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Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009 - Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 40: In page 16, to delete lines 35 and 36.

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009 - Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 41: In page 16, to delete lines 37 to 41. This is a technical amendment.

Communications Regulation (Premium Rate Services) Bill 2009 - Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (17 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I thank my officials for their work on this Bill. It has been complex on the fibre optic ducting side and crucially in dealing with how to regulate premium rate services. I am pleased that we have been able to pass legislation that will have a real effect and do the job we are supposed to do, protecting the public. We have all received submissions from people, often young people, who have...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Financial supports are available to homeowners, regardless of age, under two schemes funded by my Department, to improve the energy efficiency of existing homes. The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme which is administered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) provides grant assistance to homeowners for energy efficiency retrofitting measures including attic and wall insulation, very...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme, which is being implemented by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), provides grant assistance to homeowners wishing to install roof and wall insulation, highly efficient boilers and heating controls in their homes. In order to avail of the scheme, homeowners must use a contractor registered with SEI for the Scheme. All works carried out under the Scheme are...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 to 298, inclusive, together. Information requested by the Deputy regarding special advisers employed in my Department from 1 January 2009 is as follows: Name Title Salary Ms Bríd McGrath Press Adviser €93,449 Mr Stephen O'Connor * Special Adviser to Minister €107,485 Ms Suzanne Duke Special Adviser to Minister of State €93,449 * Mr O'Connor...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There were twenty five such translations carried out in my Department since the commencement of the 30th Dáil, at a cost of €20,957.60. The details are shown in the table below. Name of Document Cost of Translation into Irish National Broadband Scheme Public Notice"Assessment of the Effect of the National Broadband Scheme on the Environment" €497.54(Not possible to split costing...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (16 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available and is currently being compiled. I will arrange for it to be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is completed.

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 340 and 343 to 347, inclusive, together. The Government has recently approved the implementation of a national postcode system for Ireland as recommended by the National Postcode Project Board. For any developed country, a postcode system is a key piece of national infrastructure that can deliver economic and social benefits across the whole economy. The...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 341 and 342 together. The Government has approved the implementation of a national postcode system for Ireland as recommended by the National Postcode Project Board. This Board was established to look at the costs and benefits of implementing postcodes and to recommend the most appropriate postcode system for Ireland. There have been no discussions with the...

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has set a target of 10% of all vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2020 and to that end all relevant Departments and Agencies are working intensively to position Ireland at the forefront of electric vehicle deployment. The Minister for Finance has confirmed in Budget 2010 the Government's commitment to encourage the increased use of environmentally friendly electric cars...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I understand that the TEPCO (Tokyo Electric Power Company) report is currently being finalised. EirGrid expects that the report will be completed and published very shortly and I can confirm that it will be made available by EirGrid to the Deputy and to any other Members of the Oireachtas who wish to receive a copy, as well as being published alongside other reports on the EirGrid website.

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The development and operation of the natural gas network is, in the first instance, a matter for Gaslink, a subsidiary of Bord Gáis Éireann, which as the gas transmission system operator, is mandated under Section 8 of the Gas Act 1976, as amended, to develop and maintain a system for the supply of natural gas that is both economical and efficient. The Commission for Energy Regulation...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (15 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The RTÉ NL network operates from about 140 sites throughout the country providing coverage of RTÉ to about 98% of the population. In addition, in remote areas, there are small local community sites which re-broadcast the RTÉ services and which are operated by local communities. Many of these sites would have originally been set up with the assistance of RTÉ and were then taken over and...

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I have a sense that the nation is battered and bruised but not beaten. If there was one line in yesterday's speech that gave people hope and lifted their spirits, it was that the worst is over, if I am quoting the Minister correctly. We need a sense of where we are going and of hope. The debate can change. There was a strong sense of the country being terrified until yesterday and I would...

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That is not the vision or plan of this Government. We need to be enterprising. Last week at a meeting I heard Enterprise Ireland say that in the past year it has had 70 high potential start-up companies on its books. If half a dozen of those go from high potential to reality, which I believe they will, those companies will create the jobs. It is happening. Irishmen and women are being...

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We must be enterprising. This Government has put the mechanisms in place to make that happen. I agree with my colleagues in the Labour Party that we have to be equal and with Ruairí Quinn when he says a more equal society is more competitive, successful and cohesive one. A rational analysis of the past two years would show how this Government has amended the tax system to tax those at the...

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Yes to the carers. When it comes to health services-----

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: -----which form a huge part of our budget we have made the hard call. It is difficult.

Financial Resolution No.5: General (Resumed). Debate resumed on the following motion: (10 Dec 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I have received e-mails from dentists, doctors and others around the country rightly saying that we have cut their incomes in a way that is not fair. We did that on the basis that we keep our health services open so that everyone here has an equal right to the health services they are due.