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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Budget (2 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 325. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of reforms to the emissions trading scheme directive post-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Budget (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 745. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland's views on the European emissions trading scheme are represented in EU level negotiations on this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Carbon Budget (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 746. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if representatives from his Department are in attendance at the European Environmental Council discussion of the ETS scheme. [11402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 747. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland's views on the European non ETS carbon emission scheme are represented in EU level negotiations on this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11403/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 750. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the date by which he anticipates the renewable heat incentive scheme will be opened; if he has considered grandfathering in existing installations that meet the terms of the RHI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 757. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he or his officials have discussed the impact of Brexit on Ireland's energy security with his UK and EU counterparts. [11971/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Brexit Issues (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 758. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there have been meetings between his Department's energy policy division and their EU and UK counterparts regarding the impact of Brexit on Ireland's energy supply. [11972/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Alternative Energy Projects (7 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 764. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered installing hydrogen refuelling stations for vehicles. [11973/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for securing the long-term future and viability of An Post, particularly in view of recent reports that widespread closures are predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14097/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he plans to secure the long-term future viability of the post office network, particularly in light of recent reports that widespread closures are predicted by An Post, and if he will make a statement to the House on that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am disappointed to say that the Minister has failed to even make a stab at answering the question. I asked him how he plans to secure the long-term future viability of the Post Office network. The Minister has given me a couple of pages from the annual report of An Post. He has reflected on what has happened and what he has done to secure the short-term viability of the company. We have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister has succeeded in confusing just about everybody. The Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, makes it very clear that his role is about looking at a group of services that could enhance activity within the post office network. He claims to have absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for the operation of the network. The Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, is telling us something...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is in a position to deliver on it now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on mobile phone and broadband access document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14098/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about his plans to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on the mobile phone and broadband access document; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am still not clear, and neither are those who seek the implementation of this plan, on when we can expect to see the roll-out begin, let alone be completed. The national broadband plan has been talked about since 2012, although I will not lay at the Minister's door responsibility for the tardiness with which successive governments have dealt with it. The Minister has been in office for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: It seems the Minister raised the issue of spectrum auction. Will he confirm to the House that the criteria around the auctioning of the spectrum will concentrate more on the geographic spread rather than on the amount of money that can be generated for the State coffers? The Minister is well aware that, notwithstanding what different mobile companies advertise in terms of their coverage,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to implement the motion regarding the North South interconnector that was passed by Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: When does the Minister plan to implement the motion regarding the North-South Interconnector that was passed by Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017 and could he make a statement to the House on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The bottom line is that the majority of Deputies in this House agreed that there should be an entirely new independent expert analysis of the North-South Interconnector complete with estimates of the cost of the project for tourism, agriculture, heritage, health and local communities, a decision with which Seanad Éireann agreed. In my view, that motion must be respected rather than...