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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The National Framework for Sustainable Development, Our Sustainable Future, sets out a range of challenges which Ireland faces, including in relation to the sustainability of public finances and economic resilience.  In response to the challenges, it also set out some 70 measures to be implemented across Government in order to create a more sustainable Ireland.  A 2015 progress...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Feb 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. Today 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband.  By the end of this year that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: Previous governmental initiatives to deliver or improve broadband service in the State include the National Broadband Scheme (NBS), the Rural Broadband Scheme (RBS), the Galway-Mayo Telecoms Duct, the Metropolitan Area Networks and the Schools 100Mbps Project. The National and Rural Broadband Schemes were designed to deliver basic, affordable broadband to target areas across the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 241 and 242 together. Providing telecommunications services, including mobile phone services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), as independent Regulator. I do not have statutory authority to require commercial companies to rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: European, national and regional waste policy are all predicated on the management of waste in line with the waste hierarchy, whereby the prevention, preparation for re-use, recycling and other recovery of waste are preferred (in that order) to the disposal of waste. For instance, collectors of waste must conduct their activities in accordance with the relevant legislation and the conditions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 Feb 2018)

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 effects of plastic pollution, in particular, on the marine environment has been well publicised. My colleague, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (14 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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 ambient air quality. The Environmental Protection Agency...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I thank all colleagues who contributed to the debate. I know that some of them disagree with the approach we are taking with the ownership model. We held a debate on the matter in the House in 2016. However, I believe everyone in the House agrees with the primary objective, that is, to bring high speed broadband to every home, community, business and farm in Ireland. I appreciate the...

National Broadband Procurement Process: Statements (Resumed) (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: This is the sixth day in a row I have dealt with this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Data (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: Issues pertaining to planning legislation, including matters regarding traffic management and the attachment of conditions relating to individual community gain funds to planning permissions are matters for the statutory planning authorities and do not fall under my remit as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment. Waste management planning is the responsibility of local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Programme for a Partnership Government makes clear that the Government remains supportive of the proposal to construct a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG ) terminal near Ballylongford, County Kerry, and has  supported the project promoters in their application to achieve the status of a Project of Common Interest (PCI) under European Regulation 347/2013 which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The matter raised in the Question is a customer service issue for each individual public body including Government Departments. The use and display of telephone numbers is an area in which I have no statutory function. I would draw the Deputy's attention, however, to arrangements in my Department which operates an 1890 lo-call option for users contacting my Department from fixed line...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Landfill Sites (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: Waste management planning, including with regard to infrastructure provision, is the responsibility of local authorities under Part II of the Waste Management Act, 1996 (as amended). Under section 60(3) of that Act, I am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to the performance, in specific cases, by a local authority of their statutory functions under the Act. Copies...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Hazardous Waste Sites (15 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The National Hazardous Waste Management Plan (NHWMP) 2014-2020 is prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in accordance with Section 26 of the Waste Management Act 1996 and sets out the priority actions that may be undertaken within the lifetime of the Plan in relation to: the prevention of hazardous waste; improved collection rates for certain categories of hazardous waste;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (20 Feb 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. Today, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. Since this Government came into...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (20 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department’s technical team has contacted openeir to query the status of the premises referred to by the Deputy under openeir’s ongoing deployment of rural high speed broadband. Once a response from openeir is to hand, my Department will contact the Deputy’s office directly to confirm the categorisation of this particular premises in openeir’s plans. For...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (20 Feb 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. Today, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. Since this Government came into...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Speeds (20 Feb 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. Today, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband.  This will increase to nearly...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (20 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I signed the Waste Management (Tyres and Waste Tyres) Regulations 2017 on 14 September last and the scheme came into effect from 1st October 2017. I introduced these regulations to deal with a chronic problem with waste tyres in Ireland. These regulations enabled me to put in place a full compliance scheme for tyre operators, operated by Repak End of Life Tyres (ELT) with a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Cyber Security Centre (20 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 465 and 466 together. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) provides a range of cyber security services to owners of Government IT infrastructure and Critical National Infrastructure (CNI). The NCSC is home to the national Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE) and is responsible for acting as a conduit for information to constituents...