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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The Independent Expert Panel was established in January 2014 to oversee preparation by EirGrid of the comprehensive, route specific studies and reports of fully undergrounded and overhead options for the Grid West and Grid Link projects. The studies and reports are to include assessments of potential environmental impacts, technical efficacy and cost factors. I am advised that EirGrid...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: My Department will shortly be issuing a Request for Tenders (RfT) inviting responses for the provision of services to assist in the completion of a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA) which will inform the content of the finalised Bioenergy Plan to be published later this year. The SEA/AA process, which will include a public consultation, will be managed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is currently investing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: It is Government policy that An Post remains a strong and viable company in a position to provide a high quality postal service and maintain a nationwide customer focussed network of post offices in the community, including those in the region of Connemara, Co. Galway. The post office network faces significant challenges given the impact of the economic downturn over the last few years,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Legal Costs (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: My Department administers a very diverse and complex brief. Its remit includes oversight of very complex policy areas and direct procurement of major services where protection of the State’s interest must be paramount. This situation necessarily requires my Department to procure specialist external professional advice in legal areas to enable it to discharge its responsibility to...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: This meeting has been convened to consider the supplementary information received in respect of the 2015 Revised Estimates for public services from the Department of the Taoiseach's Vote group. The Dáil ordered on 18 December 2014 that the following Revised Estimates for public services be referred to this sub-committee for consideration: Vote 1 — President's Establishment;...

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised) (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: I thank Deputy Sean Fleming.

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (3 Mar 2015)

Alex White: In accordance with Standing Order 87, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2015: Vote 1 — President's Establishment; Vote 2 — Department of the Taoiseach; Vote 3 — Office of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Properties (4 Mar 2015)

Alex White: My Department is not involved in any direct rental of buildings. The Department's accommodation needs are provided by the Office of Public Works who allocate space on the basis of working requirements and manage all issues regarding cost and duration of lease. My Department operates from the following four locations: - Headquarters, 29-31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. Current occupancy 245; -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (4 Mar 2015)

Alex White: I have no statutory function in regard to the issue raised by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy (4 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the overall support mechanism for generation constructed for security of supply purposes, including peat generation, and for the development of renewable electricity. It is designed to compensate electricity suppliers for the additional costs they incur by purchasing electricity generated by these producers. The PSO...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (4 Mar 2015)

Alex White: There have been no Senior Civil Servants, who retired from my Department since 2011, appointed to any State Board under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: An Independent Expert Panel (IEP) was established in January 2014 to oversee the integrity of the process being undertaken by EirGrid to report on comprehensive, route-specific studies of overhead and underground options for both the Grid Link (GL) and Grid West (GW) projects. On 2 May 2014, the IEP finalised the Terms of Reference for the studies and published the Terms of Reference on 7...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: Whilst there has been some welcome upturn in the level of interest in exploration off our coast in recent years, the hydrocarbon potential of the Irish Offshore is largely unproven and is likely to remain so until there is a significant and sustained increase in the number of exploration wells being drilled from the current levels of none to one well per year. The only commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: A total of 29 responses were received in response to the mapping consultation which closed on 12 February 2015. This included 13 responses from telecommunications operators, 2 responses from equipment vendors, 7 responses from Local Authorities and representative bodies and 7 responses from individual citizens. There was a substantive response to the questions posed in the consultation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Consumer Protection (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The regulation of retail charges for roaming services is implemented by way of EU Regulations which limit the maximum retail prices for retail roaming services within the European Union. The first such EU Regulation commenced in 2007. Two further EU Regulations were introduced in 2010 and 2012 to further reduce the maximum permitted retail roaming charges within the EU and to increase...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The May 2014 Green Paper on Energy Policy covers a broad range of energy issues, including an exploration of all possible fuel options, for securing a balanced, sustainable and secure energy mix. It would not be appropriate to exclude any fuel option from such a broad policy consultation and engagement process. It is important to note that the use of nuclear fission for the generation of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The National Broadband Plan aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is currently investing approximately...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (10 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The Metropolitan Area Networks (“MANs”) are managed, operated, maintained and marketed by enet, on behalf of the State on an open access basis to service providers. The Kilrush MAN has been in operation (or “lit”) since July 2012, when the first service provider availed of the MAN to provide telecommunications services in Kilrush. While the details of the usage of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Legislative Programme (11 Mar 2015)

Alex White: The information requested by the Deputy relating to details of all Acts enacted since March 2011, and amendments tabled, are published and can be accessed on the website of the Oireachtas at.