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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 679. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated costs of delivering universal broadband to all premises. [46315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 680. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered community broadband projects such as the rural broadband project in northern England for an Irish setting; the estimated cost of piloting a similar project in each county based on this model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46316/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 681. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimated percentage of electricity that Ireland will generate from biomass in 2020; the amount of increased subsidies that would be incurred to meet our renewable heating targets by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46317/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Commission for Energy Regulation (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 682. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined the reforms proposed by the Commission for Energy Regulation to help drive down prices for domestic and businesses users; and the associated costs to achieve this from a regulatory point of view. [46318/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 683. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of setting up an independent body to conduct a full economic review of wind energy; its impact on energy prices; and its long-term sustainability in supplying the national grid. [46319/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 684. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of placing national grid extensions underground in GRID West, Grid South and the NSIC. [46320/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Functions (17 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 685. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has examined merging with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. [46321/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Many countries in mainland Europe have been pulling away from wind energy generation which they view with a jaundiced eye at this stage, although we seem to be embracing it from a policy viewpoint. There are a raft of issues involved, with communities up in arms over it. Planners are now saying houses should not be built alongside wind turbines because such turbines are noisy and grant...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value for money of subsidies for wind energy on consumer energy bills, if these will be continued after 2017, the average amount they contribute to consumer electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: What is the value for money of subsidies for wind energy on consumer energy bills; if these will be continued after 2017; the average amount they contribute to the consumer’s electricity bill, and will the Minister make a statement on this matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Close to €150 million will be spent on subsidising wind energy in 2015-16. Is this value for money? The National Competitiveness Council, NCC, states: "It is critically important for the effective functioning of the all island electricity market that renewable generation capacity is subject to market forces to the greatest extent possible. As a mature technology, price supports for...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 35. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the timeline to connect all premises under the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44873/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Before getting to this question, I am astonished that a priority question I submitted relating to mobile telephone coverage throughout the country was disallowed yesterday. The same question was tabled and allowed in September and I wanted an update on what has happened since. It was not allowed in December, so I am at a loss as to how that happened in the Ceann Comhairle's office. I would...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: My question asks the Minister to comment on the timeline to connect all premises nationally under the national broadband plan via commercial operators and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: There are a number of issues relating to this. The Minister expects to proceed to formal procurement by the end of the year, which is in two weeks, so is he fully confident that this will happen or is he 90% confident of it happening? The concern that people have relating to broadband around the country is that it is being promised but it looks like it will be 2021 before high-speed...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Eir made a statement over the weekend regarding 300,000 homes. How will that impact on what is now a broadband wasteland? I wrote to the Minister late last week about an issue with exchanges in Kanturk in Cork. Although I do not expect him to comment on that on the floor, it reflects what is happening around the country, with a proper broadband service not being distributed to the villages...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: North-South Interconnector (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using an underground alternative to the North-South interconnector employing high-voltage direct-current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44810/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 58. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of research directed at examining the potential environmental and human health impacts of hydraulic fracturing commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency; the position of the Government on hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44812/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 60. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of steps to maintain the existing post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44811/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes Funding (15 Dec 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 173. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if all the funding required has been provided to carry out remedial flood prevention works in Mallow, Bandon, Clonakilty and Skibbereen in County Cork, and the progress on the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44840/15]