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- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I would not like anyone to think that the diligent officials in my Department who are working on the energy paper are doing nothing. They are committed to this issue and have put in long hours with me over a considerable period to produce an energy paper that will be well worth the wait for Deputy Broughan and the other Deputies.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Over the coming weeks.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: If I can be around the first week in August, so can the Deputy.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: As soon as I can fix a date. It should be around that time.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I will probably be working throughout August. The Deputy should not make any holiday plans for August.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy raised a number of questions, including the reason I did not publish the Deloitte & Touche report before now.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The reason is that it is an important part of the energy paper but it is not the be all and end all. The Deloitte & Touche report is part of that. We have used it as an input in terms of the electricity sector in the overall energy paper we are producing. That is the reason it has not been published before now. It will be published some time after the energy policy document is published. It...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ââto make it much more efficient and make the market much more competitive when we move that forward.
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I would not be so foolish as to make a statement like that on any report that has had this type of circulation, but all the copies of the Deloitte & Touche report are personalised to the individuals and organisations that received them. To my knowledge they are all still accounted for. However, I would notââ
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: ââpredict that nobody else would have seen it. Many journalists have asked me about its contents. The Deputy can ask the journalists. They have heard nothing from me. On ownership of the grid, security of supply, the experience with Eircom etc., in my Energy Ireland speech a few weeks ago I clearly stated the importance of maintaining the grid and the transmission lines in public...
- Electricity Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: On consumers' interest, there are two aspects to the remit of the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER. One is competitiveness, which encompasses various aspects, and the other is consumer protection. I believe it has considered establishing consumer panels. However, more importantly, the national consumer agency, recently announced by the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, will...
- Telecommunications Services. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy may be aware that the communications market in Ireland is fully liberalised and that the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, is the statutory body with responsibility for regulatory oversight of this market. The Government recognises however that a principal reason for the slow roll-out of competitive, affordable broadband services in Ireland, principally in the...
- Telecommunications Services. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy will be pleased to note that our international costs for broadband are the lowest of anywhere in Europe and that our domestic costs approximate the mid-European average. With regard to our targets, I set a target of 400,000 broadband subscribers for the end of this year. In late 2004, there were just over 100,000 broadband subscribers. Many people said we would not achieve this,...
- Telecommunications Services. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: The Deputy will be aware from my statements on the subject since I became Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, that I am not satisfied with the state of play regarding broadband and neither is the Government. As far back as 2002, the Government stated it was not satisfied the private sector was providing sufficient broadband capability. This was the reason the Government...
- Broadcasting Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: My core policy objectives for the development of the broadcasting sector including RTE are detailed in my Department's Statement of Strategy 2005-2007. These objectives are to create an environment that encourages the maintenance of high quality Irish radio and television services by commercial, community and public service broadcasters; to seek to retain access to a range of high quality...
- Broadcasting Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: In answer to the Deputy's first question, I do not believe everything I read in the newspapers. I have read different versions of the so-called fear and loathing in Dublin 4. I am not worried by something reported in a newspaper. I agree with the Deputy with regard to the radio programmes. I listen to the radio when I am travelling and the programmes referred to by the Deputy are three...
- Broadcasting Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: On the issue of licences, the Deputy is correct in that I did not give a very specific answer to the question he raised. In the context of the broadcasting Bill, the issue will need to be considered.
- Broadcasting Sector. (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: This is a debate which must be addressed in the broadcasting Bill. There needs to be anticipation, as God knows what will happen in the next six or 12 months as all the platforms come together. The question must be addressed, and it will be with the broadcasting Bill. On the matter of An Post, the Deputy may be one step ahead of me. An Post indicated at one stage that it was not interested in...
- Order of Business (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: Deputy Shortall is attempting to mislead the House.
- Order of Business (Resumed). (5 Jul 2006)
Noel Dempsey: I do not disallow them.