Results 5,421-5,440 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The development by Mayo County Council of a renewable energy strategy is a positive initiative. The development by all local authorities of renewable energy strategies is to be encouraged. My Department together with the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and other relevant stakeholders are working to develop a methodology and template for local authority renewable energy...
- Written Answers — Natural Resources Data: Natural Resources Data (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: All wind farms developed in Ireland are required to comply with all relevant planning and environmental legislation and to obtain all necessary licences and authorisations prior to full commercial operation. The issues raised by the Deputy relate to the commercial mandate and day to day operational functions of Bord Na Móna and ESB and is not a matter in which I have a function. I have...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: There is extensive North/South cooperation on a range of issues in the sectoral areas of Energy, Communications and Broadcasting, which are under the aegis of my Department. Staff discharge this work in addition to other functions in the relevant areas. The Coordination Unit in my Department also has a role in relation to overall coordination on North/South elements. Finally, the...
- Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: This is unbelievable.
- Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: If you did not stop John Gormley, it might have been enacted by now.
- Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: If he did not do it in 14 years-----
- Order of Business (22 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: A local authority cannot run for the presidency.
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35 and 37 together. As the Deputy will be aware, the marine renewable energy is an emerging industry worldwide which has considerable potential for economic growth and job creation. The acknowledged scale of Ireland's wave resource is such that the development and deployment of wave, tidal and offshore wind technologies is considered to have considerable...
- Written Answers — Energy Prices: Energy Prices (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: In recent months wholesale oil and gas prices have been trending upwards. There are concerns in the markets that oil prices will continue to rise in the months ahead. As oil prices rise, European wholesale gas prices, which lag oil prices by about six months, are expected by the markets to rise during the last quarter of the year. Prices are being driven by geopolitical events in the Middle...
- Written Answers — Energy Prices: Energy Prices (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 50 together. I have no statutory function in the setting of energy prices, whether in the regulated or non-regulated market. Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER), which is an independent statutory body. The electricity retail market is now fully deregulated and...
- Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The Report by Frontier Economics was undertaken under a process overseen by Mr. Fergus Cahill as independent chair. The Report contains an assessment of costs, benefits and regulatory impact of the options for unbundling the electricity transmission assets set in the context of EU Third Package and the all island single electricity market. The process involved input from the direct...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Completion of the development works by the developer is the principal factor that will determine the date for first gas. Pending such completion, it is not possible to state a date for when gas from the Corrib gas field will become available. The Corrib Project requires a number of statutory permissions in order for the developer to construct, operate and maintain the development. In...
- Written Answers — Fisheries Conservation: Fisheries Conservation (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Following scientific research conducted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), indicating that the European eel stocks are in a critical state, the EU introduced Council Regulation 1100/2007, the objective of which is to achieve recovery of the stocks to previous high levels. The Regulation required Member States to prepare a national Eel Management Plan for...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The provision of electronic communications services, including broadband, is, in the first instance, a matter for private sector service providers, regulated by the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). The two key broadband issues for Government are (i) broadband availability and (ii) broadband quality. While these matters are primarily for the...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The Programme for Government commits to facilitate the development of energy cooperatives to make it easier for small scale renewable energy providers to contribute to our renewable targets. The involvement of local community participants in renewable energy projects has been advocated as a means to progress the uptake of renewable energy and promote local community acceptance of large scale...
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: RTÃ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009. With regard to the duties of the corporation in respect of its revenue, these are set out in section 105 of the Broadcasting Act 2009. In brief, this provision requires RTÃ to hold sufficient revenue to pay its current debts and to provide for capital expenditure....
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Ireland generated an estimated 13.4% of electricity from renewable sources in 2010. This compares with 4.4% in 2003. The Gate 3 programme which is overseen by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) was designed specifically to support delivery of Ireland's national renewable target of 40% of electricity supplied from renewable sources by 2020. EirGrid is responsible for the issuing of...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The provision of broadband 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). Investment in broadband infrastructure and associated upgrades in marketed services is primarily a matter for the private...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The 2009 Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Fisheries Statistics Report outlined that salmon catches were less than a tenth of what they were in 2001. The close season for fishing for salmon and sea trout is based on scientific and management advices aimed at conserving and protecting wild stocks. The present position, underpinned by legislation, is that nationally all salmon angling finishes on...
- Written Answers — Craoltóireacht Sheirbhís Phoiblí: Craoltóireacht Sheirbhís Phoiblí (21 Jun 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Is craoltóir náisiúnta neamhspleách seirbhÃse poiblà à RTà ar a bhfuil an sainchúram agus na dualgais a léirÃtear san Acht Craolacháin 2009. LéirÃonn Alt 114 den Acht na prÃomh cuspóirà ag RTÃ, ina measc an ceanglas go soláthraà sà réimse cuimsitheach clár san dá theanga, Gaeilge agus Béarla, a léirÃonn éagsúlacht chultúrtha oileán na hÃireann ina iomláine....