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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 904. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the target outlined in his Department’s 2012 document, Delivering a Connected Society - A National Broadband Plan for Ireland, to provide a minimum of 30 Mbps broadband speed to every remaining home and business has been achieved; if not, when will this target be achieved; the current estimated percentage of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 933. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will approve funding for urgent works to the Poulavoune Roundabout on the N22 in Ballincollig in County Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28783/15]

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I would say he would be shocked.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, between lines 40 and 41, to insert the following:“(3) The Minister shall issue a clear definition on what constitutes ‘as low as is reasonably practicable’.”.The term "as low as is reasonably practicable" is open to interpretation - that is the substance of the amendment. It needs to be more clearly defined. Other legislation...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I am disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting my amendment because loosely worded legislation leads to bad law. As the Minister of State said, we should keep the legislation under review. I have a concern regarding the role of the Commission for Energy Regulation. We may have devolved too much power to it but I am not sure. Primary legislation should, in the first instance, be...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 18, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"(c) the requirement for any operator, who is granted an exploration licence or petroleum prospecting licence by the Minister, to put a bond in place, so that in the event of the decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure, the licensee not dismantling the infrastructure within 2 years of extraction being...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I am disappointed that the Minister of State is not accepting it. This is a genuine effort to ensure that we are strengthening the legislation. We have seen that bonds work in other fields.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 24, line 32, to delete "not exceeding €3,000,000".My concern is about the lack of sanction regarding not carrying out requirements by the new authority and the limits on fines. One of the sections refers to a fine not exceeding €3 million on conviction on indictment. I do not know why we would limit that. We have seen the clean-up job in the...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 29, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(2) Such reports can be released on the instruction of the Minister.".For the sake of openness and transparency, the Minister should be empowered to release all reports. Any reports that are within any Departments are public property anyway. The Minister of State should accept this amendment.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Again, our legislation gives an awful lot of power to people outside this House in terms of the CER. We have seen that it does not have enough powers to regulate properly some sectors we believe it is regulating. It gives the wrong impression. The Minister who is directly elected by the people should have power to distinguish what should or should not be put before the people. Amendment,...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 30, lines 34 and 35, to delete “a non-confidential version of the reports” and substitute “the reports in their entirety”.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Carers Strategy Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his response to the recent family carers' scorecard which claims his Department has yet to engage with the national carers strategy. [28655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Carers Strategy Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made by his Department in the role assigned to it under the national carers strategy in supporting working carers and former carers who wish to return to the workforce. [28656/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which special needs assistants are allocated; and specifically how her Department can guarantee the reasonable safety of a child who is allocated only a shared assistant, despite having been diagnosed with multiple problems, including profound global developmental delay, epilepsy with frequent severe seizures, and a high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions made for providing essential educational resources for children with profound developmental issues to prepare them to enter national school, given that they do not qualify under the July provision programme until after their first year of national school, despite their developmental difficulties having been defined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the approximate cost of introducing a renewable heat incentive, which his Department plans to bring online next year; if he has considered including any project installed from the date the initiative is announced to retrospectively qualify once the initiative opens; the approximate cost of this; and if he will make a...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 87. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on Government policy to maintain the existing post office network nationwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31800/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I am seeking an update from the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources on Government policy to maintain the existing post office network nationwide.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I thank the Minister of State for the reply. The post office network and its maintenance have been matters of debate or discussion in this Chamber for 20 years or more. I will be bringing forward legislation - I hope it will be taken in this Dáil session - that will change the memorandum of understanding of An Post to ensure there is a universal obligation for An Post to maintain the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Post Office Network (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: They are still going out.