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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The €1 billion fund for urban, the €500 million fund for climate and the €500 million fund for disruptive technologies are all intact and are being rolled out and implemented.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: He was wrong because the Government took a decision to provide additional resources to ensure that this plan would be delivered. In focusing on the national broadband plan, we are straying a little from a just transition.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I am happy to stay here all night and talk about it. Like it or not, in 20 years' time, people will reflect on the questioning as to whether rural Ireland should have access to high-speed broadband as not recognising the realities. In terms of the transformative power of these technologies, it would be very short-sighted to not do it.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: People have jobs to do but the same sources would have objected to rural electrification and free education in the past. There is a track record of that.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: In total, there are 20 on the climate side and 60 on the energy side.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: We have indeed and we have obtained some additional capacity. There is no doubt this is a challenge. Developing a climate plan and working bilaterally with several Departments trying to get agreement throughout the public sector has put a big strain on the resources of the Department. As the Deputy rightly demands, we are working on a climate Bill, which we hope to publish soon. It is a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: That is the target to which it is working. Every one of the targets we have set is demanding. It is because of the sense of urgency that is there. I have no report that is not on track.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The process of industrial relations, and I worked on that brief for a while, is that if there is a local arrangement such as an industrial relations committee, which there is in Bord na Móna, that is where issues are dealt with. If they are not resolved they go to the Workplace Relations Commission, which is the experienced body in industrial relations. The reality is that just...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: Mr. Mulvey is in place already.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: He is seeking to attend the meetings at the end of this month. He is getting involved.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 29 - Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Supplementary) (26 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: There is no problem with the Workplace Relations Commission getting involved with industrial relations issues in Bord na Móna. That is what it has done. It has advisory and mediation services. Where there are unresolved issues, parties can go to the Labour Court for adjudication, where people agree. We have a well-established industrial relations process. That will be triggered by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. I refer to the reply to Question No 525 of 19 November 2019. The SEAI report referred to notes that emissions attributed to aviation in the EU ETS recorded in Ireland increased by 23% between 2015 and 2016, and indicates that this was mainly due to increased traffic but also due to some changes in the attribution of flights to Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I have not met with Insurance Ireland or other insurance companies since becoming Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 188 and 190 to 196, inclusive, together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) has been debated extensively in the Dáil, as recently as 23 October 2019. As a State intervention, the NBP must comply with the requirements scheduling of the European Commission’s Guidelines on the application of State aid rules for broadband networks. The Guidelines...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Government has accepted the recommendations of the Working Group on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting that the TV licence be put out to public tender. The Government has also agreed that an amendment to give effect to this decision be introduced at the Committee stage of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill, 2019. That legislation completed Second Stage in the Dáil in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 199, inclusive, together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract, which was signed on 19 November, provides that a future proofed high speed broadband network will be deployed by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to people living and working in nearly 540,000 premises in the intervention area over the next 25 years. Work will begin immediately and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 201 together. The Climate Action Plan, which set a target of 936,000 electric vehicles to be on the road in Ireland by 2030, includes a range of actions to support the uptake of electric vehicles. These actions include developing the charging network to stay sufficiently ahead of demand. There are currently over 650 standard public charge...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: This is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government in the context of his responsibilities regarding water quality. I have no function in this regard.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I refer to the reply to Question No 193 of 13th November 2019. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Community Development Projects Funding (21 Nov 2019)

Richard Bruton: I have no function in relation to this matter. I understand that responsibility for issues arising at specific locations falls across a number of public bodies, including the National Parks & Wildlife Service and the relevant Local Authority.