question on this issue, 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. As a matter of general principle,...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am advised by Sustainable Energy Ireland that there is no record of a Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme grant application by the persons referred to by the Deputy. The HES Scheme provides grant assistance to homeowners for retro-fit energy efficiency measures such as attic and wall insulation, very high- efficiency boilers, heating controls and Building Energy Rating (BER) assessments. While...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (24 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 mobile, fixed wireless and satellite broadband is available in the general area of Clonahussy, County Longford. Details of broadband availability throughout the country are available at...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department is not involved directly in the leasing of buildings. The leasing of buildings is a matter for the Office of Public Works, which manages the contracts and lease rents for same.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (24 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 mobile and satellite broadband is available in the general area of Glanworth, County Cork. Details of broadband availability throughout the country are available at www.broadband.gov.ie. I...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) are high-speed, open access, carrier neutral electronic communications networks, which facilitate competition in the electronic communications market in regional towns and cities nationwide. Phase I of this Programme was aimed at facilitating the delivery of broadband services in cities and towns that did not have broadband at that time. The Government...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for overseeing the grid connection process is vested in the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) and the matter of access to grid connection offers lies within the statutory authority of the CER. I have no direct involvement in that process. The Gate process, which is run by the CER working with EirGrid, is designed to streamline the connection process. The current Gate 3,...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 470 and 471 together. The Government has set a target of achieving 20% energy efficiency savings across the economy in 2020. As part of this energy efficiency drive, the Government has also committed to achieving a 33% energy saving across our public sector institutions by 2020. On 8 May this year I published the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP)...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has set a target of 40% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020. Electricity accounts for approximately one-third of energy consumption in Ireland, with another third of energy consumption in the transport sector and a further third in the heat sector. The 40% target for renewable generation is consistent with the EU target addressed to Ireland under Directive...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 and 479 together. The Government has 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 around 225,000 cars on Irish roads. An Inter-Departmental/Inter-Agency Taskforce on electric vehicles is chaired by my Department and comprises the...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: In February 2009 I launched the Micro Generation programme, which is being operated by ESB Customer Supply and supported by ESB Networks. The programme will provide up to 4,000 domestic customers investing in micro-scale projects with a financial payment for electricity exported back to the grid. The ESB advise that 92 customers had signed up for the scheme by September 2009. The...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (24 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: My Department entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) in December 2008. The company is required to provide services, using a mix of technologies, to all fixed residences and businesses that are located within the NBS Coverage Area and who seek a service. The NBS is being rolled out on an electoral division (ED)...