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Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is a pilot project of several thousand meters. If the Deputy were honest and talked to people involved——

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ——and compared with the UK or America or any other country, we are ahead of the curve. I refer to the roll-out of electric vehicles and the signing of the memorandum with Renault-Nissan which gives us access to the vehicles. We have a commitment from the ESB to install the plug-in connections and the Government is committed to this. This is not an exclusive arrangement; we will work...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The State company, EirGrid, has a €4 billion investment plan which is well thought through and providing a long-term all-island grid development strategy. If Deputy Coveney's party is serious about developing renewable energy he might support some of the initiatives in grid development rather than obstructing them. The Government is delivering.

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: We are delivering in terms of interconnection which provides us——

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ——a flexibility to help meet our renewable energy targets. We are on target for 50% renewables next year, a target set for 2010. It is bringing down prices and creating jobs. The ESB strategy allows for 3,700 direct jobs and several thousand more indirectly. These are real jobs in a real economy which is recovering and which is providing the opportunities. We have equal necessity to...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There is growth in the area for which I am the responsible Minister.

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There is a recovery on the way.

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: This green recovery is happening.

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The electricity and gas prices are falling next week——

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: —— and they are falling for one reason among others, because wind power is coming on stream and it is bringing prices down. We are delivering a better economy by going green and it is happening on the ground across this country in new insulation schemes, in grid development schemes, in Bord Gáis investment and in Bord na Móna investment. Each of the State companies is following the...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I do not see how it could provide any benefits or bring any clarity in management or any improvements for our country and our economy.

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It would kill enterprise and it would kill the initiative of our semi-State companies because it would be creating a monster that would bring no efficiencies. That would be the most bureaucratic black hole one could possibly imagine——

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That is not the right way to go and this is the fundamental new concept behind this document with which I do not agree. I do not disagree with looking at a range of options for financing and funding. However, this new green economy is generating funding. The utility companies have set out their multi-billion investment plans and are raising revenue on the bond markets to pay for those...

Infrastructure Stimulus Package: Motion (Resumed) (29 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ——such incredible lack of transparency, lack of political control, other than a single appointment by the Taoiseach of the chief executive officer and the board. I reject this proposal but commend and welcome the support in the rest of the document for the initiatives on which the Government is delivering.

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The house rules pertaining to existing apartments are a matter for the Management Company in each complex. The owner of each apartment is a member of the Management Company and has the opportunity to propose changes in any rules that currently exist. Reducing excessive and unnecessary electricity consumption is a key part of our energy efficiency policy and the national energy efficiency...

Written Answers — Electric Vehicles: Electric Vehicles (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 388, 389 and 397 together. Together with the Minister for Transport, I announced plans last year for the large scale deployment of electric vehicles in Ireland. The target of 10% of all vehicles to be powered by electricity by 2020, will represent up to 250,000 cars on Irish roads over the next 12 years. Targets for 2011 and 2015 have not been set. A number...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act, 2007 puts in place a flexible framework for the licensing of Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) into the future. The Act provides for the establishment of a free to air DTT service to replace the existing analogue terrestrial services offered by RTE, TG4 and TV3. The Act also provides for the development of commercial DTT services, which are anticipated...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Applications for grid connections are made to ESB Networks or Eirgrid in the first instance. The latest figures published by Eirgrid and the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) show that there are currently over 1,300 megawatts (MW) of renewable capacity connected to the system with a further 1,500 MW with signed connection agreements or in the final stages of agreeing one and a further...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Ocean Energy Development Unit within Sustainable Energy Ireland is implementing the Government's Ocean Energy Programme which includes investment in facilities at University College Cork (UCC) and the development of a grid-connected wave energy test site off Annagh, County Mayo. I am not aware of any proposals to locate additional ocean energy research facilities at other locations at...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (28 Apr 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 394 and 399 together. The National Insulation Programme for Economic Recovery represents a three-pronged approach to addressing the legacy of older housing with poor energy efficiency standards. The Home Energy Saving (HES) Scheme is the largest element of the Programme with a budget of €49 million in 2009 and is open to all homeowners of houses built...