Results 7,861-7,880 of 11,242 for speaker:Noel Dempsey
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: We have a different household distribution and we have more people in households than anywhere else in Europe.
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The telecommunications market in Ireland is fully liberalised and open. Statutory responsibility for the regulation of the electronic communication sector rests with the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, under the Communications Regulation Act 2002 and the Regulations transposing the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic Communications Networks and...
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The legislation that is in place gives responsibility for price increases to the independent regulator. The reason the legislation was put in place was to prevent interference from the political system in the price of gas and oil with the aim of ensuring a level playing field for anybody who wanted to enter the electricity and gas markets. We have gone down this route because of EU...
- Fuel Prices. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Under EU regulations on the internal energy markets the Commission for Energy Regulation has a direct legal obligation in regard to electricity and gas consumers. These include the requirement to protect the interests of final customers and to take account of the needs of vulnerable customers. The regulator is also required to ensure that all customers are supplied with electricity and gas...
- Fuel Prices. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy can tell his constituent that we are not facing that era again. Recently, the Government, which has increased the amount of payments to old aged pensioners substantially, increased the fuel, electricity and gas allowances for elderly people. The Deputy can assure his constituent that the Government is cognisant of the effects of high prices on the elderly and those who are less...
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The second phase of the metropolitan area networks, MANs, programme will give rise to the construction of open access, high-speed fibre broadband networks in more than 90 towns. Some 22 networks are already under construction and the remaining MANs will commence later this year and early next year. As in phase one of the programme, each network includes a co-location facility situated near...
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy has amazed me because he normally examines all sides of a proposition before making statements on it. He sounds like a spokesman for a well known company that has opposed the MANs from day one because they would provide it with competition in various places. The programme will not pay for itself in one, two or three years. It is a long-term investment, as was the investment in...
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: If I conveyed the impression that I was accusing Deputy Ryan of being a spokesman for Eircom, I am not and I accept his bona fides in that regard. I also accept that MANs Phase I is not perfect and will not be perfect, and the issue of backhaul must be addressed. The issue of the fibre to the kerb must be addressed also. If Deputy Ryan was focusing on those particular issues, I do not have...
- Telecommunications Services. (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: As I stated earlier, the telecommunications market in Ireland is fully liberalised and open. Statutory responsibility for the regulation of the electronic communication sector rests with the independent regulator, the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, under the Communications Regulation Act 2002 and the regulations transposing the EU Regulatory Framework for Electronic...
- Order of Business (19 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Perhaps the Deputy could read the Broadcasting Bill in the e-consultation process that is under way.
- Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: In the 26 week period up to 25 September 2006 since the Greener Homes Scheme was launched, a total of 592 applicants have been offered grant aid in the Kerry region.
- Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: As the Deputy may already be aware, RTÃ's statutory mandate, as defined in Section 28(1) of the Broadcasting Act, 2001, provides that RTÃ's radio and television services shall be made available, in so far as is reasonably practicable, to the whole community on the Island of Ireland. As such RTÃ's statutory mandate does not extend to the provision of radio or television services to Irish...
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the independent Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. I have no plans to establish a State controlled broadband and telephone network.
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 222 of 28 September 2006.
- Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), the independent regulator. However, it has been clear for some time that the private sector has failed to invest at the level necessary to keep pace...
- Written Answers — Fishing Industry: Fishing Industry (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Due to the nature and extent of the information that the Deputy has sought, it has not been possible to compile the data within the time available. I will, however, write to the Deputy as soon as possible enclosing all the available information.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy, as a sensible man, knows it is not feasible. With regard to sitting down face to face, Shell gave its word it would not go onto the site for 18 months and it left the site for 18 months to try to facilitate the safety review, which was carried out by an independent organisation recognised by everybody except the Shell to Sea campaign as being independent and one of the top...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The sequence of consents and planning is included and clearly laid out in section 182(c) of the Planning and Development (Strategic Infrastructure) Act. As I have said in the Department and as one of the Deputies mentioned, there is a need, although it is not something that will be done this side of an election, to have a review of the different Acts, which include the Continental Shelf Act,...
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Glen Campbell.
- Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2006: Report Stage (18 Oct 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I do not want to rehash the points I made in my previous contribution. Deputy Cowley accused me of trying to make out I am an innocent bystander but I do not know where he gets that from.