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Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I am answering the Deputy's key question, which was on why I could not have predicted this a year ago. One cannot predict demand exactly.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: One of the reasons demand for other schemes increased is that the house of tomorrow schemes, a significant commitment, were multi-annual programmes but one is often dealing with builders. The scheme does support the building industry and that may be something for which one could criticise it but construction accounts for one quarter of our economy.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: To make the necessary reductions in energy use, we need the construction industry to change dramatically. That is why we went into Government and fundamentally changed the building regulations. It will not be easy to bring about change as it requires every single builder in this country to change the way they build.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: It requires examples of best practice and that was achieved under the house of tomorrow scheme. Fine Gael may not agree with that scheme and may disagree with turning the building industry towards a clean energy future but that is what we are doing.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Barrett disagrees. Fine Gael should get its party line straight.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: There are various choices and Deputy McManus will have been faced with similar choices. She could have stopped the scheme.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: Not in every case.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: There are many cases, such as the lower income housing scheme and the reheat scheme, which goes towards school and other community projects, where there was a choice as to whether to continue.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: No — there was a choice. We could have kept the schemes going as they were and that, I understand, has been the Labour Party position up to this point.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: One of my aims was to provide continuity. One should not stop-start an industry by building up a supply chain and suddenly, overnight, drop it off a cliff.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I chose to continue, having spent the first €47 million.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I am answering the Deputy's question as to what choice there was.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I had plenty of choice.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The choice was taken to manage the funding so that we could continue the greener home scheme, albeit, in certain cases, at a reduced level, which I believed was correct in view of the fact that technology had developed to a level where it could stand up on its own.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: One cannot spend the money for these schemes on the day an application comes in. There is an ongoing commitment and certain applications will come through next year relating to phase 1 while certain others will relate to phase 2. One cannot separate the two — we are not buying sweets but major building projects and they take time. It is a multi-annual programme which requires continuity.

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: SEI has done a fantastic job in managing the whole range of heating schemes. There were and will continue to be demands on it, but we are learning. It is providing a first class service for the public, which I decided to support by continuing the grant schemes established here. We will continue to amend, extend and change as we see fit. It is my job to manage the budget on the public's...

Estimates for Public Services 2007 (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: We will also seek to reduce carbon emissions, which is the challenge facing us. I am confident and happy that we have managed the matter particularly well and we will continue to manage it in a way that will deliver for SEI and the people.

Written Answers — Greener Homes Scheme: Greener Homes Scheme (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: The objective of the Greener Homes scheme is to stimulate consumer investment in renewable heating solutions and to develop the market for renewable technologies and fuels, thereby reducing CO2 emissions in the domestic sector. Since the scheme was launched there has been an exponential increase in renewable technology suppliers and a ten-fold expansion in the number of renewable energy...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: As indicated to the Deputy in response to his question in the House on 2 October it had not been possible to identify and assemble the full range information requested by that date. I undertook to have My Department compile the data sought by the Deputy and forward it to him. I am happy to inform the Deputy that I have already sent him the required information.

Written Answers — Anti-Poverty Strategy: Anti-Poverty Strategy (17 Oct 2007)

Eamon Ryan: In line with the Government decision of July 1998, a Poverty Impact Assessment is carried out on all significant legislative and policy proposals from the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources. These proposals are also circulated to all other Government Departments for observations on their potential impacts, including poverty proofing.