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Energy Conservation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Those are real figures and reductions for which I am accountable in my Department.

Energy Conservation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: We have to transfer that progress across the rest of the public service. The work of SEAI, which I listed, will achieve that. When the national retrofit scheme launches next year, it will be a crucial element because it will be aimed at public buildings as well as households and commercial buildings. I have seen in my area that is possible to achieve savings of 33%. It is a good economic...

Energy Conservation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Expenditure has reduced from approximately €600,000 to €350,000.

Energy Conservation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: In discussions with officials of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the budgets will be allocated and spent this year. There is a time-lag. They have to obtain a BER certificate to sign off on the spending.

Energy Conservation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I pursued this and I have been informed money is being allocated. We are at the start of a process and the SEAI is the key driver through its public sector partnership scheme. The authority has working groups relating to water services, public lighting and ICT energy use and they are seeing savings of up to 20% in the organisations with which they have worked as a result of the additional...

Written Answers — Carbon Levy: Carbon Levy (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Carbon Revenue Levy) Act 2010 was enacted by the Oireachtas and signed into law by the President last June. The Act provides for the introduction of a Carbon Revenue Levy which will recover a substantial portion of the windfall gains of electricity generators. These gains arise from the inclusion of carbon among the revenues that electricity generators...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Section 21 of the Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services and Electronic Communications Infrastructure) Act 2010 provides that the National Roads Authority (NRA) is the relevant authority for applications from telecommunications service providers to install telecoms equipment under national roads including motorways. The local authorities remain the relevant authority for...

Written Answers — Copyright Law: Copyright Law (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The matter to which the Deputy is referring is the judgment delivered by the High Court on 11 October 2010 in a case taken by a number of record companies against an Internet service provider seeking an injunction, pursuant to the Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000, to prevent the illegal downloading of copyrighted material over the Internet. While responsibility for the Copyright and...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56, 58 and 63 together. As the Deputy is aware, the BAI's commercial digital terrestrial television (DTT) process did not lead to the licensing of a commercial DTT operator. This result was disappointing and it is now expected that a commercial DTT operator will not materialise until sometime after analogue switch off in 2012. Further consideration of the...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 59 together. Section 101(1) of the Broadcasting Act, 2009 provides that RTÉ, following a public consultation, shall prepare not later than 12 July 2010 (12 months after the passing of the Act) a five-year public service statement setting out the principles to be observed and activities to be undertaken by it in order to fulfil its public service...

Written Answers — Ministerial Engagements: Ministerial Engagements (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I have attended all the meetings of the Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security to date. No meetings have been held to date in 2010. Meetings were held on 23 January, 5 March, 28 May, 2 July, 10 September and 5 November 2008; on 29 April and 7 October 2009. I also attended the Cabinet Committee on Environment, Energy and Climate Change twice, on 12 September and 14 November...

Written Answers — Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Electricity and Gas Disconnections (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I am deeply concerned at the number of electricity and gas disconnections that have taken place in 2010. All options to improve the situation need to be explored and I welcome the fact that the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) has agreed to review regulatory policy on disconnections. This review will specifically look at how the costs of disconnection are allocated across business and...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The provisions in relation to the submission of the Authority's three-year estimates and expenditure proposals and their publication are set out in Section 37 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. In relation to the estimates for the period 2011-2013, which were due to be submitted by the Authority no later than 30 September, I can confirm that these estimates have not yet been received in my...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 64, 74, 77, 90 and 100 together. Government policy on the development of the electronic communications market, including next generation broadband services, is set out in "Next Generation Broadband – Gateway to a Knowledge Ireland", which I published in June 2009. The policy paper was developed in accordance with various key principles, which are crucial to...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Broadcasting Act 2009 made provision for the development of a commercial digital terrestrial television (DTT) service in Ireland. In this regard, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) was given the role of providing for commercial DTT service providers. In particular, Section 131 of the legislation provides the BAI with the function and associated powers to arrange for the...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: My Department recently concluded a consultation process on the National Retrofit Programme, setting out a proposed framework and details of how it will operate over the next three years. The programme will be launched in 2011 and will entail the transition of the existing energy efficiency and renewable energy programmes over the course of the year. Whilst expenditure on these schemes to...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 67 and 98 together. The objective of the one-stop-shop commitment in the Next Generation Broadband policy paper "Gateway to a Knowledge Ireland", is to facilitate telecoms network operators in gaining access to ducting that exists along publicly-owned energy, transport and other infrastructure so as to facilitate access to backhaul networks in a cost effective...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 84 together. In May 2010, I announced a set of new Renewable Energy Feed In Tariffs (REFITs) for electricity generated from biomass, ranging from 8.5 cent per kilowatt hour to 15 cent per kilowatt hour depending on the technology deployed. These tariffs include support for electricity generated from biomass co fired with peat in the three peat fired...

Written Answers — Energy Prices: Energy Prices (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Government recognises that the cost of energy in Ireland is a competitiveness issue facing the enterprise sector during this difficult period for the economy. The provision of secure, sustainable and competitive energy supplies is critical for the economy. Ireland's higher energy costs over recent years, by comparison with EU average prices, have been primarily due to significant...

Written Answers — Planning Issues: Planning Issues (20 Oct 2010)

Eamon Ryan: EirGrid applied for planning consent for the Meath Tyrone 400kV Interconnection Development Project in December 2009, under the Planning and Development Act 2000 as inserted by the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act 2006. An Bord Pleanála convened an oral hearing on the matter on the 10th of May 2010. On Wednesday 23rd June, it was drawn to EirGrid's and the inspector's...