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Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reasons for not separating out the ownership of the transmission and distribution electricity network under separate State ownership, as recommended by the Deloitte report. [33485/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way he intends encouraging greater competition in the voice telephone fixed line market following the recent withdrawal of Smart Telecom from that business. [33855/06]

Written Answers — EU Enlargement: EU Enlargement (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultations which have taken place to date with the social partners with regard to access to the Irish labour market of nationals of Bulgaria and Romania before the date of accession; and the progress made toward achieving a common approach. [33749/06]

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the intent of these amendments which are obviously related to the incidents in Silvermines. Our committee visited Silvermines and saw the remarkably unstable and unsatisfactory leftovers from the mining operation there. Under these amendments, does the Minister expect this or any future Government to be able to recover some of the financial costs from the companies involved in...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I oppose the proposed amendment, although I understand the intention behind it, on a basic point of principle. With regard to section 16, which concerns capitalisation of Bord Gáis in order to allow an ESOT to purchase a stake in the company, I have yet to hear an argument from the Minister setting out the reasons the State should allocate funding. We asked on Committee Stage to know the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(7) In exercising its powers under section 9 of the Electricity Act, the Commission shall include an obligation on the DSO to facilitate full value net metering for renewable energy supply generators below 5kW.". One of the most important developments needed in the new energy future is the use of smart...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Surely the tail is wagging the dog on this. The Government sets energy policy. The Minister of State agrees, as the Minister said publicly, that the Government believes this is a step in the right direction. What he appears to be saying is that the Government is not concerned about small scale generation, that it was not in the Green Paper — for shame — and that the matter will be left...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: In future, the high-level policy energy principles will not just concern what is happening in the ESB, Bord na Móna or Bord Gáis. They will concern what is happening in every home and office in the country. The crucial principle is whether we go to a distributed system using a multiple range of different suppliers for heat, electricity and transport fuels, or whether we stick with the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(8) Section 3 of the Statutory Instrument No. 60 of 2005, the European Communities (internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2005 shall be amended to include the subsection (k) "to nevertheless allow communities who so elect to have only their own supply.".". Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are similar in...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the unbundling of the distribution system must be accomplished by July 2007. I hope this or a future Government does not find itself required to make a regulatory change through legislation, which we have the opportunity to make now. The Minister of State appears to agree with the intent of amendment No. 15, but has some issues with the wording or the legal aspects of achieving...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 22: In page 7, line 24, after "publish" to insert "or endorse". The purpose of my amendments in this group is to improve and refine the proposal to establish a system of examining and monitoring the works carried out by electrical contractors. While small and technical in nature, the amendments are also important. The purpose of amendment No. 22 is to amend the existing...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I commend the Minister's ability on this legislation, which is highly complex and not within the Minister's remit. I wish to refer to amendment No. 24 which deals with the issuing of fines. The Minister said it is against parliamentary practice to legislate for fining. However, this section designates some of the powers or modus operandi of designated bodies, and of the commission in...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 33: In page 11, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: "(13A) For the purposes of this subsection certain categories of electrical works may be regarded as exempt from the requirement for inspection and certification under subsection (13) as may be defined by the Commission on the basis that such works are not likely to pose any threat to public safety.". This...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 34: In page 11, between lines 35 and 36, to insert the following: "(15) When a registered electrical contractor carries out electrical works, which by reason of regulations made under section 9E(1) are deemed to be designated electrical works, the registered electrical contractor concerned shall issue a completion certificate to the person who requested the works to be...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I accept that section 9E sets out penalties but I do not understand why we do not need clarification of the need for designated works and such a certificate in the new subsection (15) that I wish to introduce. I do not see the connection between section 9E and the earlier subsection that sets out the requirements of electrical contractors on specified works and designated works. I do not...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Section 9D(13) states: "Where a registered electrical contractor carries out electrical works, which by reason of a determination by the Commission under subsection (27) are specified works, the registered electrical contractor concerned shall issue a completion certificate to the person who requested the works to be carried out." I accept the Minister's point that if a non-registered...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: The intent of subsection (13) is that when a registered electrical contractor carries out specified works, he or she must issue a completion certificate to the person who requested the works to be carried out. Where is the compulsion on a registered electrical contractor to issue a completion certificate to someone who requests a designated work to be carried out?

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I must answer this because it is highly technical.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Thank you. The Minister of State said that the designated works are specified works. The difficulty is in the difference between designated and specified works. Subsection (27) states that the commission may determine what is a specified work and section 9E(1) states that the commission may designate a class of designated works. I do not agree with the Minister of State's argument that...