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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I welcome recent announcements of further commercial investment in high speed broadband infrastructure by telecommunications operators. While my Department has received high level presentations from the operators with regard to their recent announcements, the operators have not published, or provided my Department with, detailed commercial or technical plans identifying the individual...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 523 and 525 to 537, inclusive, together. I welcome recent announcements of further commercial investment in high speed broadband infrastructure by telecommunications operators. While my Department has received high level presentations from the operators with regard to their recent announcements, the operators have not published, or provided my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I am currently preparing an All of Government Climate Plan which will set out the actions which must be taken to make Ireland a leader in responding to climate change. I am working with colleagues across Government to develop new initiatives in electricity, transport and heat, as well as a range of other sectors. The All of Government Plan will build on the previous actions and framework put...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: My Department is continuing the work of developing a mechanism to provide a support for vulnerable persons with a condition such as lifelong or long-term medical incontinence to help meet the average annual cost of disposing of their domestic waste. I am informed that this process has taken longer than envisaged, due to a number of issues, including data protection issues that have arisen...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of an ongoing procurement process. The procurement process to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 541 and 542 together. Greenhouse gas emissions and removals associated with land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF), as reported in Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency, include activities associated with afforestation and forestry harvesting, grassland and cropland management under...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: In light of the recommendations in the Report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action & Environment Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting, the Working Group on the Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting was set up by Government decision in July 2018 to examine options for the reform of TV licence collection. The Group's work is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 544 and 546 together. The Attorney General has advised that there are significant legal risks in relation to both procurement law and state aid law, if the State was to mandate and fund directly outside a procurement process any economic undertaking, including a commercial semi-state body such as the ESB, to carry out the National Broadband Plan. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 545 and 547 together. I have been clear that the level of State subsidy for the National Broadband Plan State intervention will be determined through the NBP procurement process and the nature and cost of the solution required to deliver the State intervention network would only become known through extensive engagement with bidders during the procurement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: The premises referred to by the Deputy is in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of an ongoing procurement process. The procurement process to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 549 and 554 together. Providing adequate charging infrastructure is critical to ensure the continued growth in the uptake of electric vehicles. Home charging is the primary method of charging for the majority of electric vehicles both internationally and in Ireland. Charging at home at night is the most cost-effective and eco-friendly way to charge an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: The National Broadband Plan aims to ensure that every home, school and business in Ireland has access to high speed broadband. This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment across the country, and a State intervention in those areas where commercial operators acting alone are unlikely to invest. Since December 2015, the number of premises with access to high...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: A review of "A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland" will be initiated in 2019. This review process will take account of a number of initiatives, such as the European Circular Economy waste and plastics legislation framework and the reports from the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the Price Monitoring Group. This process will inform the development of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 552 and 553 together. I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 563, 578 and 585 on February 12th 2019. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Tyre Disposal (12 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: In 2017, my Department made funding of €1 million available to local authorities to deal with the clean-up of existing stockpiles of tyres across the country. This was done to support the introduction of a new compliance scheme for tyres and waste tyres from 1 October 2017. At that time, it was also indicated that the issue of waste tyres on farms would be considered. In 2018,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: All premises referenced by the Deputy are in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map, which is available on my Department's website atwww.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP. This intervention is the subject of an ongoing procurement process. The procurement process to appoint...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bituminous Fuel Ban (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 192 to 194, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, recent scientific evidence indicates that air pollution is more damaging at lower concentrations than was previously understood. With this in mind, I am committed to publishing the National Clean Air Strategy this year, which will provide the policy framework necessary to identify and promote...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: In April 2017 my Department published an updated version of the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map. This is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. The map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan. The Map is colour coded and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution Fines (7 Mar 2019)

Richard Bruton: The data requested by the Deputy for 2017 is now available on my Department's website at www.dccae.gov.ie. The equivalent data for 2018 is currently being gathered from Local Authorities and will be published when all returns have been received and collated.