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- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 89 together. The objective of the one-stop-shop commitment in the Next Generation Broadband policy paper "Gateway to a Knowledge Ireland", is to facilitate telecoms network operators in gaining access to ducting that exists along publicly-owned energy, transport and other infrastructure so as to help reduce the cost of fibre roll-out for backhaul...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 91 together. It is this Government's policy that telecommunications and broadband services should be provided in the first instance by electronic communications service providers. In cases of market failure the Government will intervene, where it is appropriate and possible to do so. As part of its pledge to attain universal access to broadband by the...
- Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The European Union has set ambitious renewable energy targets as part of its overall Climate Change and Energy policies with the objective of achieving 20% of all energy in the EU to be from renewable sources by 2020. As part of this process, each Member State was set an individual target and Ireland's target was set at 16%. Ireland's target of 40% of electricity being generated from...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: There has been significant progress in broadband roll out and broadband quality over recent years. According to ComReg's latest Quarterly Report for Q4/2009, 68% of residential subscriptions in Ireland and 75% of non-residential subscriptions are in the 2 â 10 Mbps range. Only 19% of the non residential subscriptions and only 25% of the residential subscriptions are in the 1â2 Mbps...
- Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: My Department sets policy for the communications sector generally and establishes the appropriate regulatory framework. The main objective of communications policy is that it contributes to sustainable economic growth, competitiveness and innovation and to ensure that Ireland is well placed to avail of the opportunities afforded by the development of the electronic communications sector....
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: My Department entered into a contract with "3", a Hutchison Whampoa company, for the delivery of the National Broadband Scheme ("NBS") in late December 2008. Since then, 3 has progressed its network roll out and NBS broadband services are now available in more than sixty percent of the 1,028 designated Electoral Divisions ("ED") to be covered under the Scheme. Under the NBS contract, all...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The energy balance figures for 2009 are not yet available. The latest figures available were published by Sustainable Energy Ireland in December 2009 and refer to 2008. The figures show that Ireland's overall fossil fuel import dependency reached 91% in 2006 and has decreased slightly to 89% in 2008. Since the mid-1990s fossil fuel import dependency has grown significantly, due to the...
- Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The National Energy Efficiency Action Plan (NEEAP) sets out 90 actions that Government is either already taking or will take in the period to 2020 to achieve the national energy efficiency targets of 20% across the economy and 33% in the public sector. The savings identified in the Action Plan represent approximately â¬1.6 billion in avoided energy costs for the economy in 2020. There is a...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: Service providers are deemed as "customers" of the MANs. In other words, a service provider, as a customer of a MAN, uses the MAN to offer services on to the service provider's own customers. 35 service providers are currently offering services on the Phase I MANs and 6 service providers are currently offering services on the Phase II MANs. Service providers use the MANs to provide voice...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The OECD report is one in a series of periodic reports on electronic communications markets. The broadband market is a fast moving one and international tables do not always capture the full extent of market developments. At the end of 2009, Ireland's broadband per capita penetration rate stood at 32.4% with mobile broadband included, significantly ahead of the June 2009 OECD average of...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: There will be no carbon tax liability for Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Plants which are powered by biomass. Plants within the European Emissions Trading System (ETS), which are typically over 20MW in capacity and which account for a very large proportion of the gas fired CHP units are also exempt from the carbon tax. Fossil fuel CHP units outside the ETS scheme are currently subject to...
- Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: My Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland are developing proposals for implementation of the retrofit programme, announced on Budget Day, which will further reduce energy costs and carbon emissions in homes and businesses while creating employment and developing a sustainable market for energy services in Ireland. Various finance models, including a Pay As You Save Scheme...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The National Biofuel Obligation will underpin delivery of the national biofuel target and will take full account of EU biofuels policy, including the sustainability criteria. The legislative basis for the obligation is provided for in the Energy (Biofuels Obligation and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill which is currently under consideration in the Oireachtas. Prior to the introduction of the...
- Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The following table sets out the relevant figures for the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS) from its inception in 2006 to date, and also sets out the figures for the Home Energy Savings scheme (HES) for 2008, 2009 and 2010. The 2008 figures for HES are for the pilot 'Insulation Scheme', which was used to test principles and processes required to deliver the full-scale HES programme. 2006 2007...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. I understand that broadband is available in the general area of Rockorry village, County Monaghan, from wireless service providers and therefore this area will not be addressed by the National Broadband Scheme (NBS)....
- Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 334 and 335 together. Electric vehicles offer an increasingly realistic solution to the challenge of reducing the transport sector's Greenhouse Gas Emissions and reducing reliance on imported fossil fuels. There is now very significant global investment under way in research and development in this area. The technology is maturing to a point where large...
- Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The Greener Homes Scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department and any decisions regarding applications under the scheme are a matter for determination by SEAI. In my previous response to the Deputy I outlined the terms and conditions for applications under the third phase of the Greener Homes Scheme. I understand that with regard...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The provision of broadband services is in the first instance a matter for private sector service providers operating in Ireland's fully liberalised telecommunications market. Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, fibre and satellite. Details of broadband services...
- Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The reporting on and forecasting of greenhouse gas emissions is a matter for my colleague, the Minister for Environment, Heritage and Local Government and for the Environmental Protection Agency.
- Written Answers — Digital Hub: Digital Hub (27 Apr 2010)
Eamon Ryan: The Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA) is continuing to work towards its development objectives to grow the Digital Hub. As of early 2010 there were 98 companies operating in the Digital Hub with 664 full time and a further 220 part time employees. The DHDA continues to promote the identity and brand of the Hub and companies located there have enjoyed notable successes and have gained...