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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 342, 343 and 344 together. 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: The North South Interconnector, as proposed as an overhead line, now has full planning permission in both Ireland and Northern Ireland.  Following engagements with representative groups and Oireachtas members in relation to the motions passed in Dáil and Seanad Éireann early last year I commissioned two independent studies into the project. The studies are designed to address...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This will increase to nearly 8 out...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (29 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This will increase to nearly 8 out...

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

Denis Naughten: I assume the Deputy's question refers to the number of premises in Ireland that do not yet have access to a high speed broadband service.In April 2017 I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie. This map shows the areas targeted by commercial operators to provide high speed broadband services and the areas that will be included in the...

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

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 350 to 352, inclusive, together. Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are a matter for the Local Authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).  While this Department does not compile statistics in relation to complaints made, information is available through the...

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

Denis Naughten: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Directive Title Deadline 2013/59 Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (28 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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. In terms of environmental requirements, the charges applied should encourage householders to divert waste from the residual or general waste bin. For...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (28 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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. In terms of environmental legislation, the charges applied should encourage householders to divert waste from the residual or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Data (28 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: My Department is committed to a policy of equality of opportunity for all staff and supports the “Code of Practice for the Employment of People with Disabilities in the Civil Service”, published by the Department of Finance in 2007.  The latest statutory report under the Disability Act 2005 by my Department for end of 2017,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (28 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: Details in relation to All-Island electricity system demand and fuel mix are publicly available on the EirGrid website at .EirGrid’s “All-Island Generation Capacity Statement” (pages 14 and 15) provides details of the 2016 generation fuel mix for both Ireland and Northern Ireland. The document is available at  In Ireland in 2016, final consumption...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Deontais Ranna (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: I gcomhréir leis na gealltanais atá leagtha amach in A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, a foilsíodh in 2012, agus ar mhaithe le hathchúrsáil and cosc ar an ndramhaíl a spreagadh, sa tréimhse idir Fómhar 2017 agus Fómhar 2018 beidh deireadh á chur leis an ráta comhréidh do dhramhaíl tí a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: EU Directives set down air quality standards for Ireland and the other EU Member States for a wide variety of pollutants. Ireland has transposed all EU Directives relating to air quality.  The Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe (CAFE) Directive (2008/50/EC) was published in May 2008, and was transposed into Irish legislation by the Air Quality Standards Regulations 2011...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This will increase to nearly 8...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This will increase to nearly 8 out...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: 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, almost 7 out of 10 of the 2.3 million premises in Ireland have access to high speed broadband. This will increase to nearly 8...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: The National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO) administers the waste collection permitting system centrally on behalf of all local authorities in the State; the enforcement of the conditions attached to an individual Waste Collection Permit remains a matter for the relevant local authority. Subject to some minor exceptions, Section 34 of the Waste Management Act requires all...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: Section 24(2) of the Air Pollution Act, 1987, stipulates that an occupier of any premises must not cause or permit a chimney emission in such a quantity, or in such a manner, as to be a nuisance. Section 26 of the same Act gives the Local Authority powers to serve a notice on the occupier of any premises from which there is an emission, where it appears necessary in order to prevent or to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: The vast majority of EV charging happens at home, which aligns with both technology and patterns of use of vehicles. In terms of the number and extent of publicly accessible charging, the National Policy Framework on the Alternative Fuels Infrastructure for Transport in Ireland: 2017 to 2030 notes that Ireland’s current EV charging network infrastructure is ahead of current...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (27 Mar 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) was established by the Broadcasting Act 2009 as the independent regulator for the broadcasting industry. The operation of the BAI is financed by industry levy.  The total levy collected in 2016 from broadcasters was €4.87m and the Authority had a staff complement of 35.  Further details about the operations of...