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Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The position remains that any future broadband investment decisions, including investment in any further phases of the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) Programme, will be guided by (i) the policy paper on Next Generation Broadband, which I published last month, (ii) the Value for Money and Policy Review undertaken on Phase I of the MANs Programme, (iii) the availability of resources, and...

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: In the time available the information requested by the Deputy cannot be extracted and collated into a reply. The scope of the request is such that it would require the commitment of significant resources and staff time that cannot be justified. If the Deputy has a specific issue that he wishes to have examined, I will arrange to have it looked into

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (9 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I can advise the Deputy that the company in question has not been contracted to build any facilities by my Department. Contracts entered into by bodies operating under the aegis of my Department are day to day operational issues for those bodies and therefore a matter for them.

Seanad: Telecommunications Services: Motion (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to respond to this timely motion on rural broadband. I will begin by going through some of the general details but without getting bogged down in too many statistics. We could all quote figures from 2007, but they are probably out of date now because broadband numbers have doubled since October that year. We are now up to approximately 1.25 million subscribers, while the figure...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Question Nos. 442 and 443 together. Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. Details of broadband availability from service providers together with the availability of broadband services in specific areas, including areas in County...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The issue of live television coverage by RTÉ of gaelic games in Britain, America and around the world is an operational matter for RTÉ to consider and I have not consulted the company in that regard.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: When considering the exclusion of certain unserved premises from the National Broadband Scheme (NBS), it is important to clarify that, in designing the NBS, which was approved by the EU Commission, a balance had to be struck between reaching as many unserved areas as possible and minimising the impact of the scheme on businesses already providing broadband services in rural areas. EU State...

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Social and Family Affairs operates a Household Benefits Package and those who qualify to receive this package are entitled to a free television licence. The Department of Social and Family Affairs pays the cost of these free licences to my Department. The following table sets out the amounts that the Department of Social and Family Affairs paid to my Department for each of...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The detail requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Division Details of Adverts Cost (incl VAT)€ Statutory/Non-statutory Oil Supply Iris Oifigiuil – SI 09/059 European Communities (Internal Market in Electricity) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 53.00 Statutory Oil Supply Iris Oifigiuil – SI 09/214 NORA (Returns & Levy) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 42.00 Statutory...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The identification of records prior to January 2007 cannot be facilitated without undue commitment of staff resources and administrative costs. However, if the Deputy has a question in relation to a specific item I will make appropriate enquiries. Expenditure by the bodies under the aegis of the Department is a day to day operational issue for those bodies and is a matter for them. The...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am very concerned about the increase in the number of complaints by consumers in recent years in relation to the subscription services, particularly in relation to the lack of transparency in the provision of those services which has resulted in many consumers incurring unexpected charges. In order to address this and other issues concerning the regulation of premium rate services I have...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: No request has been made to my Department proposing the nationalisation of eircom. The commercial performance and ownership of the company is a matter for the company in the first instance and I have no direct role in this regard. Given the importance of eircom to Ireland's communication infrastructure and services, I am monitoring the overall situation in relation to the company but I have...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the fact that the benefits of competition in electricity retail supply, which have previously been confined to large industrial and commercial customers, are becoming available to domestic consumers. The entry into the domestic electricity market of Airtricity and Bord Gáis Energy demonstrates that policy to encourage competition in electricity generation and supply is paying...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (8 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e over the telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, satellite and fibre. Details of broadband availability from service providers together with the availability of broadband services in specific areas, including areas in County Galway, are available at www.broadband.gov.ie....

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Over the past six months I have had a number of meetings with the developers of the Corrib Gas Project, along with a wide range of groups with an interest in the project.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware I was appointed as Minister in June 2007 and costs for my Departmental mobile phone since then are set out in the table: June - Dec 2007 â'¬1,920.43 2008 â'¬1,169.55 to date 2009 â'¬867.52 The network operator engaged by the Department has confirmed that in the period May 2008 to June 2009 some 60% of costs relates to roaming charges and 29% to data...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Communications Infrastructure Programme of the National Development Plan 2000-2006, ESB Telecom (ESBT), and other service providers, responded to an open call for proposals for the roll out of electronic communications infrastructure. On 19 January 2001, the then Department of Public Enterprise entered into an Agreement with ESBT for the deployment of 1,300 kilometres of optical...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The identification of records prior to January 2007 cannot be facilitated without undue commitment of staff resources and administrative cost. However, if the Deputy has a question in relation to a specific item I will make appropriate enquiries. I can advise the Deputy that there are no accumulated costs in respect of court cases taken by my Department from January 2007 to date.

Written Answers — Disability Act: Disability Act (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Disability Act 2005 provides, under Section 31 (4), that a Sectoral Plan shall contain a statement of the intervals at which reports shall be prepared relating to the progress made in the implementation of the plan, being at intervals of not more than 3 years from the date of publication of the plan. The Sectoral Plan for my Department was published in July 2006 and contained a...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (7 Jul 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware the Office of Public Works (OPW) is largely responsible for the renting of properties used by Government Departments. In the time available, it has not been possible to identify and assemble the information requested. The OPW is compiling the relevant material and I will revert to the Deputy as soon as possible.