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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 553 and 554 together. Capital allocation for the NBP in each year from 2013 to 2018 is set out in the following table. Year NBP Capital Allocation 2013 €0.5M 2014 €1.3M 2015 €4.1M 2016 €10M 2017 €15M 2018 €15M There was no current funding allocation. With regard to the capital budget for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Government allocated an initial €275 million in the Capital Plan published in September 2015, for the initial years of the network build-out for the National Broadband Plan State intervention. The €275m represented an initial stimulus, in the knowledge that significant further funding will be required over the lifetime of the proposed 25 year contract. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Expenditure on the National Broadband Plan was first incurred in 2013. The total expenditure to date since then is approximately €22.2 million. This expenditure includes the cost of corporate finance and economic advice, technical support and network design, the cost of legal advice, environmental advice and process auditor costs.  These services were procured by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 246 together. The majority of the existing network of publicly accessible charge points was rolled out by the ESB through its eCars programme. This network includes 77 fast chargers, mainly on national routes. A real-time map showing the charge points, including the status and availability of the charge points, is available on the ESB's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I do not have a role in setting price levels for waste collection.The charges applied by waste management companies are matters for those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation. However, in line with the commitments set out in A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment has a broad remit and is responsible for communications, broadcasting, postal services, energy, natural resources, climate change, waste management, air quality and environmental policy.  The day-to-day functions of the Department in carrying out its remit, therefore, involve engagement with a broad range of stakeholders. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Expenditure on the National Broadband Plan was first incurred in 2013.  The total expenditure to date since then is approximately €22.2 million. This expenditure includes the cost of corporate finance and economic advice, technical support and network design, the cost of legal advice, environmental advice and process auditor costs.  These services were procured by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Websites (18 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department’s website, www.dccae.gov.ie, was unavailable to the public during a period from Thursday 11 October 2018 to Saturday 13 October 2018. As part of the normal course of anti-virus and operating system updates, the website encountered technical difficulties which resulted in issues in accessing the site. The web application needed to be rebuilt as a consequence of these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Since 2013 Government investment of over €325m has been provided by my Department to drive demand and increase the depth of retrofit being carried out through home energy grant schemes operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. To date 375,000 homes across Ireland have carried out energy efficiency upgrades under these schemes.   A number of actions which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 194 together. Both of the premises referred to by the Deputy are in the AMBER area on the 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 and are the subject of an ongoing procurement process. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure high speed broadband access (minimum 30 megabits per second) to all premises in Ireland, regardless of location.  The NBP has been a catalyst in encouraging investment by the telecoms sector. Today, 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This is being achieved via a combination...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: My Department currently has a total of 69 staff assigned to climate and related energy policy functions, across eight separate divisions. This staff complement has significant experience in developing and implementing climate and energy policy at international, EU, national, regional and local levels. In addition to its own staff, the Department also has access to scientific and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Mitigation Plan Implementation (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Ireland's first National Mitigation Plan, which the then Minister published in July 2017, is a whole-of-Government Plan, reflecting, in particular, the central roles of the Ministers responsible for the four key sectors with the most significant contribution to national emissions -Electricity Generation; the Built Environment; Transport; and Agriculture, Forestry and Land Use. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Carbon Tax Implementation (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The then Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment wrote to the Minister of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform on 27 July 2018 in the context of pre-Budget engagement on taxation policy matters for Budget 2019. In relation to carbon tax, the Minister’s letter re-stated the Government’s commitment, through the National Mitigation Plan, to an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Competition Law (17 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Data relating to market concentration in the electricity and gas markets is collected, monitored and published by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The latest data is available in the CRU’s 2017 Electricity and Gas Retail Markets Annual Report published on 6 July 2018. The report is available to download on the Commission’s website www.cru.ie. The Commission...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: It is my understanding there is a national dialogue on climate change.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (16 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I bow to the Deputy's knowledge. If there is a deadline, we will honour it and deliver the plan on time.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 535 and 546 together. The majority of the existing network of publicly accessible charge points was rolled out by the ESB through its eCars programme. This network includes circa 80 fast chargers, mainly on national routes. A map showing the charge points, including the status and availability of the charge points, is available on the ESB's website at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: The transatlantic subsea fibre optic cable extending from the United States of America to Killala, County Mayo is privately owned infrastructure. The installation and operation of commercial telecommunications infrastructure in Ireland is undertaken by commercial companies operating in a liberalised market. Any consents and permissions required for the landing of this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (16 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 537 and 538 together.   The information sought by the Deputy, in relation to my Department, is contained in the following table.  Department or Office Name 2015 2016 2017 2018 No. of Principal Officer appointments arising from internal competitions since 7/7/15 2 (From competition held in 2014) 2 (From competition held in 2016) 1...