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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Banking (6 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that details of monies held in banks by agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for the individual agency in the first instance and I have no function in this regard.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Do not be talking rubbish.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: His job was made more difficult by the mess that Fianna Fáil left.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Oh did you?

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Micheál knew all along and never told the lads.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Look at the depression up on the back bench.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Look at the wind bags.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Sure, the Deputy must know the answer.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: And will Christmas come in July?

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: We had a late night. Deputy Martin is putting us to sleep.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Doherty still cannot crawl or make sense.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: That is untrue.

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is better craic than Ross O'Carroll Kelly

Promissory Notes: Statements (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Deputy is better craic than the lads up the back.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff (7 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Retired public sector workers are engaged from time to time by my Department in areas where specific expertise is required for a short fixed period, and these persons provide a level of knowledge, experience and background compatible with such requirements. The abatement principle, which ensures that the fee paid plus pension does not exceed the rate of pay the pensioner would receive if...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Salmon Fisheries (12 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 425 to 428, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, the Salmon Hardship Scheme he refers to was introduced by the state following a decision to stop the commercial salmon mixed stock fishery in the sea. The scheme closed for applications on 31st December 2007. This scheme was targeted at commercial salmon fishermen who were active in the fishery at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 430 and 431 together. Any funding as referred to by the Deputy would have to be provided for from the existing multi-annual capital envelope for my Department. In the years 2013-2015 this amounts to some €254.4 million in capital investment funds to meet all capital requirements for my Department including areas such as energy efficiency and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Trading (12 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: The Memorandum of Understanding on energy cooperation that UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Edward Davey and I signed on 24 January will result in completion of consideration of how Irish renewable energy resources, onshore and offshore, might be developed to the mutual benefit of Ireland and the United Kingdom. This will determine whether it is beneficial for both...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Charges (12 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433, 435 and 436 together. In June 2012 the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) extended until June 2014, a universal service obligation (USO) addressed to Eircom, which among other things, requires that line rental for basic fixed line telephone services is available to end users at a standard price across the country. There are no...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (12 Feb 2013)

Pat Rabbitte: Ireland’s telecommunications market has been liberalised since 1999 and since then has developed into a well-regulated market, supporting a multiplicity of commercial operators, providing services over a diverse range of technology platforms. Details of broadband services available on a County-by-County basis can be found on the website of the Commission for Communications Regulation...