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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: Ireland made a commitment at the Paris Climate Change Conference in 2015 to provide at least €175 million in public funding in support of climate action in developing countries between 2016 and 2020. This support will be provided primarily through bilateral assistance in respect of climate adaptation goals in developing countries, and will come from the Vote of Irish Aid, managed by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: In light of the recommendations in the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action & Environment on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting, a Working Group was set up on foot of a Government decision last year to examine options for the reform of TV licence collection. I intend to bring the Report of the Working Group to government shortly....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: In advance of contracts being signed with the Preferred Bidder, the Department is legally entitled to discontinue the procurement process at any time. In circumstances where there is an ongoing procurement process, it would not be appropriate for me to comment further.The Department has access to legal advice in relation to all aspects of the NBP procurement process.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: I have not met with the individual named in the Deputy's question

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: In line with State Aid Guidelines, the solution proposed by the successful Bidder was based on the maximum reuse of existing infrastructure to the greatest extent possible to minimise costs and reduce potential environmental impacts.  The final tender submitted by the bidder proposes the reuse of a combination of private infrastructure, such as eir's regulated...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 780 and 781. My Department has incurred expenditure totalling €20,734 this year on public information materials relating to the NBP, for audio-visual, printing, design and copyright services. My Department has a strong annual presence at the National Ploughing Championships from a number of its divisions and agencies and bodies under the aegis...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: My Department does not issue circulars or associated documentation of the type referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: In November 2018 I received a mandate from Government to prepare a climate plan which would make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change. The Government's Climate Action Plan 2019, published on 17 June, sets out for the first time, how Ireland can reach its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and also put Ireland on the right trajectory towards net-zero carbon emissions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Communities Programme (11 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: I am advised that the Community Based Organisation (CBO) referred to by the Deputy is contracted by the SEAI to deliver works under the Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme.  This Scheme provides free energy efficiency upgrades to the homes of people living in or at risk of energy poverty. In June 2018 the range of energy efficiency measures available under the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputies Carey and Dooley for raising this issue. I understand absolutely the concerns they raise on behalf of their constituents and the workers at the Moneypoint plant, in particular. As Deputy Dooley rightly pointed out, the use of coal to power electricity plants is to be phased out, with 2025 having been assessed as the date for the ending of such energy generation. The...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Job Losses (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: The approach we have adopted is one I introduced when I was Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation. Prior to my appointment as Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, we had no regional enterprise strategies, whereas now we have pulled together an enterprise group for the mid-west, on which are represented all of the key players one would need to have to develop a diversification...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: Individual applications are matters for the planning authorities. On the wider issue of whether LNG could contribute to energy security, there is no doubt that as we move away from and close down peat and coal production, security of supply of gas will become an issue. LNG is one of the options put forward to deal with energy security. Having access to LNG supplies also has support...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: The reality is that compliance with and enforcement of planning law in the case of any development is done independently. This has nothing to do with An Post.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: An Post is not the developer concerned.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy should not be casting aspersions on An Post as a result of compliance issues involving a different body.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: Work on completing the contract is ongoing between the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment and the preferred bidder. Under that contract, certain issues will have to be nailed down in law and finances will have to be provided. The contract will not be signed unless those are delivered. The House has held hearings through the Oireachtas committee. I understand...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Oil Reserves Agency (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: The current rate of the NORA levy is 2 cent per litre, payable when oil is placed on the market. The levy was set at this rate in 2009. In 2018 the total NORA levy amounted to €134m. A one cent increase in the levy would, other things being equal, result in an increase of approximately €65m in the total annual amount.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Landfill Sites (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: In December 2018, Kildare County Council, the contracting authority, invited tenders for expressions of interest in the remediation of Kerdiffstown landfill. The closing date for submissions was extended until 14 February 2019 on foot of requests for more time made on the eTenders procurement website. This process of evaluation is at an advanced stage and is being managed by Kildare County...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Voluntary Redundancy Scheme is an operational matter for the Board and management of Bord na Móna and not one in which I, as Minister, have a statutory function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Shareholdings (10 Jul 2019)

Richard Bruton: Shares are held, either directly by me as Minister or by my Department on my behalf, in the following entities:- - An Post; - Bord na Móna; -EirGrid; - ESB; - National Oil Reserves Agency (NORA); and - Irish National Petroleum Corporation (INPC).