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Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The Government is committed to developing domestic scale renewable electricity and heat technologies. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) has undertaken work on Metering Options for Small Scale Renewable and CHP Electricity Generation. The study identified a number of areas which require further analysis including the ability of such processes to secure adequate payment for their exports, a...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: Section 16 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (the Act) prescribes that a person shall not construct or reconstruct a generating station unless an authorisation has been granted by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). The conditions under which the CER may grant or refuse to grant a license to generate electricity are prescribed out in Section 14 (1) of the Act, as amended by...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: I am not sure what this has to do with the amendment.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy keeps bringing back in this issue. It has nothing to do with amendment No. 6.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: It would be nice if the Deputy would listen to somebody else at times. He continually asks when I will start listening. It is quite clear from all of his contributions in the House that he does not listen to anybody, nor do some of the people involved.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy should try listening——

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: ——rather than talking all the time and not listening.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: I have no plans for any visit to the——

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: Chairman, I am either to respond or to have a dialogue.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The Deputy continually talks and tells everybody else that they should listen. A small number of Independent Deputies made a request last Monday week. As the Deputy is well aware, I said last week that when the mediation process was established, both sides were asked to enter unconditional talks, with no conditions attached by either side. Both sides indicated they were interested in doing...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: I will do it the other way around. If I speak for a third time, I will only take two minutes. I am sorry I did not realise what was the requirement. On section 6, which concerns combined heat and power, there is ongoing work at EU level, which work will affect the section. We do not want to commence the section until the work is finalised. I will forward whatever details I can obtain on...

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The amendment we are proposing is simply a reversal of the provisions that obtained previously. Instead of saying the sections will commence immediately, we are specifying the ones that will not commence immediately. It is the same thing in a different way.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: It is just a reversal. It has exactly the same import.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: It makes it clearer. In respect of the extraneous matters that have been raised, I have dealt with the Corrib project and with Shell to Sea. If I thought there were the slightest chance that people would move from their positions, I would be very accommodating. I do not believe that will happen, however, because there is absolutely no evidence of it.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: There is absolutely no evidence.

Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: Statements are being made which have been made in the past. People are saying they will sit down and talk to Shell face to face provided there are no preconditions, but when those people are asked to sit down they refuse to do so.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (24 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The total spent to the end of June 2006 under the eCommerce and communication measures of the Border, Midlands and Western and Southern and Eastern regional operational programme is €99.6 million. The total expenditure under the programme is estimated to be €179.66 million. Although outturn for the measure is below target, expenditure will accelerate rapidly through the remainder of 2006...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: The Power of One campaign, which I launched on September 26th 2006, is a multi-annual, national awareness campaign focusing on energy efficiency and the benefits to consumers, the economy and the environment. A key message of this campaign is to raise awareness of the impact of inefficient use of energy in terms of increased costs to the user, the economy and the environment. This will be...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (24 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: In preparing a reply to Parliamentary Question No. 275 of the 4th October last, my Department's Personnel Officer contacted all Petroleum Affairs officers to ascertain whether they had been the recipients of corporate hospitality as outlined in the Parliamentary Question. All of the staff concerned confirmed they had not.

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (24 Oct 2006)

Noel Dempsey: Fingleton White and Co. Ltd. have been contracted by my Department to conduct the detailed feasibility study including cost benefit analysis to evaluate the possibility of bringing gas from the Galway-Mayo pipeline to Donegal Town via Sligo. The estimated total cost of the study is €190,000. The study, which commenced in July, will be completed in early 2007. This is the only such study...