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Topical Issue Debate: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Of the 24 net closures of post offices, four were on the northern side of my constituency. The most recent was in Milford in north Cork. I made an enormous effort, with officials of An Post, to try to maintain that post office. It was a retrograde step for the community there that the post office franchise was not readvertised. Has the Minister and officials of his Department met the...

Other Questions: Energy Conservation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Retrofitting should apply to some of the old local authority estates, both urban and rural. Deputy Colreavy mentioned non-cavity walls and some of those houses were built as mass concrete buildings 50 or 60 years ago. There is a major issue of heat loss, even with some of the newer local authority housing estates that were built 25 or 30 years ago. Any retrofitting programme should apply...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: When are the guidelines likely to be issued? On wind energy, what is happening is that the technology has improved dramatically in terms of the height of wind turbines. In the case of current planning applications, wind turbines are approximately twice the size of those dating back to 2004 and 2005. There is considerable concern across the country and in any community I have been in about...

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Does "the very near future" mean days, weeks, months or years?

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 109. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an outline of the discussions he had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios examined for set-back distances between wind turbines and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22976/15]

Other Questions: Wind Energy Guidelines (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: In this question I ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources for an outline of the discussions he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the new planning guidelines.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Has the issue been raised at the Council of Ministers meeting?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Yes.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: The statement on the Department's website gives no indication of the urgency needed on the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: While I may be wrong, my information from answers to parliamentary questions this time last year was that by mid-2015 everything would be signed, sealed and delivered and would be before the Commission.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: As somebody said to me at a recent meeting on this, if we had the European Commission and all these procurement rules and regulations back in the 1940s and 1950s, it might have taken a generation to bring electricity to the people. That is the frustration for individuals and businesses. The Minister mentioned November and December, which is a nine-week period. Is it set in stone that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: It was originally mid-2015 and is now November-December. Is that timeline set in stone? Is there any commitment on how long that phase will take?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the latest update on the Government’s application to the Commission for State aid approval of the national broadband plan, since the last online departmental update was published on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22974/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I ask the Minister to provide the latest update on the Government’s application to the European Commission for State aid approval of the national broadband plan since the last online departmental update was published on the issue.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: National Broadband Plan Implementation (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: The Minister made reference to eircom which he said "may" reach a further 300,000 premises. The issue with regard to the areas not covered by broadband is that officialdom is constantly using terms such as "may" and "might". There is enormous frustration, but I do not propose to discuss that issue in the Chamber today because I have been talking about it ad nauseamfor quite some time. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: The chairman of the Commission for Energy Regulation and his colleague from Northern Ireland appeared before the Oireachtas committee this morning. They outlined the importance of the North-South interconnector and the fact of it being of mutual interest for European funding and so forth. They also outlined clearly why the project is so necessary on an all-island basis. In addition,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: EirGrid has admitted that it is feasible from a technical and engineering point of view. It is possible to do it. It had previously bandied about costs that were 30, 20 and three times the overground cost. It is now down to 1.57 times that cost. We should bear in mind the importance of the project and the impact it will have on the people of Meath, Monaghan and Cavan. I realise the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Government’s position on locating the cables for the North-South interconnector underground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23246/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: North-South Interconnector (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I wish to ask the Minister his position on locating the cables for the North-South interconnector underground and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: North-South Interconnector: Discussion (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for their presentation, which gave us a guided tour of the situation. A total cost of €286 million was mentioned. The message the witnesses are sending is that it is a key project, which has been mentioned at the highest level in Europe and is seen as a massive piece of infrastructure for the integration of markets. The biggest issue with this...