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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...

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

Michael Moynihan: The last report that came out said it would not be three times the cost but 1.7 times the cost and it stated that the two lines, Grid West and Grid Link, could be underground. When EirGrid was with us, we talked about the feasibility of construction from a technical point of view. Certainly, what I got from that meeting was that it was technically possible to put the North-South...

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

Michael Moynihan: I would like to make a brief point about the renewables that are coming on the system. Is it fact or fiction that the more renewables such as wind come on the system, the more the system has to be upgraded to take it?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Media Mergers (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 127. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the latest developments concerning media merger guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22977/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide any preliminary update on 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. [22973/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeline for the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill; his views regarding the revoked eel fishing licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22975/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 820. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the recent discussions with Bord na Móna on the temporary closure of two briquette factories in Counties Tipperary and Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23168/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Speeds (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 842. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form by county a breakdown of the current estimated spread and rate of high-speed broadband Internet access connectivity of households and businesses, of at least 30 Mbps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23731/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 843. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources following the publication of the national high-speed coverage map for 2016, if he will provide a national high-speed coverage map representing the latest areas connected and not connected to high speed broadband Internet access connectivity, of at least 30 Mbps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23732/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing: Environmental Protection Agency (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I will be brief. My colleagues have a personal and in-depth knowledge of issues, particularly in Leitrim. This is a fundamental report and study. Every single aspect has to be adjudicated on. It cannot be possible for anybody to find that a part is missing in terms of underground water, health or whatever is the issue. There is genuine concern that those who have an input into the report...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 192. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the grants available from his Department through the local authority for a person who has multiple mortgages and is up-to-date with repayments, and whose house is uninhabitable and in need of urgent repairs. [22637/15]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 203. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid to the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in respect of compensation for free television licences issued by her Department in each of the years 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21648/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Disability Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1052. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a house is uninhabitable and the owner is under 66 years of age, the schemes or grants that are available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21610/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licences Data (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount of money paid to Raidió Teilifís Éireann in respect of revenue from television licences in each year from 2011 to 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21649/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1149. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Department responsible for the financial oversight and corporate governance of Bord na Móna; the proposed changes that will be introduced to deal with a deficit in Bord na Móna’s general employees' superannuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22506/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Semi-State Bodies (9 Jun 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1150. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the Department responsible for the financial oversight and corporate governance of Bord na Móna; the proposed changes in Bord na Móna’s general employees' superannuation scheme that will see a pension levy being imposed on former employees in receipt of their pension between the years 2011 to 2015,...