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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Broadcasting Amendment Bill 2019 provides for: - the part funding of the BAI through TV licence receipts so as to reduce the levy burden on broadcasters, - the creation of a new funding scheme that would allow the granting of bursaries to journalists in local or community radio stations, - the BAI to retain part of the levy to fund its working capital requirements and allows them the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together. Premises where commercial providers are not currently delivering or have indicated no plans to deliver high speed broadband services will be addressed through the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention. There is a total of 1,838,932 premises outside the NBP Intervention Area that already have access to high speed broadband....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The maximum cost of the contract to deliver the National Broadband Plan, signed on 19th November, is €2.977 billion over 25 years. This includes €480 million for contingency costs and €354 million in VAT. My Department has a capital allocation in 2020 for the National Broadband Plan of €119 million. The multi-annual expenditure ceilings for Capital Expenditure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms, along with 695 schools where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The Deputy's Question relates to a premises which is located in the AMBER area...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not employ agency staff.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 229 to 231, inclusive, together. The Government recognises the need to roll out high speed broadband as quickly as possible and is conscious that the full rollout of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State intervention area will take a number of years. Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are NBP locations of community importance across Ireland such as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Data (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The EPA is the competent authority for the collation of national waste statistics and reports annually on Ireland’s performance against the recycling and recovery targets set out in the EU Packaging and Waste Packaging Directive. In 2017 Ireland surpassed the material specific target of 22.5% for plastics and achieved a recycling rate of 34%. While I do not have a percentage figure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Climate Action Plan includes, inter alia, a suite of actions to decarbonise the electricity sector and boost the quantity of renewable generation in order to meet our target of 70% of demand from renewable sources by 2030; the Plan commits to connecting at least 3.5GW of Offshore Wind by 2030. In order to achieve this my Department is working closely with the Department of Housing,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation Levy (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: My officials have been engaging with the European Commission to explore the potential for a support scheme, funded through a Public Service Obligation, for the enhanced rehabilitation of Bord na Móna bogs used to harvest peat for electricity generation over and above what Bord na Móna is obliged to do under its EPA licences. A formal pre-notification proposal will be submitted...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: On 17 June 2019, the Government published the Climate Action Plan 2019, which commits, inter alia, to bringing forward a new Climate Action (Amendment) Bill to amend the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. The objective of the Bill is to significantly strengthen the statutory framework for governance of the climate challenge, and ensure delivery of successive Climate Action...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy Review (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 and 237 together. I have overall responsibility for national policy in the energy sector. This includes policy in relation to energy security, which is fully aligned with EU law and EU policy objectives. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) has statutory functions relating to energy security, for both gas and electricity, and is independent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (27 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The State’s obligations to report greenhouse gas emissions and greenhouse gas removals in the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sectors are set out under Regulation 525/2013, while accounting obligations are set out in Directive 529/2013 up to 2020 and Regulation 2018/841 (“the LULUCF Regulation”) for the period 2021-2030. These relate to the UN Framework...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan aims to ensure that every home, school and business in Ireland has access to a high speed broadband service. The signing of the contract with National Broadband Ireland on the 19th of this month will enable that aim to become reality in the coming years. The procurement process for the National Broadband Plan has determined that the maximum cost to the State over...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 378, 393 to 395, inclusive, and 402 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms, and 695 schools, where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. On the 19...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 379 and 380 together. The National Broadband Plan is the Government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms, and over 695 schools, where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The Deputy's Questions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Climate Action Plan sets out, for the first time, how Ireland can reach its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and also puts Ireland on the right trajectory towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The Plan has been informed by the work of the Citizens’ Assembly and the All Party Committee on Climate Action. The Plan sets out over 180 actions, together with over 600...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 382 and 383 together. The delivery of 14 public Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) refuelling stations, as part of the Causeway Project co-funded by the EU Connecting Europe Facility, is an operational matter for Gas Networks Ireland. However, I have been provided with an update on the current status of these refuelling stations by Gas Networks Ireland. There...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms and 695 schools, where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The Deputy's question relates to a school which is located in the AMBER area on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan is the Government's plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms and 695 schools, where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The contract to deliver this service was signed with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) on 19...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 and 388 together. As a State intervention, the NBP must comply with the requirements of the European Commission’s Guidelines on the application of State aid rules for broadband networks. The Guidelines require, amongst other things, that Member States carry out a detailed mapping exercise to identify as far as reasonably possible those areas...