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Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Ireland's telecommunications market has been liberalised since 1999 and the delivery of broadband services is therefore a matter, in the first instance, for private sector commercial operators. Details of broadband services available in each county can be found on ComReg website at www.callcosts.ie. In cases of market failure the Government will intervene, where it is appropriate and...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: The amounts of money allocated to energy and natural resources in the past four years are set out in the table. €m 2008ActualOutturn 2009ActualOutturn 2010ActualOutturn 2011ProvisionalOutturn 2012 Budget Energy 67 80 116 118 1041 Natural Resources2 65 48 50 43 51 1 Includes €15 million capital carryover. 2 Natural Resources includes allocation for Inland Fisheries. The amounts of...

Written Answers — Disconnection of Utilities: Disconnection of Utilities (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Responsibility for the regulation of disconnection and reconnection processes and fees is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), which is an independent statutory body. I have no function in the matter. It is the case that the continuing level of disconnections is a matter of considerable concern for me and my Government colleagues, the CER, voluntary organisations and...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that the individual in question is not a member of the Board of any State Body, which comes under the aegis of my Department.

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: We are considering recruiting the make-up staff again.

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: The make-up staff are gone.

Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: They all eat breakfast at home.

Official Engagements (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: When will Deputy Martin fill the job vacancy he has?

Leaders' Questions (6 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Finian McGrath is supporting it.

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (1 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: The Better Energy: Warmer Homes scheme is managed on behalf of my Department by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and delivers a range of energy efficiency measures to households that are vulnerable to energy poverty. Previously, applicants were deemed eligible by SEAI for retrofit measures if they met defined criteria, such as eligibility for the National Fuel Scheme. All...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (1 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers the Better Energy Programme, on behalf of my Department. The scheme is a demand-led programme open to all homeowners of dwellings built before 2006. The grants available under the Better Energy: Homes programme are set out in the following table: Better Energy: Homes scheme Support Levels € Roof Insulation 200 External...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (1 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that any issues regarding pension funds for Commercial Semi State Companies are an operational matter for each Company.

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Is Deputy Billy Kelleher running for leader?

Leaders' Questions (1 Mar 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Finian, see which way the wind is blowing.

Written Answers — EU Directives: EU Directives (29 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: European Regulation No 244/2009 on the eco-design requirements for non-directional household lamps and Directive 98/11/EC on the energy labelling of household lamps set out requirements for implementing EU directives on eco design and energy labelling respectively. As the Minister responsible, my Department is the market surveillance authority for these directives and their associated...

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: There are two entirely different realities obtaining in this Chamber. The last speaker echoed views expressed in and outside the House last night to the effect that we have the option not to sell anything. One wonders about the point of going through-----

State Assets: Motion (Resumed) (29 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: It was not. One wonders about the point of going through all of what we have been through over the past three and a half years when people are stating in the House that we should not sell any State assets and instead invest in wind energy, for example. Where are we to get the funds to invest in wind energy? There has been a great deal of wind blowing around the Chamber last night and...

Leaders' Questions (29 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Could you repeat that, Joe?

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (28 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Better Energy: Warmer Homes delivers a range of energy efficiency measures to households that are vulnerable to energy poverty. The scheme is managed on behalf of my Department by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and delivered through a range of Community Based Organisations (CBOs), augmented by a panel of private contractors in order to ensure national coverage. The SEAI...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (28 Feb 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: Section 12 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No 10 of 2010) provides for the appointment of three members to the Board of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on the nomination of the Joint Oireachtas Committee. The Committee, through the Public Appointments Service, sought expressions of interest for the three positions from individuals who had recognised expertise or a track record in one or...