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Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: ——when did we start legislation on implicitness or where we imply things in legislation?

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 42: In page 12, to delete lines 48 to 50 and in page 13, to delete lines 1 to 3. I will not delay the time of the House on this amendment. The intent is to get away from a restriction in the proposed legislation where no designated inspector could carry out works except where he or she is a member of the same registered body of contractors in an association. I question...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to hear from the Minister of State how it is proposed to police the work of a contractor who has moved from one body to another. Why is it necessary to have a system where a member from the same body does the work? Is there not sufficient trust in the industry where the inspection carried out by an alternative body, if there are to be two, would be seen as objective and not...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Minister for accepting the proposed intent of my amendment No. 53, which I will not move, and for taking up some of the suggestions made by Deputy Broughan, in particular the proposal to refer any such direction to the Oireachtas joint committee in advance of a decision being made by the Minister, which is a welcome step in the right direction. I hope that the committees of the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 13: In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(7) In exercising its powers under section 9 of the Electricity Act, the Commission shall include an obligation on the DSO to facilitate full value net metering for renewable energy supply generators below 5kW.". One of the most important developments needed in the new energy future is the use of smart...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Surely the tail is wagging the dog on this. The Government sets energy policy. The Minister of State agrees, as the Minister said publicly, that the Government believes this is a step in the right direction. What he appears to be saying is that the Government is not concerned about small scale generation, that it was not in the Green Paper — for shame — and that the matter will be left...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: In future, the high-level policy energy principles will not just concern what is happening in the ESB, Bord na Móna or Bord Gáis. They will concern what is happening in every home and office in the country. The crucial principle is whether we go to a distributed system using a multiple range of different suppliers for heat, electricity and transport fuels, or whether we stick with the...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 14: In page 5, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: "(8) Section 3 of the Statutory Instrument No. 60 of 2005, the European Communities (internal Market in Electricity) Regulations 2005 shall be amended to include the subsection (k) "to nevertheless allow communities who so elect to have only their own supply.".". Amendments Nos. 14 and 15 are similar in...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed). (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the unbundling of the distribution system must be accomplished by July 2007. I hope this or a future Government does not find itself required to make a regulatory change through legislation, which we have the opportunity to make now. The Minister of State appears to agree with the intent of amendment No. 15, but has some issues with the wording or the legal aspects of achieving...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I oppose the proposed amendment, although I understand the intention behind it, on a basic point of principle. With regard to section 16, which concerns capitalisation of Bord Gáis in order to allow an ESOT to purchase a stake in the company, I have yet to hear an argument from the Minister setting out the reasons the State should allocate funding. We asked on Committee Stage to know the...

Written Answers — Electricity Infrastructure: Electricity Infrastructure (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 15: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to other locations that might be suitable for pumped storage power plants similar to the one in Turlough Hill, County Wicklow; and if an analysis has been carried out on the potential cost and benefit of such a facility. [33496/06]

Written Answers — Electricity Sector: Electricity Sector (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 68: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reasons for not separating out the ownership of the transmission and distribution electricity network under separate State ownership, as recommended by the Deloitte report. [33485/06]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 190: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way he intends encouraging greater competition in the voice telephone fixed line market following the recent withdrawal of Smart Telecom from that business. [33855/06]

Written Answers — EU Enlargement: EU Enlargement (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Question 263: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the consultations which have taken place to date with the social partners with regard to access to the Irish labour market of nationals of Bulgaria and Romania before the date of accession; and the progress made toward achieving a common approach. [33749/06]

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: In what year did the Department receive the proposal or begin consideration of the proposal for the new east-west interconnector? If we believe we will need a further interconnector with the UK or mainland Europe, why must we wait until 2010 before beginning planning for it? With regard to the Minister's Welsh counterpart, how do we know the system operator in the UK will allow us to have...

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: When was the concept of a new east-west interconnector first raised in the Department? I am concerned this process has taken several years. Given the number of consultants and reports involved, the matter seems to have been ongoing for years despite the urgency of the situation when one considers our energy crunch in terms of electricity demand and capacity availability. This critical...

Electricity Generation. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Soon.

Fisheries Protection. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Minister of State must await Cabinet approval before publishing the report and answering in respect of the financial implications involved or hardship schemes that may be put in place. I imagine the report cannot but be published in the next month, because as the Minister of State said, there is a timeline in terms of the upcoming season. This report will inevitably have to...

Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)

Eamon Ryan: Does the Minister agree that while the numbers are growing significantly, Eircom still holds a massive advantage here in that it holds the last mile connection? Most broadband is going through DSL and copper wire connections and the main companies have said to members of the Joint Committee on Communications, Marine and Natural Resources that the alternative methods, wireless and so forth,...