Results 5,701-5,720 of 13,375 for speaker:Pat Rabbitte
- Order of Business (10 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: What is it about?
- State Agencies (5 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. I have a great deal of sympathy with the arguments he advances. It is regrettable that when the NAMA legislation was enacted it was not possible for the House to agree that an oversight committee of the House should be established to monitor NAMA's affairs. I advocated that argument at the time and it was debated. Given the huge significance of...
- Fuel Prices (5 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I thank Deputy O'Mahony for raising this important issue which is of considerable concern to me and my Government colleagues. I did not anticipate the aspect of criminality to which the Deputy referred. I am aware that the type of behaviour outlined is occurring and that the customs division of the Revenue is focused on dealing with it. This is a matter of some significance which must be...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (5 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I understand that the Deputy is referring to the operation of a several or private fishery. There is legislative provision for the protection of private fisheries under Sections 178 and 179 of the Fisheries (Consolidation) Act 1959, (No 14 of 1959) as amended, for the imposition of penalties for unauthorised entry on several fishery and for fishing with nets in a several fishery without the...
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (5 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: At the Government's request, EirGrid the State owned transmission system operator is building the East West Interconnector between the electricity grids of Ireland and Britain. The construction and operation of the East West Interconnector is the responsibility of EirGrid. This national strategic project is on schedule and on budget for delivery by 2012. The full cost of the Interconnector...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (4 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The provision of electronic communications service, including broadband, is, in the first instance, a matter for private sector service providers. Broadband services may be provided over various platforms including DSL (i.e. over telephone lines), co-axial cable, mobile, fixed wireless, fibre and satellite. WiFi technologies can be used in conjunction with these platforms to provide...
- Written Answers — Electricity Transmission Network: Electricity Transmission Network (4 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: As Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, I have a broad policy role in energy matters. The planning, development and routing of transmission line infrastructure is a matter for EirGrid, which is the State body responsible for operating the electricity transmission system in Ireland and I, as Minister, have no statutory function regarding the laying of power lines. In...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Since the establishment of my Department in 2007, a total of â¬24,000 (â¬6,000 per annum) was paid by the Department for corporate membership of the Institute for International and European Affairs.
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: As the Deputy will be aware, Castlemaine Harbour has been closed to commercial fishing since the introduction of the South Western Fisheries Region (No. 7 or Kerry District) Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-law No. 844, 2008. The decision to close the harbour to salmon fishing was based on scientific advice on the status of the wild salmon stocks in the rivers which flow into the...
- Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The administration of the Warmer Homes Scheme is a matter for the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme, which provides energy efficiency improvements to homes in, or at risk of, energy poverty is delivered through a combination of community-based organisations (CBOs) and a panel of private contractors. There has been a significant uptake in applications and interest in...
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I understand that the individual referred to by the Deputy has applied for a draft net licence. Applications for draft net fishing licences will be considered by Inland Fisheries Ireland in accordance with the terms of the Control of Fishing for Salmon Order 2011 (S.I. No. 123 of 2011). This Order determines the priority status afforded to each application based on the applicant's fishing...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: There are currently two permanent and two non-established staff engaged on constituency work on my behalf. Details requested are outlined in the table below: Permanent Staff Monthly salary Nonâestablished staff Monthly Salary Executive officer â¬3,948 Personal Assistant â¬4,280 Clerical Officer â¬2,202 Personal Secretary â¬3,980 The Minister of State at my Department currently has...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: My Department was established in June 2007. I assume that the Deputy is referring to appointments to boards of state bodies under the aegis of my Department. The following table details the number of board positions which fall to be filled by Ministerial appointment. State Body No. of members No. of members appointed by Minister Broadcasting Authority Of Ireland 9 91 RTÃ 12 102 TG4...
- Written Answers — Buildings Regulations: Buildings Regulations (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The erection and removal of satellite dishes on apartment buildings and the implementation of the Commission Communication on the free movement of goods and services do not fall within the remit of my Department. As such, I have no function in the matters referred to in the Deputy's question.
- Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The public receives a wide variety of mail from a number of sources, much of which can be regarded as unsolicited mail, including unaddressed mail material, which may be delivered by An Post or other operators. An Post is statutorily obliged, under Section 12 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983, to satisfy all reasonable demands for postal services throughout the State....
- Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 357 to 360, inclusive, together. Scientific advice issued by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) indicated that the European eel fish stock is so depleted that it is now outside safe biological limits. It advised that a recovery plan be developed for the whole stock of European eel and that exploitation and other human activities...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The provision of broadband services is a matter for private sector service providers operating in Ireland's fully liberalised telecommunications market. Broadband services are provided by private service providers over various platforms including DSL (i.e. over telephone lines), fixed wireless, mobile, cable, fibre and satellite. Issues relating to the quality of service provision are, in the...
- Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: I propose to take Questions Nos. 363, 369 and 370 together. The Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff programme (REFIT) was introduced in 2006. It is a support scheme for certain categories of new renewable generation, which ensures a minimum price is paid to producers over a period of 15 years. All EU Member States have support schemes for renewable generation. Feed-in-tariff schemes, such as the...
- Written Answers — Nuclear Safety: Nuclear Safety (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: The position of successive Governments over many years is that nuclear power is neither sustainable nor the answer to meeting Ireland's energy needs. This position is shared by several EU Member States. The Lisbon Treaty legally provides for individual Member States to determine their own energy mix. The use of nuclear fission for the generation of electricity in Ireland is statutorily...
- Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (3 May 2011)
Pat Rabbitte: Exchequer expenditure in the renewable energy area is administered through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), which has a total allocation of â¬88.773m this year as provided for in Budget 2011. While energy efficiency programmes have become the primary focus of SEAI's programmes in recent years, a number of renewable energy programmes remain. The Reheat and Biomass...