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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will ensure that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland makes available to the public the details of any contractors who have been removed from the registered list of contractors for the purposes of SEAI grants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Expenditure (22 Sep 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 1552. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount that was paid by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland to external contractors to investigate the works carried out by contractors under SEAI schemes; if the results of any such investigations will be made available to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31622/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 695. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria by which special needs assistants are allocated; and specifically how her Department can guarantee the reasonable safety of a child who is allocated only a shared assistant, despite having been diagnosed with multiple problems, including profound global developmental delay, epilepsy with frequent severe seizures, and a high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 696. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the provisions made for providing essential educational resources for children with profound developmental issues to prepare them to enter national school, given that they do not qualify under the July provision programme until after their first year of national school, despite their developmental difficulties having been defined by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 797. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the approximate cost of introducing a renewable heat incentive, which his Department plans to bring online next year; if he has considered including any project installed from the date the initiative is announced to retrospectively qualify once the initiative opens; the approximate cost of this; and if he will make a...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 8:In page 30, lines 34 and 35, to delete “a non-confidential version of the reports” and substitute “the reports in their entirety”.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 5:In page 18, between lines 17 and 18, to insert the following:"(c) the requirement for any operator, who is granted an exploration licence or petroleum prospecting licence by the Minister, to put a bond in place, so that in the event of the decommissioning of petroleum infrastructure, the licensee not dismantling the infrastructure within 2 years of extraction being...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I am disappointed that the Minister of State is not accepting it. This is a genuine effort to ensure that we are strengthening the legislation. We have seen that bonds work in other fields.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 6:In page 24, line 32, to delete "not exceeding €3,000,000".My concern is about the lack of sanction regarding not carrying out requirements by the new authority and the limits on fines. One of the sections refers to a fine not exceeding €3 million on conviction on indictment. I do not know why we would limit that. We have seen the clean-up job in the...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 7:In page 29, between lines 38 and 39, to insert the following:"(2) Such reports can be released on the instruction of the Minister.".For the sake of openness and transparency, the Minister should be empowered to release all reports. Any reports that are within any Departments are public property anyway. The Minister of State should accept this amendment.

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: Again, our legislation gives an awful lot of power to people outside this House in terms of the CER. We have seen that it does not have enough powers to regulate properly some sectors we believe it is regulating. It gives the wrong impression. The Minister who is directly elected by the people should have power to distinguish what should or should not be put before the people. Amendment,...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I am disappointed the Minister of State is not accepting my amendment because loosely worded legislation leads to bad law. As the Minister of State said, we should keep the legislation under review. I have a concern regarding the role of the Commission for Energy Regulation. We may have devolved too much power to it but I am not sure. Primary legislation should, in the first instance, be...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I move amendment No. 1:In page 10, between lines 40 and 41, to insert the following:“(3) The Minister shall issue a clear definition on what constitutes ‘as low as is reasonably practicable’.”.The term "as low as is reasonably practicable" is open to interpretation - that is the substance of the amendment. It needs to be more clearly defined. Other legislation...

Petroleum (Exploration and Extraction) Safety Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Second Stage (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: I would say he would be shocked.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Carers Strategy Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 19. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his response to the recent family carers' scorecard which claims his Department has yet to engage with the national carers strategy. [28655/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Carers Strategy Implementation (15 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 22. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the progress made by his Department in the role assigned to it under the national carers strategy in supporting working carers and former carers who wish to return to the workforce. [28656/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 262. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has received representations from agents who worked for the Educational Building Society, prior to the society's acquisition by Allied Irish Banks; his views that these agents suffered a loss of income, financial hardship and a loss of livelihood; that in these circumstances these agents are due a recompense; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 852. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the opinion of the head of an organisation (details supplied) regarding set-back distances of up to 1,500 m for wind turbines from residential areas, and the effects, if any, on health from wind turbine noise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28505/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 901. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the target outlined in his Department’s 2012 document, Delivering a Connected Society - A National Broadband Plan for Ireland, of providing high-speed broadband across the country during the lifetime of this Government has been achieved; if not, when will it be achieved; the current level of availability; and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (14 Jul 2015)

Michael Moynihan: 902. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the target outlined in his Department’s 2012 document, Delivering a Connected Society - A National Broadband Plan for Ireland, to provide 70 Mbps to 100 Mbps broadband speed to more than half of the population by 2015 has been reached; if not, when will this target be reached; the current estimated percentage...