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Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (30 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department, in consultation with Inland Fisheries Ireland, is in the course of reviewing the existing provisions of the Fisheries Acts dating back to 1959 with a view to producing one consolidated and modernised piece of legislation for the inland fisheries sector. The structure of the existing licensing regime is one of the aspects being reviewed by Inland Fisheries Ireland. Once they...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (30 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I wrote to the Chairpersons of each of the commercial Semi State bodies under my aegis last month stating my view that payments of Performance Related Bonuses to CEOs should cease immediately. It is the case that the Chief Executive of ESB had already confirmed that he would forgo all potential bonus payments for the remainder of his contract. The payment of salaries and performance bonuses...

Written Answers — Semi-State Bodies: Semi-State Bodies (30 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I wrote to the Chairpersons of each of the commercial Semi State bodies under my aegis last month stating my view that payments of Performance Related Bonuses to CEOs should cease immediately. The Chairman has confirmed that the Chief Executive of An Post has voluntarily waived his right to payment under the Performance Related Incentive Payment Scheme since 2008. The payment of salaries and...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (29 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The British Irish Council agreed an All Islands Approach across Ireland and Britain to encourage commercial development of opportunities for generation and transmission, facilitating the cost-effective harnessing of the renewable energy resources available, increasing integration of their markets and improving security of supply. In the fully liberalised energy markets that are already in...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (29 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The provision of electronic communications services, including the provision of high-speed broadband, is, in the first instance, a matter for private sector service providers, regulated by the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). Under the NewERA proposals in the Programme for Government, there is a commitment to co-invest with the private sector and...

Written Answers — Public Sector Remuneration: Public Sector Remuneration (29 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: My colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, T.D, recently announced the terms of a Government Decision for the introduction of pay ceilings for higher posts across the public service and for CEO posts in Commercial State Companies. The salary caps are as follows: A general pay ceiling of €200,000 for future appointments to higher positions across the...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 305 and 306 together. The Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS), now an integral element of the Better Energy Programme, is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme provides energy efficiency improvements to homes in, or at risk of, energy poverty. Over 20,000 low-income homes are to benefit from energy efficiency retrofit measures...

Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Minister of State in my Department, Deputy Fergus O'Dowd, has special responsibility for the NewEra programme. In line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a New Economic and Recovery Authority, (NewERA.), intensive work is underway across Departments, overseen by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Infrastructure, to finalise the structure and remit of the new...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is charged with ensuring the protection and conservation of our inland fisheries resource and the observance of the Fisheries Acts, Bye-Laws and Orders. They have indicated an increase in illegal fishing activity nationwide in recent years. Conservation and protection measures are constantly under review by IFI and my Department. In view of their staffing...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) is the independent statutory body responsible for energy regulation in Ireland. CER's key priorities for 2011-2012 are publically available on the CER website.www.cer.ie The Deputy has previously received a copy of the CER Work Plans and Priorities 2011 from my Department.

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The motor travel and subsistence rates paid to me and the Minister of State in my Department are in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines. The rates per kilometre are set out in the table beneath: Official motor travel in a calendar year Engine capacity up to 1200cc Engine capacity 1201cc to 1500cc Engine capacity 1501cc to 2000cc Engine capacity 2001cc and over Up to...

Written Answers — Wild Salmon Conservation: Wild Salmon Conservation (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 311 to 313, inclusive. together. As the Deputy is aware, the primary motivation in aligning the management of the wild salmon fishery with the scientific advice to cease mixed stock fishing at sea, is the conservation of the wild salmon stocks. It is vital to afford every protection to the at-risk salmon stocks and to clearly prioritise conservation over...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: All the metropolitan area networks (MANs) including the MAN in Carndonagh are managed and operated by e|net who were appointed following a procurement process and who make the networks available to the telecommunications sector. All connections to the MANs are wholesale connections which may be used by the relevant service provider to provide services to multiple end users. This means that...

Written Answers — Public Service Contracts: Public Service Contracts (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: The following table sets out the number of contracts issued outsourcing some of the IT services of my Department. These contracts cover the provision of IT Helpdesk Services and the hosting of the Department's websites in the Local Government Computer Services Board (LGCSB). The only sub-contract was to ensure services were provided to my Department's office in Cavan. IT contracts for...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (28 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: In the case of each of the non-commercial State agencies under the aegis of my Department, I have set out the total number of staff; the total number of board members and their respective remuneration packages; and the total amount of central funding provided to each agency in the tables. Information related to the job titles of staff and the annual wage bill for each agency is a day to day...

Order of Business (23 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Deputy Doherty will be in Aughnacloy by then.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (22 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: A Digital Switchover Steering Group (DSG) has been established to plan, coordinate and deliver switchover from analogue terrestrial TV to digital TV in Ireland by the end of 2012. The Group is chaired by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) and comprises members from DCENR, Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI), RTÉ, RTÉNL, TV3, TG4 and ComReg. The first...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (22 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: RTÉ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009. In relation to the broadcasting network, section 130(1)(b)(i)(II) of the Act provides that RTÉ shall provide a digital TV network by 31 December 2011 capable of providing coverage to the same extent as its existing analogue TV network. While I have no function in...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (22 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: Ireland's national digital switchover strategy provides for the closure of the RTÉNL analogue TV network at the end of 2012 and, through the resulting 'digital dividend', paves the way for the delivery of new jobs, new mobile and broadband services and new national economic growth. I am keenly aware of the challenges this initiative brings, in particular for Irish households which are...

Written Answers — Prospecting Licences: Prospecting Licences (22 Jun 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: I can inform the Deputy that my Department has not licensed hydraulic fracturing/drilling in the Roscommon and Leitrim areas. Earlier this year, following an open competition, my Department awarded onshore Licensing Options to Tamboran Resources Ltd over parts of Cavan, Leitrim and Sligo and to the Lough Allen Natural Gas Company Ltd over parts of Cavan, Leitrim, Roscommon and Sligo. The...