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Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230 and 232 to 235, inclusive, together. The Government has set the targets for the contribution from renewable energy sources to electricity at 40% by 2020. The 40% electricity target is consistent with the new EU target addressed to Ireland in the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, which requires Ireland to increase the contribution from renewable...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (12 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested in relation to IT Services provided to my Department since 2007, and the average full time equivalent staff numbers for the same period is provided below in tabular format. Outsourcing has given the Information Systems Division in my Department access to a large pool of highly skilled people and companies that were brought in and let go according to project...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My Department entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme ("NBS") in late December 2008. Since then, 3 has progressed its network rollout and NBS broadband services are now available in more than 60% of the 1,028 designated Electoral Divisions (ED) to be covered under the Scheme. Under the NBS contract, all EDs in the NBS...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: To date in 2010, the Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) has been delivered to 4,096 homes nationally of which 151 homes have been in County Roscommon. Twenty of these have been completed by Mureas with an additional 131 having been delivered by Roscommon Integrated Development Company which also provides coverage of the WHS in County Roscommon. Both organisations are supported by private contractors...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The following table sets out the capital allocation and expenditure to date for the Home Energy Savings Scheme (HES), the Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) and the Energy Efficiency Retrofit Fund (EERF) for Public and Business Sector. The table does not include the current costs associated with the administration of these programmes. Programme/Project 2010 Capital Budget Amount paid out in 2010 to...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The issues of the upgrading of exchanges and the deployment of cabling raised by the Deputy are commercial and operational matters for eircom and I am therefore not in a position to intervene in this case.

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: EirGrid, plc is the Irish transmission system operator and has a statutory responsibility for forecasting and reporting on supply and demand in the Irish electricity system. EirGrid has provided the following data in relation to the total consumption of electricity in Ireland: 2007: 28,336.4 GWh (based on 52 weeks) 2008: 29,357.1 GWh (based on 53 weeks) 2009:...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The direct provision of broadband services is a contractual matter between the service provider and its customer and I am therefore not in a position to intervene in such matters. The service provider retains the primary responsibility for complaint resolution where a user experiences difficulties with the service being provided to them. If a customer is not satisfied with the service...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (13 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My annual salary as Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources and as a TD is €191,417. The Secretary General is the only other officer in my Department that has a comparable or higher salary, which is currently €215,590. In relation to the State Agencies under the aegis of my Department the remuneration packages of the Chief Executives of the following Commercial Bodies...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Greener Homes Scheme supports the installation by householders of renewable energy heating technologies including wood-pellet and chip stoves and boilers, gasification boilers, solar panels and geothermal heat pumps. The grant is a fixed amount, based upon the particular technology selected, towards the cost of purchase and installation of the chosen scheme. Products and installers must...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My priority, in accordance with national policy, is to provide for the closure, in 2012, of the analogue "free-to-view" broadcasting service. In this regard I have recently signed an Order, Statutory Instrument 85 of 2010, under section 129 of the Broadcasting Act, 2009. This Order requires RTÉ to launch a "free-to-view" DTT service to approximately 90% of the population by 31st October...

Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 478 and 483 together. The European Commission published a Commission Decision dated the 15th February 2007 entitled "Reserving the national numbering range beginning with "116" for harmonised numbers for harmonised services of social value". The allocation of specific numbers in the 116 number range in Ireland is managed by the Commission for Communications...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 479 to 481, inclusive, together. The Government has set the targets for the contribution from renewable energy sources to electricity at 40% by 2020. The 40% electricity target is consistent with the new EU target addressed to Ireland in the Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC, which requires Ireland to increase the contribution from renewable sources to...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My Department entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) in late December 2008. Since then, 3 has progressed its network rollout and NBS broadband services are now available in more than 60% of the 1,028 designated Electoral Divisions (ED) to be covered under the Scheme. The general area of Magheraroarty/Gortahork,...

Seanad: Role of Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Statements (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, BAI, is the organisation responsible for the regulation of the broadcasting sector and was established on 1 October 2009 under the Broadcasting Act 2009. It replaced the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, BCI, which regulated the commercial broadcast sector and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission which investigated broadcasting related complaints....

Seanad: Role of Broadcasting Authority of Ireland: Statements (18 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: This has been a useful debate. On the policing issue, it must be acknowledged we got the foundation blocks of our State right. Michael Staines, the first Garda Commissioner, stated, "The Garda Síochána will succeed not by force of arms or numbers, but on their moral authority as servants of the people". This has served the Garda as a guiding direction for the past 80 years. Senator...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: There are no persons employed to carry out inspections in the Electricity and Gas Regulation Division, Communications Policy Division or the Postal Division in my Department. The management of persons employed to carry out inspections by the Commission for Energy Regulation, the Commission for Communications Regulation and An Post are day to day operational matters for them. As my...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not hold the relevant details. I will request that the bodies involved reply directly to the Deputy with the information sought. The deployment and management of persons in issuing licences by the Commission for Energy Regulation, and in the issuing of licences by the bodies mentioned by the Deputy, are day to day operational matters for the bodies concerned. Prospecting...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Prior to the commencement of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) a detailed mapping exercise was carried out to help determine those areas that would be included in the scheme and those which, by virtue of being already substantially served by existing broadband suppliers, were to be excluded. EU State aid and competition rules govern how states can intervene in areas where there are existing...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (19 May 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I launched the publication "Technology Actions to Support the Smart Economy" in Government Buildings on 21 July 2009. This is a strategy aiming to position Ireland at the forefront of the digital and clean technology revolution; creating the investment and jobs of the future. With six new and innovative plans for Government action and infrastructure development, the report identifies the...