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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff Training (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department is committed to providing learning and development opportunities for all staff and managers in line with the Department's Human Resource Strategy 2015-2017 and the recently launched People Strategy for the Civil Service 2017-2020. In accordance with the Department's learning and development policies and procedures, attendance at a formal...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Relations Contracts Data (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Departmental remit includes complex policy areas, oversight of State regulation and service provision across key strategic services such as energy and public broadcasting, and regulation of sectors such as mining and hydrocarbon exploration. Given the technical complexity, economic significance and community interest in these areas, there is a requirement to disseminate information and to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department complies with the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 13/2014 - Management of and Accountability for Grants from Exchequer Funds. This Circular sets out the public financial rules to be followed in the management of grant funding and requires that there should be transparency and accountability in the management of public money, in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Brexit Negotiations (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with special responsibility for Brexit, Minister Coveney has responsibility for co-ordinating 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 co-operation also involves the relevant State Agencies. Work at Cabinet level...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts Data (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The company referred to in the Question  were awarded a contract in 2013 to design, build, operate and maintain the national postcode system under licence for a ten year period, extendable by a further five years at the discretion of the Minister.  The expected cost to the Exchequer over the life of the Contract is €33.2m. The Internal Audit Unit of my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Advisers Data (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: The information requested in relation to my two special advisors is set out in the table: Post Name Gross Salary p.a. Special Advisor  Ms Suzie Coogan €91,716 Special Advisor  Mr Ross Elwood €85,091 The two advisors were employed in my Department prior to the June 2017 Cabinet reshuffle. On my reappointment as Minister  for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 984 and 985 together. The report to which the Deputy refers has quite a broad focus and one of the areas it discusses is the State led intervention under the Government's National Broadband Plan (NBP). As the Deputy will be aware, the NBP is being achieved via a mix of commercial investment by the telecommunications sector and a State led intervention in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: In April I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map, available at www.broadband.gov.ie , which outlines how premises around the country will be able to access a high speed broadband service. Premises are separated by colour into 3 categories. - The AMBER areas on the High Speed Broadband Map represent the areas that will require State Intervention. - The BLUE areas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I refer to the reply to Question No. 235 of 26 October 2017. The position is unchanged. 

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: I have not discussed this matter with the newly appointed Chairman of Bord na Móna. As I stated in my response to the House during the topical issue debate on 28 September, there has been no formal request for Ministerial consent in respect of this project. Any request for Ministerial consent would be subject to detailed financial analysis by NewERA and policy analysis by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (7 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: Waste Management (7 Nov 2017)

Denis Naughten: 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, flat-rate fees for kerbside household waste collection will be phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018, as customers contracts come up for renewal. The necessary regulatory steps have been put in place...

Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: The drafting of the legislation is ongoing in the Department. The Deputy is correct that there may be opportunities to further expand the Digital Hub. This resource has been a massive success and we would like to see replicated in other parts of the country.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: In this year's Budget I have secured €107m in capital funding for energy efficiency schemes in 2018, a 34% increase. This capital increase is complemented by an increased current expenditure allocation that will allow the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support the expansion of our highly successful energy efficiency schemes bringing the total allocation for energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department's 2017 budgetary allocation amounts to €540.3 million, comprising €183.1 million for capital investments and €357.2 million for current spending, spread across six programme areas.The following tables set out details of combined capital and current expenditure to end September 2017, at individual subhead level by programme area. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: The overarching energy objective of successive Governments has been to ensure secure and sustainable supplies of competitively priced energy to all consumers. As outlined in the Energy White Paper, Government policy is to ensure that policy choices impacting energy costs are evidence-based with a focus on competitiveness, cost-benefit, security and sustainability.The electricity and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 232, 233 and 234 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 telecommunications sector so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Oct 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 telecommunications sector so that to date approximately 1.5m or 65% of the 2.3m premises in Ireland can get high speed broadband and this footprint is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Administration (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: In April of this year, I published an updated High Speed Broadband Map which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie.  The 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 colour coded AMBER for areas to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 Oct 2017)

Denis Naughten: The overarching objective of Government energy policy is to ensure a secure, sustainable supply of competitively priced energy for all consumers. As outlined in the Energy White Paper, it is Government policy to ensure policy choices impacting energy costs are evidence-based with a focus on competitiveness, cost-benefit, security and sustainability. The electricity and gas markets...