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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Regulations (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for granting and enforcing licences for industrial plants. Whether or not an installation needs a licence depends on the activities being carried out on the site and the scale of those activities. These activities and thresholds are defined in legislation. Industrial licences are enforced by the Office of Environmental Enforcement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: The EPA is responsible for the licence and enforcement of large industrial plants listed in the First Schedule of the EPA Act 1992 (as amended). This includes incineration and co-incineration plants. The Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU) specifies the emission limit values for dioxins that apply to incineration and co-incineration facilities. This Directive also stipulates the...

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

Denis Naughten: In April 2017, I signed a Commitment Agreement with eir in relation to its plans to provide high speed broadband to 300,000 premises in rural areas on a commercial basis. eir has committed to completing this rollout by the end of this year.  Information on eir's ongoing rural deployment is available at . A copy of the Commitment Agreement is available on my Department’s website...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: I would like to clarify at the outset that there is no meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention scheduled to take place in September 2018.  The meeting referred to in the question appears to be the 6th Meeting of the Parties to the Aarhus Convention, which took place in Budva, Montenegro from 11 to 14 September 2017. Ireland was represented by officials from my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (17 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: Section 145 (1) of the Broadcasting Act 2009 defines 'issuing agent' as An Post "or another person designated by the Minister" under Section 145 (3) of the Act. A statutory body designated as an issuing agent under Section 145 (3) of the Act would have the same powers of prosecution as An Post currently has under Section 151 of the Act. The Act does not currently provide for...

Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Eamon Ryan has been given a huge amount of flexibility.

Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: The online photograph might be an issue too. Deputies Bríd Smith and Eugene Murphy will agree that local radio produces a great deal of live sports broadcasts and that it is not possible for it to facilitate advertising and provide live broadcasts for games, whether hurling or football. That is the reason for this, to allow them that flexibility. The minutage would not increase but...

Report on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting: Motion (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: First, I take this opportunity to thank the Chair, the Vice-Chair and the members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment for the excellent work they carried out on the review of public service broadcasting, both in preparing the report on the future funding of public service broadcasting, published in November, and more recently the pre-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 327, 349 and 354 together. The Electric Vehicle purchase grant, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, has been in place since 2011.  A total of €6 million has allocated for payments under the scheme in my Department’s budget this year . The purchase grant scheme will be kept under review in relation to funding and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: While I have not received direct communication from the United Kingdom Government in this matter, I am aware that my colleague the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government received correspondence from the United Kingdom authorities on 7 December 2017, informing him of the carrying out of a public consultation on the process and criteria for designating...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 329 to 331, inclusive, together. I have not received communication from the United Kingdom Government in this matter. I understand that consultations have commenced within the UK to enable stakeholders and members of the public to submit comments on the geological disposal programme. These consultations are of a general nature and are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: As part of Project Ireland 2040, the National Planning Framework will guide national development and prioritised investment over the next two decades. The National Development Plan 2018-2027 is a ten year strategy for public capital investment which will support the implementation of the National Planning Framework. Both documents have a shared set of National Strategic Outcomes, including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: Ireland ratified the Aarhus Convention in June 2012 and it entered into force in September 2012. Article 7 of the Aarhus Convention provides for public participation concerning plans, programmes and policies relating to the environment.  This requires that each Party "make appropriate practical and/or other provisions for the public to participate during the preparation of plans and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: Energy security is one of the three key pillars of our energy policy, along with sustainability and competitiveness. Ireland's Energy Policy White Paper commits to radically reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. We have embarked on a firm course to sustainability, mindful of the need to balance competitiveness and security of supply through the period of transition, as fossil fuels...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: National climate policy development is supported by robust arrangements for the provision of scientific and technical advice which, in turn, supports policy implementation at national, regional and local levelsThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the competent authority in Ireland for the preparation and annual publication of official inventories and projections of greenhouse gas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 336 and 339 together. Under the Paris Agreement, the EU has committed, on behalf of its Member States, to a reduction of at least 40% in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, to be achieved by reductions in the Emission Trading System (ETS) sector of 43% and in the non-ETS sector of 30%. With regard to Ireland’s contribution, in December 2017, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department did not incur any expenditure on social media training or social media consultancy in 2016 or 2017. In 2018, €1,900 has been expended on consultancy on the preparation of a social media campaign as part of the ongoing awareness and education campaign on waste and recycling.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Training (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: No training has been delivered to staff in my Department, to date, on the use of social media.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Regulations (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: A specific investment decision by a private company providing services in both Ireland and the United Kingdom is a matter for that company and its board. In my role as Minister, the company, which has grown its operations in Ireland over many years, has not made me aware of regulatory challenges to its further development in Ireland. The Waste Management Act 1996 and the Waste Management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts Data (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: No contracts were awarded by my Department to Acrux Consultants since 2010.