Results 27,621-27,640 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: My Department pays an annual Corporate Membership Fee to the Institute of European Affairs (IEA). The fee in respect of the year commencing 1st November 2007 was €6,000.

Written Answers — Media Funding: Media Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: My attention has not been drawn to any of the matters raised by the Deputy insofar as they relate to broadcasting. I have no function in relation to the print media.

Written Answers — EU Funding: EU Funding (17 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources was established in June 2007. To assist the Deputy, the following table sets out the EU funding received by the Department and predecessor Departments for programmes and schemes under its remit as and from 1 January 1997. It should be noted that the receipts relate to the specific responsibilities that were under the...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched the pilot phase of the Home Energy Saving Scheme in March 2008 in Counties Limerick (excluding Limerick City), Clare and North Tipperary and in Dundalk. The pilot phase also included a Cluster Strand, which accepted group applicants from anywhere within Ireland. The pilot phase has successfully established a strong case for a full national scheme. It has shown that there is a...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is fully engaged in the Better Regulation agenda to contribute to the initiative of making it easier to do business in the State and with the State, including the reduction by 25% of the administrative burden on business from State regulation. As part of the Better Regulation agenda, administrative burden reduction practice is part of the everyday normal work of staff in all...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: Primary responsibility for the mobile phone charges rests with the relevant services providers, operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated, where appropriate, by the Independent Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). My role is to formulate regulatory policy to facilitate the provision of high quality telecommunications services by competing private sector service...

Written Answers — Regulatory Impact Analyses: Regulatory Impact Analyses (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 417 and 418 together. The information sought concerning regulatory impact analysis on statutory instruments, bills and EU directives since June 2008 is outlined in the following table. List of Statutory Instruments, Bills and EU Directives since June 2008 Was a screening RIA carried out? Yes/No Was a full RIA carried out? Yes/No Explanation of course of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter for the private sector. Broadband service providers operate in a fully liberalised market, regulated where appropriate, by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. The role of the Government is to formulate regulatory and infrastructure policies to facilitate the provision of high quality...

Written Answers — Broadcast Advertising: Broadcast Advertising (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: Both the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland and the Broadcasting Complaints Commission are independent statutory bodies and I have no role with regard to decisions made by these bodies. Section 20(4) of the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 (as qualified by section 65 of the Broadcasting Act 2001) and section 10(3) of the Radio and Television Act 1988 provide that broadcasters cannot accept...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (16 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: In the following table are details of consultancies amounting to €6,921,989. This figure relates to the period 1st January to 17th November 2008. Expenditure on consultancies will be significantly reduced in 2009. Consultancy Consultant 2008 DCENR Audit Committee Chair & Board of Audit Committee 5,000 Temporary Head of Internal Audit Unit Helm Corporation Ltd 56,218 Provision of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I have no function in the matter of the enabling for broadband purposes of exchanges owned by private companies or the quality of lines for provision of broadband services.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is fully engaged in the Better Regulation agenda to contribute to the initiative of making it easier to do business in the State and with the State. The Better Regulation agenda, including regulatory impact analysis and administrative burden reduction practices, is part of the everyday normal work of staff in all Divisions of the Department. Staff resources are not exclusively...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I presume the Deputy is referring to the possible construction of a Metropolitan Network (MAN) in Tuam should a future phase of MANs be approved. Any future investment decisions, including investment in further phases of the MANs Programme, will be guided by (i) a policy paper on Next Generation Broadband, which is being finalised at present, (ii) a Value for Money and Policy Review...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I will arrange for Sustainable Energy Ireland to forward details of the Home Energy Saving Scheme to the individual, as soon as they become available.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (11 Dec 2008)

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 development of DTT by both public service and commercial broadcasters. The DTT service is being used to upgrade and eventually replace the national analogue free to air television services provided by RTÉ, TG4 and TV3...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (11 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: In the following table are details of consultancies for 2007 and to date in 2008. The table contains data on Marine consultancies that were undertaken prior to the transfer of functions to the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food during 2007. The data covers both consultancies incurred under subhead A7 of my Department's Vote as well as consultancies associated with Programme...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The possibility that the winning service provider of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) could offer additional services, other than the broadband service required under the scheme, using the NBS infrastructure, was recognised from the outset. It was necessary to consider the issue in detail in order to ensure the scheme complied with EU rules governing State Aid and competition. The issue...

Written Answers — Departmental Property: Departmental Property (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has no office accommodation leased or rented in Galway City.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (10 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: Section 20(4) of the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960 (as qualified by section 65 of the Broadcasting Act 2001) and section 10(3) of the Radio and Television Act 1988 provide that broadcasters cannot accept advertisements that are directed towards any religious or political end or have any relation to an industrial dispute. The prohibition on religious advertising does not prevent...

Written Answers — Bord na Móna Rail Network: Bord na Móna Rail Network (9 Dec 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 372 to 375, inclusive, and 381 together. The decision to close the Clonmacnoise and West Offaly Railway is an operational matter for the board of Bord na Móna plc. I do not propose to intervene in the matter. However, as previously stated in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 550 from Deputy Charles Flanagan on November 11th last, I have obtained...