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- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Under Directive 2009/28/EC, Ireland has been set a legally binding target for renewable energy as a percentage of all energy consumed by 2020. Our target is 16% and this is to be achieved across the transport, heating and electricity sectors. Our intention, as set out in the National Renewable Energy Action Plan, available on the Department's website www.dcenr.gov.ie is that the overall...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The provision of electronic communications services is, in the first instance, a matter for private sector service providers operating in Ireland's fully liberalised telecommunications market, regulated by the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Decisions relating to the provision of services including support services are, as a general rule,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I wish to advise the Deputy that no direct or indirect funding has been provided to SIPTU or ICTU by my Department in any year since its formation in June 2007.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The table below details spending on my Department's credit card account by Department staff for each of the past four years. 2008 2009 2010 2011( To 22nd August) â¬39,177 â¬5,243 â¬4,075 â¬1,224 A total of 17 card holders have operated through this Department's credit card account at various stages over the past four years. In November 2008, the Management Committee revised the...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: My Department did contact the person detailed in Parliamentary Question No. 245 of 12 April 2011. The Department wrote to the individual on 12 April 2011 requesting more information, date of birth, exact service years and location of employment, in order to determine whether or not there was a pension entitlement. The individual then made direct contact with the pensions section and has...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State at my Department currently has three staff employed in his Private Office, a Private Secretary and two Clerical Officers. There are four people employed in his Constituency Office, two Personal Secretaries (each work sharing 50%) a Personal Assistant and a Clerical Officer. Ministers of State assigned to my Department during May 2009 to March 2011 did not operate a...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: There are two Special Advisers employed in my Department. Information regarding these and other such appointments requested by the Deputy is outlined below: Year Minister No. of Special Advisors Salary Costing 2009 E. Ryan / S. Power / C. Lenihan 3 â¬312,526 2010 E. Ryan / C. Lenihan 3 â¬292,799 2011(1 January - 9 March) E. Ryan / C. Lenihan 3 â¬57,046 2011(28 March to date)...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: There are nine staff employed my Private Office, two of whom are work sharing and four staff employed in my constituency office. Further information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the Tables below: 2009 Salary Total (Inclusive of overtime, allowances and employer's PRSI) Private Office â¬425,301 Constituency Office â¬110,451 2010 Salary Total (Inclusive of overtime,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 486 and 505 together. Ireland's national digital switchover strategy provides for the closure of the RTÃNL analogue TV network at the end of 2012 and, through the resulting 'digital dividend', paves the way for the delivery of new and better mobile and broadband services which should assist new national economic growth. I am keenly aware of the challenges...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The budget available to my Department for IT expenditure in 2010 and 2011 is outlined in the following table: Year Current Expenditure Capital Expenditure Expenditure on Network links 2010 (actual) â¬1,876,622 â¬559,617 â¬128,683 2011 (estimate) â¬1,840,000 â¬600,000 â¬129,000 My Department ensures that all public procurement procedures as outlined by the Department of Finance...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The procurement process to select an organisation to implement a National Postcode System was launched in January 2011 with the publication of a Pre Qualification Questionnaire on www.etenders.gov.ie . This process is still ongoing and, if successful, the detailed design of the postcode system will emerge for later implementation from this process. The implementation timeline for postcodes...
- Written Answers — Expenditure Reviews: Expenditure Reviews (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Departmental submissions to the Comprehensive Review of Expenditure are a central part of the overall pre-budget deliberations of the Government. As such, release of these documents could not be considered in advance of Government decisions on the forthcoming Budget. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform has already indicated that it is his intention to publish the Reports submitted...
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The recently enacted Communications Regulation (Postal Services) Act, 2011, designates An Post as the universal postal service provider in the newly liberalised postal services market. This designation, which is for a period of twelve years, will be reviewed by ComReg to decide whether the designation of An Post after the expiry of the first seven years should continue for the remainder of...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers Better Energy: Warmer Homes on behalf of my Department. Queries in relation to individual applications are an operational matter for the SEAI and dedicated hot lines for both schemes are available (Better Energy: Warmer Homes hot line - 1800 250 204 and Better Energy: Homes hot line - 1850 927 000). All queries, from scheme...
- Written Answers — Tourism Development: Tourism Development (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: RTÃ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009. Section 114 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 states the principal objects and associated powers of RTÃ and Section 98 provides that it shall be independent in the pursuance of these objects, subject to the requirements of the Act. As such I, as Minister, have no...
- Written Answers — Job Protection: Job Protection (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The Programme for Government has job creation and retention at its core. The Government is committed to having the right policies in place that will support and grow our enterprise base in order to facilitate both job creation and job retention. I have emphasised to the telecoms network owners that I wish to see them deliver the required underlying infrastructure to sustain current employment...
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (14 Sep 2011)
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 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. Due to the mixed delivery model and variations across CBOs, the number...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The issues raised in this case at the end of 2010 were responded to directly by way of letter to the company concerned. The Biofuel Obligation Scheme was enacted and introduced in July 2010 in order to help deliver on the mandatory EU target of 10% renewable energy in transport by 2020. Since the scheme was introduced, 16 companies have applied for certificates under the scheme. In 2010,...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 512 together. The EU's Digital Agenda for Europe sets challenging targets for all member states in terms of incrementally increasing the penetration levels of broadband roll-out and subscriber take-up between 2013 and 2020. The first of those milestones is scheduled for 2013 when all Member States are obliged to have a basic broadband service...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (14 Sep 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The electronic communications market is, and has been since its liberalisation, a commercial competitive market. Thus, the provision of electronic communications services, including broadband, is a matter for those private sector service providers, regulated by the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). The Government only intervenes in cases of market...