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Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: e-Net is the independent entity charged with managing, maintaining and operating the MANs on behalf of the State. e-Net was granted the 15 year contract in June 2004 further to a competitive public tender process. The company is based in Limerick. Information regarding traffic volumes and earnings on the networks are of a commercial nature and are a matter for e-Net. Similarly, any...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: In late 2004, I set a Government target of 400,000 broadband subscribers to be achieved by end-2006. Subsequently, broadband subscriber numbers have grown by 73%, in the nine months since I set that target, to reach almost 174,000 by the end of July 2005. No downgrade of broadband targets has taken place. The target set in late 2004 represents a significant, but achievable challenge, which...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have recently appointed one additional assistant principal officer and one additional clerical officer to the staff of the petroleum affairs division, PAD. One other assistant principal was transferred to PAD for a number of weeks and while he has resumed his previous work, he is available to PAD. The review of legislation and regulation governing petroleum exploration and development has...

Written Answers — Corrib Gas Project: Corrib Gas Project (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have made several attempts to create conditions for the Rossport men to take the only option available to them for their release and that is to purge their contempt to the court as articulated by Mr. Justice Finnegan. I am doing and will continue to do everything I can to assist in any way in resolving this impasse. The Deputy may wish to note that I appointed an intermediary who contacted...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have no function in the matter raised by the Deputy. The bringing forward of measures by ComReg in regard to termination charges in the mobile phone market is a matter for ComReg to decide, in accordance with the powers vested in it under the Communications Regulation Act 2002 and the regulations made under the transposed EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: My aim is to have a completed energy policy paper ready for publication in early 2006. This paper will have both a medium and long-term perspective and will take account of the full range of issues and challenges facing us in the energy area, including our reliance on imported fossil fuels and the consequent security of supply issues that presents for Ireland's economy and environment.

Written Answers — Television Reception: Television Reception (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Digital television is already available in Ireland. Both cable-MMDS operators and satellite operators provide subscription digital television services. Free to air analogue television services are provided on a terrestrial basis. Over time it is expected that analogue terrestrial services will migrate to digital terrestrial services in most countries. This migration is already happening on a...

Written Answers — Corrib Gas Project: Corrib Gas Project (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The chargé d'affaires of the Royal Norwegian Embassy contacted my Department in late August and requested a briefing on Irish petroleum legislation and the Corrib development. A member of staff of my Department gave the chargé d'affaires the requested briefing.

Written Answers — Corrib Gas Project: Corrib Gas Project (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: No such contact has been made.

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: No such approach has been made.

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I confirm that I have received in recent weeks correspondence from the Western Development Commission in which a number of issues relating to energy policy and regional energy infrastructure are raised. I am in the process of scheduling a meeting with the commission, at its request, to discuss its concerns in regard to specific aspects of energy policy.

Written Answers — Public Service Obligation Charges: Public Service Obligation Charges (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The opening of the electricity market to competition has meant that, in order to create a level playing field between all market participants, the Government's public service requirements need to be transparently identified and costed. ESB has in the past been obliged to provide these services. In pursuance of its energy policy objectives of security of supply, fuel diversity, environmental...

Written Answers — Overhead Power Lines: Overhead Power Lines (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 585, 586 and 587 together. My Department carried out an investigation in 1988 specifically on the effects of overhead power lines on human health. The results of the investigation were published in the report, Electromagnetic fields from High Voltage transmission lines, to Deputy Michael Smith, former Minister for Energy, on 25 November 1988. The results of a...

Written Answers — Employment Status: Employment Status (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have no statutory function in this matter. The status of an employee is a matter between the employee and the company in which he is employed. The statutory position as regards an individual's status as an employee of the company is subject to the requirements of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983.

Written Answers — Employment Status: Employment Status (28 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have no statutory function in this matter. The status of an employee is a matter between the employee and the company in which he is employed. The statutory position as regards an individual's status as an employee of the company is subject to the requirements of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983.

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (29 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The limits for non-ionising radiation are global limits established internationally by the International Commission for Non Ionising Radiation Protection, ICNIRP. The maximum frequency emissions permissible in any one location are governed by these guidelines which are set at levels which are many times less than the experimental levels at which no adverse effects have been established....

Written Answers — Television Services: Television Services (29 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The recommendations of the Task Force on Emigration will be amongst the factors I will take into account when considering RTE's public service remit in the context of the forthcoming broadcasting legislation. Notwithstanding RTE's statutory mandate, as defined in section 28(1) of the Broadcasting Act 2001, to provide that its radio and television services shall be made available, in so far as...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (29 Sep 2005)

Noel Dempsey: A sum of €6.5 million is contained in subhead I.3 of the 2005 Estimates for the current and capital funding of the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, BCI. Section 19(1)(c) of the Broadcasting Act 2001 required the BCI to prepare a children's advertising code, which was introduced by the BCI on 1 January 2005. The implementation, monitoring and managing of the code is a matter for the BCI...

Order of Business. (4 Oct 2005)

Noel Dempsey: If the Deputy is in order, he might.

Corrib Gas Field: Statements. (4 Oct 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this matter, which has seen significant developments in recent days. I am delighted with these developments and they offer an opportunity for both sides to move forward. Over the past three months, I have been endeavouring to create the conditions that would allow this matter to be resolved. During that time, following contact through an...