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Seanad: North-South Interconnector: Motion (1 Mar 2017)

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: There is no WEEE agreement between my Department and the retail sector. The important role that electrical and electronic equipment retailers play in the WEEE system in Ireland is underpinned by the obligations placed on such retailers by the European Union (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2014. These include the following legal requirements: - Provide free in-store...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Prices (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 293 and 296 together. I have no statutory function in the setting or review of electricity or gas prices. Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) which is the independent energy regulator, as provided for in the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: The charges applied by waste management companies are matters for those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation. Any concerns relating to contract and consumer legislation should be directed to the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission. Notwithstanding the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 295 and 297 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed broadband services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority.  This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Brexit Issues (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: The paper of the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, entitled "Brexit's impact on gas markets", to which the Irish Times article refers, sets out a number of potential scenarios in relation to the gas market operation and security of supply, depending on what type of Brexit is negotiated between the EU and the UK. As the report suggests, the issue of security of supply is extremely...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (1 Mar 2017)

Denis Naughten: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, was awarded a 10 year contract in December 2013 to develop, implement, maintain and promote the use of the National Postcode System "Eircode". All postal addresses, geographical addresses and geo-locations are provided to Eircode from authoritative sources, namely An Post and Ordnance Survey Ireland through their subsidiary company...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The charges applied by waste management companies are a matter between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation. The waste management industry had committed to providing a full weight allowance for the disposal of non-infancy incontinence wear to patients...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed broadband services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority.  This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment by the telecommunications sector and a State Intervention in those...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Freedom of Information Data (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: Dealing with FOI requests forms part of the usual duties of officials and the time spent on processing such requests are not monitored separately.  In cases where search and retrieval time was more than 5 hours, fees are charged and the number of cases where this occurred is set out in the table below: Year Number of FOI Requests Number where fees Charged 2016 159 3 2015 151 4 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Coillte Teoranta Lands (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: As a local public representative for Roscommon I was made aware of a public meeting that took place on 20 February last in regard to a potential development referred to by the Deputy. This was on foot of a recent advertisement by Coillte in the local media. I subsequently attended the public meeting along with several other public representatives. I am advised by Coillte...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The State invested in the construction of 88 Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs), covering 94 regional cities and towns, over the period 2002-2009. These wholesale, open access fibre networks are operated and managed in a commercial manner, on behalf of the State, by a Managed Services Entity (MSE), enet.  Currently, over 65 licensed telecommunication operators use the MANs...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Kelvin network, which has been fully operational since 2011, provides direct international telecoms connectivity between the North West of Ireland and North America (New York) and Europe (Amsterdam).  It is linked by a terrestrial fibre network to bring the Kelvin connectivity to 13 urban centres North and South, including Letterkenny, Monaghan, Castleblayney, Dundalk, Drogheda and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed broadband services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority.  This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment by the telecommunications sector and a State Intervention in those areas where...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734 and 735 together. The WestWave project is a collaborative ocean energy project led by the ESB with the objective of accelerating the development of the ocean energy sector in Ireland.  ESB is working with a number of wave energy developers to realise this 5MW project off the coast of Clare, however the details in regard to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Living Wage (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: My Department currently has 17 staff members who earn less than €11.50 gross per hour.  The cost to my Department of introducing a minimum wage of €11.50 is estimated at €63,000 per annum. The information requested in relation to the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency.  The Department...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: For each year between 2013 and 2020, Ireland has a Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) emissions reduction target under the 2009 Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) No. 406/2009/EC. For the year 2020 itself, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their value in 2005. This is jointly the most demanding 2020 reduction target allocated under the ESD, and one shared only by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739 to 745, inclusive, together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed broadband services to every city, town, village and individual premises in Ireland. The Programme for Government commits to the delivery of the NBP as a matter of priority.  This is being achieved through a combination of commercial investment by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 747 and 748 together. My most recent meeting with the Director-General and Chair of RTE took place on 21 February 2017. We had a wide ranging discussion on the broadcasting sector and corporate governance matters, in particular, the financial challenges facing RTE. Remuneration policy is an operational matter for RTE and was not...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (28 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I have no plans to review the programme structures or performance of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. The Authority, which is independent in the performance of its functions, operates under the framework of the Broadcasting Act 2009. The Authority recently launched its Strategy Statement for 2017-2019 and I am satisfied that the strategy, which fully recognises the challenges...