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Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: Sinn Féin is saying it does not want user charges for bins.

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: That means that we are going to continue to generate the same amount of black bin refuse. I am asking where in Ireland we should put it. Should it be put in Galway, Mayo, Laois or Offaly? We have four landfills at the moment. There is only enough capacity by 2020 for ten months of the year. Those are the facts. It is disingenuous to say that this is the only thing the Government has...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The commercial sector is able to look very quickly at innovative ideas. We did not see much innovation in the old local authority system. The local authorities were not interested in providing services outside the towns. The commercial, private operators did that. Now it is being called terrible. Some people are suggesting that we go back to the old system and leave the people in rural...

Seanad: Household Waste Charges: Statements (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I have tried to deal with as many of these issues as possible. The incinerator is coming on stream. Even with that, there will be a shortfall by 2020. In response to Senator Leyden, last year, on two separate occasions we came very close to stopping bin collections because we had nowhere for waste to go. That is the reality of the decision, and I had to introduce emergency legislation,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. The announcement of the phase out of 'flat rate fees' was made on 27 June. The phasing out of flat rate fees will come into effect for kerbside household waste customers when their flat rate contracts expire over the 12 month period between Autumn 2017 to Autumn 2018. It is worth noting that the measure is not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Expenditure (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 228 and 229 together. My Department, to date, has not incurred any expenditure on outside contracts and/or third party public relations communications in relation to National Broadband Plan. Details of external consultants commissioned by my Department for the purposes of reviewing eir’s plans to roll out 300,000 premises are set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: From analysis conducted in consultation with the HSE, it was estimated that the average weight of used incontinence wear is 650 kg per annum (0.65 tonnes) per person with medical incontinence.  I have indicated the provision of a support of €75 per person per annum  for persons with long term or lifelong medical incontinence availing of a kerbside household waste...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Obligation Levy Application (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 231 and 232 together. I currently have no plans to make changes to the PSO Levy scheme. The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy has been in place since 2001 and is the overall support mechanism for generation constructed for security of supply purposes, including peat generation, as well as the development of renewable electricity. It is designed to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Exploration (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 233 and 234 together. In respect of oil and gas exploration activities in the Irish offshore, in advance of the 2015 Atlantic Margin licencing round, the Irish Offshore Strategic Environmental Assessment (IOSEA) 5 Environmental Report was undertaken and included consideration of potential greenhouse gas emissions projected to arise specifically...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (5 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: Flat rate fees for household waste collection will be phased out over the period autumn 2017 to autumn 2018 as customers renew or enter new contracts. It is worth noting that the measure is not ‘new’ for the more than half of kerbside household waste customers who are already on an incentivised pricing plan, i.e. a plan which contains a per lift or weight based charge element....

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: That is not true.

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: That is the law now.

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The law was changed.

Waste Disposal: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 6:To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes: — the importance of incentives to encourage waste reduction and recycling so that Ireland's dependency on landfill is reduced and avoids the need for new or expanded landfill facilities; — the ongoing difficulties in dealing with the amount of household and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Eligibility (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 507 together. I am committed to increasing energy efficiency activity in the rented sector. People living in rented accommodation are twice as likely to live in a home that is E, F or G rated on the Building Energy Rating (BER) scale. Households living in relatively energy inefficient properties spend €160-€419 per annum more on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Better Energy Homes Scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department. The scheme supports private homeowners who wish to improve the energy performance of their home. Fixed grants are provided towards the cost of a range of measures including attic insulation, wall insulation, heating system upgrades, solar thermal panels and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Better Energy Homes Scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department. The scheme supports private homeowners who wish to improve the energy performance of their home. Fixed grants are provided towards the cost of a range of measures including attic insulation, wall insulation, heating system upgrades, solar thermal panels and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme provides grant aid of up to €5,000 towards the purchase of a new full battery EV (BEV) or Plugin Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). The scheme, which will be kept under review, is continuing this year and an allocation of €5 million has been provided in my Department’s Vote for this purpose. These grants are in addition to the VRT reliefs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Efficiency (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: The deep retrofit pilot scheme, operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland on behalf of my Department, aims to help us understand how best we can persuade people to invest in the deep retrofit of their homes and what solutions we need to put in place to make it easy for them to do so. To be eligible for support a home must be upgraded to at least an A3 standard on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (4 Jul 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499, 502, 503 and 509 together. The Government's National Broadband Plan will provide 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 1.4 million or 61% of the 2.3 million premises in...