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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The Trading Online Voucher Scheme is funded by my department and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and delivered nationwide in partnership with Enterprise Ireland and the 31 LEOs. The Scheme offers skills training, mentoring and a grant of up to €2,500 to help small and micro-businesses (10 or less employees, turnover of less than €2m and which have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: AWAITING REPLY

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: AWAITING REPLY

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 140,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme, leaving the occupants better able to afford to heat their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The Trading Online Voucher Scheme is funded by my Department and delivered nationwide in partnership with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Enterprise Ireland, the 31 Local Enterprise Offices and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The Scheme offers skills training, mentoring and a grant of up to €2,500 to help small and micro-businesses to develop their ecommerce...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The government is committed to delivering high speed broadband to every home, farm, business and school in the country.The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at ​ www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas in Sligo which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The Map is colour coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 508, 515, 517, 518, 520 and 524 together. The Government is committed to delivering high speed broadband to every home, farm, business and school in the country. The Questions refer to premises which are located in the AMBER area on the NBP High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract was signed with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) in November 2019, to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network for the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises, 100,000 businesses and farms and 695 schools within the Intervention Area. Premises within this intervention area will be served by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The Government is determined to reduce the excessive use of plastics. As a first step, the purchase of certain single use plastics has been banned throughout the public service. We are committed to increase recycling rates of plastics from 34% now to 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030, along with other EU member states, and to phase out non-recyclable plastics entirely. A Deposit and Return...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bituminous Fuel Ban (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The ban on the marketing, sale and distribution of bituminous coal, or ‘the smoky coal ban’ as it is commonly known, was first introduced in Dublin in 1990, and subsequently extended to other major cities and towns with populations in excess of 15,000 people, such that it now applies in 26 urban areas nationwide. The ban has proven very effective in reducing particulate matter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cycle to Work Scheme (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table. Year No of applications 2015 11 2016 9 2017 17 2018 17 2019 18 2020 6 There is no cost to the Department as this is paid for by the relevant employee...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The government is committed to delivering high speed broadband to every home, farm, business and school in the country. High speed broadband will be delivered to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland, through a combination of commercial investment by the telecommunications sector and a State intervention in those areas where commercial investment has not been fully...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: Bord na Móna is a commercial State company operating under the Turf Development Acts 1946 to 1998. Health and Safety matters such as those raised by the Deputy are operational in nature and not ones in which I, as Minister, have any role or function. However Bord na Móna have informed me that there has been no requirement to modify or adapt existing procedures as there...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: It is vital that the Irish public have a readily available, reliable source of information on COVID 19 and the measures being put in place to tackle the crisis, and the radio sector has played a valuable role in this regard. At my request, the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) agreed to waive levy payments for the independent radio sector in quarters 1 and 2 2020,  which will save...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The EU and national regulatory framework for telecommunications allows for the application of a Universal Service Obligation in respect of certain basic telecoms services.  The current regime ensures that reasonable access requests for a home fixed line phone service and other basic communications services, such as payphones, are available to all consumers throughout the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (9 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: The Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation (Regulation (EU) 2018/1999), sets out the process for the preparation of the National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP). Ireland’s draft NECP was approved by Government in late 2018 and submitted to the European Commission by the deadline of 31 December 2018. The European Commission then engaged in an iterative process with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (3 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: Enforcement relating to illegal diesel laundering activities is primarily a matter for the Revenue Commissioners, from the point of view of avoiding loss of revenue to the Exchequer. My Department assists local authorities in carrying out their role as competent authorities under waste legislation, which is to take the necessary measures, on behalf of the State, to ensure that any waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (3 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 799 and 829 together. Under the first call for applications from the Climate Action Fund, I approved funding of up to €10 million to support ESB eCars to develop a nationwide, state-of-the-art electric vehicle fast charging network. ESB eCars will also contribute an additional €10 million to support the roll out of this initiative....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Jun 2020)

Richard Bruton: Illegal dumping is first and foremost a matter of individual responsibility and compliance with the law. Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are a matter for the Local Authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement. An allocation of €3 million has been made to support the 2020 Anti-Dumping Initiative. Since the introduction of the Anti-Dumping Initiative in...