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Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am well aware of the Minister's concerns about ensuring that those who use electricity, both domestically and commercially, have rates that are tolerable, do not damage their capacity to live in, heat and light their homes and premises and do not impact negatively on businesses, but Ireland is obligated to meet the EU's target of 16% of all energy being generated from renewable sources by...

Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I recognise the Minister's understanding of this matter, but too much effort has been invested in onshore wind. Reverting to my colleague's question, we have reached people's full capacity to accept this technology. Solar energy can be captured without the same level of encumbrance on people's ability to enjoy their areas' amenities. The Minister must move quickly, given the impact of...

Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he plans on announcing details of the next REFIT scheme; if PV solar energy will be included in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13896/17]

Other Questions: Renewable Energy Projects (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The purpose of the question is to ask the Minister if he plans to announce details of the next REFIT scheme? When does he intend to do that? Will photovoltaic, PV, solar energy be included in it? Will he make a statement to the House on his intentions in that regard?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 33. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he plans to implement the motion regarding the North South interconnector that was passed by Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: When does the Minister plan to implement the motion regarding the North-South Interconnector that was passed by Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017 and could he make a statement to the House on the matter?

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The bottom line is that the majority of Deputies in this House agreed that there should be an entirely new independent expert analysis of the North-South Interconnector complete with estimates of the cost of the project for tourism, agriculture, heritage, health and local communities, a decision with which Seanad Éireann agreed. In my view, that motion must be respected rather than...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: Will the motion passed by this House be the starting point for the Minister's request to his officials to develop the outline of this report of the terms of reference? I accept that the Minister listened to the debates intently. Listening is one thing but taking heed of the motion that was passed is another. In my view, what will show the Minister's sincerity is whether he is prepared to...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: It seems the Minister raised the issue of spectrum auction. Will he confirm to the House that the criteria around the auctioning of the spectrum will concentrate more on the geographic spread rather than on the amount of money that can be generated for the State coffers? The Minister is well aware that, notwithstanding what different mobile companies advertise in terms of their coverage,...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister is in a position to deliver on it now.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 31. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on mobile phone and broadband access document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14098/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I wish to ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment about his plans to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on the mobile phone and broadband access document; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am still not clear, and neither are those who seek the implementation of this plan, on when we can expect to see the roll-out begin, let alone be completed. The national broadband plan has been talked about since 2012, although I will not lay at the Minister's door responsibility for the tardiness with which successive governments have dealt with it. The Minister has been in office for...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 29. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for securing the long-term future and viability of An Post, particularly in view of recent reports that widespread closures are predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14097/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he plans to secure the long-term future viability of the post office network, particularly in light of recent reports that widespread closures are predicted by An Post, and if he will make a statement to the House on that.

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: I am disappointed to say that the Minister has failed to even make a stab at answering the question. I asked him how he plans to secure the long-term future viability of the Post Office network. The Minister has given me a couple of pages from the annual report of An Post. He has reflected on what has happened and what he has done to secure the short-term viability of the company. We have...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Postal Services (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister has succeeded in confusing just about everybody. The Minister of State, Deputy Michael Ring, makes it very clear that his role is about looking at a group of services that could enhance activity within the post office network. He claims to have absolutely no responsibility whatsoever for the operation of the network. The Minister, Deputy Denis Naughten, is telling us something...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Air Quality (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 38. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he is taking to improve Ireland's air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13893/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Guidelines (21 Mar 2017)

Timmy Dooley: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the discussions he has had with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/17]