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Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The pick and mix assortment-----

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: -----of eccentrics-----

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: -----and clapped out refugees from the former Government-----

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: -----have nothing to offer the people of Ireland.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: We do not want to do any of it. This is the mess in which Deputy Martin's party left us.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Does everyone remember the cheese?

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: It was good cheese.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Everyone should have everything. We agree with the Deputy.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: We cannot provide it, after the mess his party left.

Financial Resolutions 2012: Financial Resolution No. 13: General (Resumed) (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Martin should go for counselling himself.

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Better Energy: Warmer Homes delivers a range of energy efficiency measures to households which are vulnerable to energy poverty. Energy efficiency improvements have been made in over 75,000 low-income homes to date under the programme. There are currently 8,546 homes nationwide on the Better Energy: Warmer Homes' waiting list, of which 770 are in County Mayo. I published the Affordable...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) is the independent regulator responsible for the oversight of compliance in relation to broadcast content. It has a Compliance Committee which monitors and enforces compliance by broadcasters with various aspects of the relevant legislation relating to fairness, impartiality and enforcement of standards. The Compliance Committee of the Broadcasting...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (7 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Better Energy programme, which is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland on behalf of my Department, provides energy efficiency upgrades in privately owned homes. Since 2004, retrofitting measures in local authority housing are undertaken as part of the local authority-owned housing improvement works programme. This is a matter for the Minister for Environment,...

Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (8 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: In February of this year, my Department granted an onshore Petroleum Licensing Option to Enegi Oil plc over a part of the Clare Basin for a term of two years. The Licensing Option is a preliminary authorisation and is designed to allow Enegi Oil assess the shale gas potential of the acreage largely based on studies of existing data from previous exploration activity. The work programme for...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (8 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The conference referred to is a commercial conference held on an annual basis by the European Wind Energy Association. Staff from the Department or the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland only attend commercial conferences abroad if their attendance is absolutely warranted by business requirements. There are currently no plans to attend the conference in question.

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (8 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers Better Energy: Warmer Homes on behalf of my Department. The energy poverty strand of Better Energy aims to provide energy efficiency improvements to low-income homes unable to afford the cost of implementing such measures. This is enabling over 20,000 low-income homes to benefit from energy efficiency retrofit measures by the...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (8 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I am advised that the second State Aid decision from the European Commission on REFIT 2 for onshore wind, hydro and landfill gas should be forthcoming shortly and once obtained, I will seek Government approval to proceed to open the scheme. New renewable electricity generation is supported in every Member State and is necessary to underpin delivery of the European Union's ambitious 2020...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (8 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The conference referred to is a commercial conference held on offshore wind technologies on an annual basis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). I was accompanied by officials from my Department at an equivalent event in Ireland just days before the EWEA conference in Amsterdam. I agree that there is significant development potential to develop the offshore renewable resources we...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (13 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Government's core policy goal for the postal sector is to ensure that Irish customers, both business and residential, enjoy competitively priced, high quality postal services. The Government is committed to a strong and viable An Post and supports its maintenance of the maximum number of economically viable post offices. While I do appreciate the importance of post offices to...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (13 Dec 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The restrictions under the terms of the Civil Service Code of Standards and Behaviour on civil servants engaging in political activity do not apply to Special Advisers and they can engage in political activity or join political parties if they wish. These are not matters for which my Special Advisers are accountable to me under their contracts of employment.