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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department does not award funding to the Public Relations Institute of Ireland. A payment of €1,890 was made to the Institute in December 2016 in respect of course fees for a staff member in the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 198 of 16 November 2017. While the position is unchanged, in summary I understand that an official from my Department has provided a detailed report outlining the status of High Speed Broadband availability in the area to the individuals named in the Question. While the premises referenced by the Deputy falls within an AMBER area and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for Brexit, Minister Coveney has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with his colleagues across Government to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit. This cooperation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC set Ireland a legally binding target of meeting 16% of our energy demand from renewable sources by 2020. Ireland is committed to achieving this target through meeting 40% of electricity demand, 12% of heat and 10% of transport from renewable sources of energy, with the latter transport target also being legally binding. While good progress...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department maintains the 32 domains and 11 sub domains that are listed as follows. Apart from the main Departmental website it is necessary in the interests of customer service to have some dedicated websites related to specific areas of Departmental responsibility. Domain Registrar Registration date Intended Purpose GOV. NETWORKS 10-Jan-13 Redirect to Broadband.gov.ie GOV....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Parliamentary Questions Costs (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department answered 2,365 written and oral parliamentary questions in the last 12 months.  It is not possible to isolate the administrative cost of processing parliamentary questions from the overall administrative costs of my Department as this work is carried out as part of the normal day-to-day running of business areas.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, I have lead responsibility for promoting and overseeing the coherent implementation of  the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on a whole-of-Government basis, and for the establishment of a robust SDG implementation and reporting framework. I will also present Ireland’s first Voluntary National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Last July I published Ireland’s first statutory National Mitigation Plan. This Plan lays the foundations for transitioning Ireland to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy and includes actions being taken in the electricity sector to achieve a low carbon energy sector by 2050. This Plan follows on from the December 2015 publication of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: In April I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). The Map is searchable by eircode. Premises in and around Boyle fall into the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The 2015 National Cyber Strategy set out the priorities for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for the period 2015-2017, as the being the protection of Government ICT Infrastructure while building capacity in other areas, particularly around preparing for the implementation of the EU Network and Information Security Directive.   This Directive, which has a transposition...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 to 476, inclusive, together. I introduced new structures for tyres and waste tyres on 1 October 2017 to address the chronic problem of waste tyres in Ireland, including a lack of consistent and accurate data on tyres and a significant rate of non-compliance with Tyres Regulations. The new structures will be funded by a visible Environmental Management Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477, 478 and 489 together. The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) will ensure high speed broadband access (minimum 30 megabits per second) to all premises in Ireland, regardless of location.  The NBP has been a catalyst in encouraging investment by the telecoms sector so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The 2014 National Policy Position on Climate Change and 2015 Energy White Paper include ambitious long-term commitments, respectively, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80% compared to 1990 levels and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the sector by between 80% and 95% by 2050. Moreover, the Programme for Government sets out that Ireland’s long-term interests are best...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 492 together. The 2009 Effort Sharing Decision 406/2009/EC established binding annual greenhouse gas emissions targets for EU Member States for the period 2013 to 2020. For the year 2020 itself, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their level in 2005. This will be Ireland’s contribution to the overall EU objective...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 481 and 488 together.   The 2014 National Policy Position on Climate Action and Low Carbon Development sets out an ambitious long-term commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in Ireland by at least 80% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2050 across the electricity generation, built environment and transport sectors; and in parallel, to pursue an approach...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Official inventories of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions are prepared annually by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The most recent data, for the year 2015, were published on 13 April 2017 and are available on the EPA's website at . According to this data, the breakdown of emissions by sector in 2015 is as follows: Sector Mt CO2eq. % of total 2015 emissions Agriculture 19.81...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 486 together. Ambient air quality monitoring in Ireland is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the 2008 Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Directive (Directive 2008/50/EC) and the Fourth Daughter Directive (Directive 2004/107/EC of 15 December 2004). These Directives also include rules on how Member States should monitor, assess and manage...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Our use of plastic has increased exponentially in recent decades. Plastics feature across a wide range of applications and products, such as packaging, construction, electrics and electronics, agriculture, medical and health.  The last waste characterisation study carried out by the EPA showed that 12.4% of our household waste, by weight, was plastic. The effects of plastic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 and 487 together. I recognise the need to ensure that Ireland is well positioned for the future in having a fit for purpose and future proofed telecommunications sector. The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) will ensure high speed broadband access (minimum 30 megabits per second) to all premises in Ireland, regardless of location.  The NBP...