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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (23 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The cost of illegal dumping is not collated by my Department as it includes local authority enforcement, disposal and legal costs and also involves costs for other State agencies such as An Garda Síochána. My role, as Minister, is to provide the legislative and policy framework under which both local authority and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) enforcement action against...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Child Protection (23 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: I have no function in relation to video games or the PEGI rating system.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies Data (23 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Government, on completion of a wide ranging review of State Bodies, published its decision on the rationalisation of such Bodies in November 2012. On 1 January 2016 corporate governance of Ordnance Survey of Ireland (OSI) transferred from my Department to the Department of Justice and Equality.  The transfer was to facilitate the merger of Ordnance Survey Ireland with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Personal Injury Claims (23 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The information requested regarding the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each Agency. I will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisation.

Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: I acknowledge that the procurement process that was entered into long before my time as Minister is a very complex process. Knowing what I know today, would I have gone down this road if I were Minister? I do not think so. However, we are where we are. I will explicitly put on the record that I am working might and main to deliver broadband to every single home and premises throughout...

Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Service Provision (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: Regarding the procurement process, a particular approach has been taken. The decision was taken long before my time as Minister and it is a very complex procurement process, but it is a 25-year contract, and people need to be aware of that. It is not just for this decade, but also for the decades to come. A minimum of 5,200 premises in County Laois will get high-speed broadband under the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Taskforce worked with key stakeholders to produce the December 2016 report available on my Department’s website, which contains 40 actions to alleviate some of the deficits. The Implementation Group I co-chair with Minister Kyne is overseeing implementation of the actions and comprises all key stakeholders responsible for delivery. This includes ComReg, who attend as both an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Staff (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The funding of the Communications Regulator is an operational matter and not one in which I as Minister have any function. Funding is provided through fees and levies on the communications and postal sectors made by the Communications Regulator under section 30 of the Communications Regulation Act, 2002.   The appropriate level of staffing of the Communications...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Warmth and Wellbeing scheme is a pilot initiative being delivered under the Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty and the Healthy Ireland Framework. Its main aim is to demonstrate the positive effects that making homes warmer and more energy efficient can have on the health and wellbeing of people in energy poverty who are living with a chronic respiratory condition. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas Networks Ireland (24 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: As I have stated in reply to previous Questions on this issue, I have no statutory function, as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in relation to either the routing of gas pipelines or the connection of towns to the gas pipeline network. These are matters for Gas Networks Ireland, a commercial State-sponsored body under the aegis of the Minister for Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (25 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to 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 today over 67% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband and this is set to increase to 77% (1.8m...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (25 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: In line with the commitments set out in A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, published in 2012, and in the interest of encouraging further waste prevention and greater recycling, flat-rate fees for kerbside household waste collection are being phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018, as customers contracts come up for renewal. The necessary regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Speeds (25 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to 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 today over 67% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband and this is set to increase to 77% (1.8m...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (25 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: Decisions made by private telecommunication operators relating to the rollout and siting of infrastructure to provide high speed broadband services throughout Ireland are undertaken on a commercial basis by competing service providers operating in a liberalised market. I have no statutory role or function to intervene in the commercial decisions of private operators, and therefore cannot...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Emergency Planning (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: As part of ongoing engagement between my Department and the Government Taskforce on Emergency Planning, my officials are currently exploring options in order to identify a potential mechanism for private mobile phone operators in Ireland to convey text messages to mobile phone users, in order to provide real time information on developments in respect of large scale...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Craoltóirí Seirbhíse Poiblí (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: Tá dhá dhuine déag ar an mBord agus níl aon fholúntas ann.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Motor Industry (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: In November 2017, my colleague the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport and I committed to working together to ensure that all new passenger cars sold in Ireland from 2030 onwards will be zero emission vehicles. This statement followed on from the ambitious target that had been previously outlined in May 2017 with the publication of Ireland’sNational Policy Framework on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Irish Government is fully committed to transitioning to a low carbon energy future and the 2015 Energy White Paper sets out a clear policy framework for this. This transition will not be delivered by any one single event or technology – it will be a societal transformation influenced by many different elements and marked by important milestones. Good progress has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, following a public consultation process, published its independent regulatory decision in relation to electric vehicle charging infrastructure in October 2017, providing clarity regarding the ownership, operation, maintenance and investment required in the public EV charging network. A key outcome of the decision is that the charging...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Schemes (30 Jan 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department funds a number of incentives and supports for businesses to become more energy efficient, thereby controlling their cost base, supporting them to become more energy efficient and act on climate change. These are operated through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and include the supports below. The EXEED (excellence in energy efficiency and design) scheme...