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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 76 and 469 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: Post Office Network (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I refer to the reply to Priority Questions Nos. 37 and 40 on today's order paper.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Ireland has a target to improve energy efficiency by 20% by 2020. How this is to achieved is set out in the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan, the latest version of which was published earlier this year and is available on my Department's website.  The achievement of this target requires a combination of shallow and deep retrofits, maximising the varying levels of capacity among...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Funded by my Department, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates a wide range of energy efficiency programmes across the residential, commercial and public sectors. From 2011 to 2017 a total of €452m has been allocated to energy efficiency.  Between 2011 and 2015 all sectors were funded through the National Retrofit Programme, (which became the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Bord na Móna is a commercial State company operating under the Turf Development Acts 1946 to 1998. As shareholder, I regularly receive reports on developments across all of Bord na Móna's various business areas, including the horticultural business unit.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) will 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 so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland can get access to high speed broadband and this footprint is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department does not award funding to the Public Relations Institute of Ireland. A payment of €1,890 was made to the Institute in December 2016 in respect of course fees for a staff member in the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Question No. 198 of 16 November 2017. While the position is unchanged, in summary I understand that an official from my Department has provided a detailed report outlining the status of High Speed Broadband availability in the area to the individuals named in the Question. While the premises referenced by the Deputy falls within an AMBER area and will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Issues (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for Brexit, Minister Coveney has responsibility for coordinating the whole-of-Government response to Brexit. In this capacity, he is working closely with his colleagues across Government to address the many challenges resulting from Brexit. This cooperation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Training (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. 

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The EU Renewable Energy Directive 2009/28/EC set Ireland a legally binding target of meeting 16% of our energy demand from renewable sources by 2020. Ireland is committed to achieving this target through meeting 40% of electricity demand, 12% of heat and 10% of transport from renewable sources of energy, with the latter transport target also being legally binding. While good progress...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department maintains the 32 domains and 11 sub domains that are listed as follows. Apart from the main Departmental website it is necessary in the interests of customer service to have some dedicated websites related to specific areas of Departmental responsibility. Domain Registrar Registration date Intended Purpose GOV. NETWORKS 10-Jan-13 Redirect to Broadband.gov.ie GOV....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Parliamentary Questions Costs (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department answered 2,365 written and oral parliamentary questions in the last 12 months.  It is not possible to isolate the administrative cost of processing parliamentary questions from the overall administrative costs of my Department as this work is carried out as part of the normal day-to-day running of business areas.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, I have lead responsibility for promoting and overseeing the coherent implementation of  the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on a whole-of-Government basis, and for the establishment of a robust SDG implementation and reporting framework. I will also present Ireland’s first Voluntary National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation Targets (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: Last July I published Ireland’s first statutory National Mitigation Plan. This Plan lays the foundations for transitioning Ireland to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy and includes actions being taken in the electricity sector to achieve a low carbon energy sector by 2050. This Plan follows on from the December 2015 publication of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: In April 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 State Intervention Area under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). The Map is searchable by eircode. Premises in and around Boyle fall into the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The 2015 National Cyber Strategy set out the priorities for the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) for the period 2015-2017, as the being the protection of Government ICT Infrastructure while building capacity in other areas, particularly around preparing for the implementation of the EU Network and Information Security Directive.   This Directive, which has a transposition...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Data (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 473 to 476, inclusive, together. I introduced new structures for tyres and waste tyres on 1 October 2017 to address the chronic problem of waste tyres in Ireland, including a lack of consistent and accurate data on tyres and a significant rate of non-compliance with Tyres Regulations. The new structures will be funded by a visible Environmental Management Cost...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 477, 478 and 489 together. The Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP) will 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 so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (21 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The 2014 National Policy Position on Climate Change and 2015 Energy White Paper include ambitious long-term commitments, respectively, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 80% compared to 1990 levels and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the sector by between 80% and 95% by 2050. Moreover, the Programme for Government sets out that Ireland’s long-term interests are best...