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National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: It is 542,000.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:“recognises:— the importance of the Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP), which will bring high-speed broadband to every home and business in Ireland; — the NBP will economically transform rural Ireland in the same way that rural...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: This is a group with significant international experience across the telecoms, engineering and infrastructure sectors. The fact is that the Fianna Fáil review would push this procurement process into 2019 and plunge the entire project into uncertainty.

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Dooley, by his own admission today, said his review has "the potential to cause delays" to this process. Deputy Dooley has admitted the consequences of his motion will result in people in rural Ireland waiting even longer for high-speed broadband. This is just not acceptable to me or this Government. Indeed this evening on national radio, Deputy Dooley called for a period of...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I mention international experts like Analysys Mason, PwC, Deloitte, Marsh Insurance, Mason Hayes & Curran, RPS Group, KPMG and Here and Now Business Intelligence. Does Deputy Dooley now want to second guess these experts?

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The procurement board provides independent advice on the procurement process and the separate steering group provides independent oversight on the strategy and again includes national and international experts in the field. International benchmarks for projects such as these have been incorporated into the governance and procurement processes. The steering group and procurement board are...

National Broadband Plan: Motion [Private Members] (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: That is something that could not have been contemplated 21 months ago. The motion before the House also asks whether the national broadband plan is future proofed. The submissions provided to date indicate that the technical solution will be predominantly fibre to the home. This solution is considered by industry to be the most future-proofed technology because there is nothing faster than...

Topical Issue Debate: North-South Interconnector (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The report will outline how compensation is calculated and the comparable figures across Europe. The figures are relative to issues such as depreciation, loss of use, loss of value and so forth

Topical Issue Debate: North-South Interconnector (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The current planning permission for the delivery of the North-South interconnector in both Ireland and Northern Ireland is for an overhead line. An underground line would require a whole new planning process. It is important that I put that on the record because the impression given at a recent meeting with Monaghan County Council was that a new planning process would not be required. ...

Topical Issue Debate: North-South Interconnector (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I thank Deputy Tóibín for providing me the opportunity to discuss the proposed North-South interconnector. It is important to state at the outset that it is not part of the Government’s remit to direct EirGrid in the development of energy infrastructure to particular sites, routes or technologies. This policy was clearly expressed in the 2012 Government policy statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 504 together. In line with the commitments set out in A Resource Opportunity - Waste Management Policy in Ireland, published in 2012, and in the interest of encouraging further waste prevention and greater recycling, flat-rate fees for kerbside household waste collection are being phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018, as customers...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 500 and 501 together. The Litter Pollution Acts, 1997 to 2009, provide the statutory framework to combat littering and include provisions relating to dog fouling. Under the Acts, the primary management and enforcement response to littering (including dog fouling) rests with Local Authorities. It is a matter for each Local Authority to determine the most...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I have stated in reply to previous Questions the factual position in relation to the routing of gas pipelines or the connection of towns to the gas pipeline network. These are matters for Gas Networks Ireland, a commercial State-sponsored body under the aegis of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), the statutorily...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The ESB, through its eCars programme, has rolled out an extensive public charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) with approximately 900 EV charge points of which circa 70 are rapid chargers.  A map showing all public charge points in Ireland, including the status and availability of the charge points, is available on the ESB’s website at www.esb.ie/ecars.The management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The REFIT 3 (Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff) scheme, which closed to new applications at the end of 2015, was designed to incentivise the addition of up to 310 MW of renewable electricity from biomass technologies to the Irish electricity grid. Currently 253 MW of renewable electricity projects are compliant under the REFIT 3 scheme and have received a letter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Communications Regulation Investigations (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: I have no function in the matter referred to by the Deputy.  The regulation of the wholesale local access and wholesale central access markets and the companies operating within them, to the extent permitted by law, is a statutory function of Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) in accordance with Section 10(1)(a) of the Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No 20/2002). A...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: Concerning the proposed change in ownership referred to by the Deputy, while I am aware that the proposed purchase of Eircom Holdco S.A. (Eir) is currently being considered by the European Commission on competition grounds, I have no role in relation to the proposed transaction until the Commission has made its determination in this case. If the proposed transaction is cleared by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: The Map for the National Broadband Plan procurement process was fixed in April of last year and includes c 540,000 premises and c 21% of Ireland's population. The level of subsidy required to bring high speed broadband services to citizens and businesses in the NBP State intervention area will be determined through the public procurement process.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: According to my Department's High Speed Broadband Map, available at www.broadband.gov.ie, there are 537,587 premises in the AMBER area of the map. The AMBER areas represent the target areas for the proposed State led Intervention under the NBP and locked in the Map as of April 2017 as part of the ongoing procurement process. A county by county breakdown of premises in the AMBER area is in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (6 Feb 2018)

Denis Naughten: In April 2017, eir signed a commitment agreement to provide high speed broadband to 300,000 premises. Deployment figures for Q4 2017 have not yet been verified by my Department’s team. However, eir has informed my Department that they have passed a total of approximately 121,000 premises as of December 2017. A county by county breakdown of premises in the LIGHT BLUE area is in the...