Results 27,521-27,540 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The timeframe for that work is the next three to four weeks. The regulator will return to the Government with those options and we will make a call on it.

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: At the centre of our energy policy is the interest of Irish householders and businesses, to ensure we can give them a secure, competitive and clean electricity supply. The policies we are following will do exactly that. We are not following competitive policies for the sake of some ideological reason but from the clear understanding that the introduction, particularly in recent weeks, of...

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: This is my point and we are doing that. The process of examining the options is the correct choice. One should not rush into this like a headless chicken, slashing and demanding change. One should work through how to proceed in a way which maintains the various objectives and brings down prices consistently. A short-term decision could, in the long run, lead to higher electricity prices,...

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The energy policy we are following is the right policy to reduce prices and I will stick to that policy because it will deliver for the public.

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is the correct policy for us to build additional power plants in Cork, which the ESB and Bord Gáis are building. It is the correct policy for us to see companies such as Endesa spending €800 million developing existing plants so we can get them on stream.

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: That will bring down prices.

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputies must understand the fundamental reasons why we have had high prices and recognise the policies we are pursuing are addressing that fundamental reason. That will be the best guarantee for the public that prices will be reduced.

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: The second main reason we have high prices is our dependence on fossil fuels. The consistent determination by my Department, the Government and I to switch away from that reliance will be the second best guarantee that prices will be reduced. The crucial third part of energy policy that one sticks to and gets right is having a fair and competitive regulatory system that will deliver lower...

Energy Prices. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am confident that because we are following such a course, because international prices are reducing, we will see lower prices. That will be done in the proper fashion.

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: Approximately €1 million was spent on the ocean energy programme in 2008. The grant aid programme for companies is one element of a wide-ranging suite of initiatives intended to accelerate and strengthen the development of ocean energy technologies in Ireland. These are managed by the ocean energy development unit, which is located at Sustainable Energy Ireland, SEI. The ocean energy...

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As already stated, approximately €1 million. Everyone would like to see all the money being spent. The primary reason it was not was the delay in setting up the ocean energy unit. This is a ten-year timeframe that was set out about three years ago in our ocean energy strategy. It was set out in four quarters, with the first quarter to be reviewed at the end of 2007. It was on that...

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: There will be no shortage in budget availability to meet the needs we have.

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am not going to forecast next year's budget, but the Government attaches the highest priority to this area and will not be found wanting when it comes to budget allocation.

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is not all about budget.

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: It is not all about figures.

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: One of the valuable things that has been done is the work of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in examining the need for us to develop our ocean planning strategy, so we could get that right. It is probably the first and most crucial hurdle we need to overcome in the first half of this year so that companies that are investing significant moneys...

Alternative Energy Projects. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I am committing on behalf of the Government to giving this area the highest priority and to making the necessary funding available to deliver on the strategy we have set out.

Electricity Generation. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: As well as providing valuable information for both the consumer and electricity supplier, net metering allows micro-scale renewable energy projects in domestic settings to export electricity to the grid. The typical electricity meter installed by the ESB in the past will not operate in reverse and cannot therefore support a net metering programme. The smart metering programme will resolve...

Electricity Generation. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. The 9 cent per kilowatt hour is there as an instrument to break the logjam that has existed for years whereby nobody would or could purchase the power. Part of the measures we want to put in an interim package is that there would be a further price support measure which would complement that to provide an incentive. It is just an interim measure. We have also...

Electricity Generation. (10 Feb 2009)

Eamon Ryan: In conjunction with the roll-out of micro-generation here, we will provide access to 4,000 of the smart meters we have available to farmers, small businesses or householders who might wish to generate their own power supply and sell it back to the grid. We will provide that on a basis that it gets rid of that as a block to the development of micro-generation. We are using the smart meters...