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Communications Regulation (Postal Services) (Amendment) Bill 2016: Report Stage (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 3:In page 3, line 19, to delete “any consequences of the repeal” and substitute “any consequences, including for terminal dues, of the repeal”. This is an alternative to the amendments tabled by Deputies Dooley and Ryan on Committee Stage. My officials have looked at the matter again and we have come up with a composite wording and I hope that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 581 and 582 together. Sewage sludge is subject to a range of regulatory controls under national legislation across a number of Departments. In terms of waste legislation under my remit as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, those who wish to store sewage sludge must: - satisfy themselves as to whether a Licence (under the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Schemes (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: It is my intention to introduce new regulations as soon as possible this year to ensure the environmentally sound management of waste tyres in Ireland. These regulations will enable me to put in place a full compliance scheme for tyre operators, which will be financed by a visible Environmental Management Charge (vEMC).  Similar compliance schemes have operated very successfully...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Regulation (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The supply and retail price of LPG is not a matter in which I, as Minister, have any role or function. Liquid Petroleum Gas, or LPG, is a by-product of oil. The Irish oil industry is fully privatised, liberalised and deregulated and there is no price control on petroleum products in Ireland. The Deputy will be aware that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has specific...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: White Paper on Energy (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Energy White Paper – Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030 – sets out a vision and a framework to guide Irish energy policy and the actions that Government intends to take in the energy sector from now up to 2030, aimed at transforming Ireland's fossil-fuel based energy sector into a clean, low carbon system by 2050. In accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (21 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: Information and Communications Technology (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 588 to 590, inclusive, together. 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". The contract provided for a programme of public sector database encoding with Eircodes for 15 public sector...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: EU Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Government has a coordinated approach to Brexit managed centrally by the Department of An Taoiseach. As outlined in An Taoiseach’s speech on 15 February, as a direct response to Brexit, the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform have been asked to prepare an ambitious multi-annual 10-year capital plan that will make Ireland a far better place in which to live...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. I will request the relevant bodies under the aegis of the Department to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal Charges (16 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 supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan (16 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to deliver high speed 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 private investment by commercial telecommunications companies and through a State intervention in areas where...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie shows the extent of the commercial rollout and the State Intervention area. The areas marked BLUE represent those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high speed broadband services. The Department continues to monitor the commercial deployment plans in the BLUE area...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Legal Costs (16 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The total amount spent by my Department on legal services during 2016 was €554,824 and is outlined in the following table. Name of Firm Amount Arthur Cox €12,956 Matt Hayes Solicitors €1,876 Mason Hayes and Curran    €539,992 Total €554,824The information regarding the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: We are all here at the gift of our constituents, so I intend in my limited time to address the people of Roscommon-Galway who elected me to represent them and their needs. I also want to speak to the wider population of rural Ireland about my determination to ensure that the economic and social future of rural communities is not put in jeopardy by political uncertainty. Life in rural...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Environmental Protection Agency (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment seeks to promote environmental protection through putting in place the fiscal policy and statutory frameworks within which the Department and its agencies operate. The Environmental Protection Agency was established as an independent body to, inter alia, monitor the quality of the environment and to ensure overall compliance...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services has not been fully demonstrated. This commitment by Government to deliver the NBP has also served...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Meetings (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: As a matter of course I, as Minister, meet, from time to time, with the Boards and CEOs of bodies under the aegis of my Department.  I can confirm that I have a meeting scheduled with the Chair and CEO of RTÉ next week. As is general with such meetings, there is no set agenda for discussion.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The regulation of electronic communications services, including the regulation of mobile charges, occurs within a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), which is independent in the exercise of its regulatory functions. I therefore have no statutory authority to regulate charges or ComReg in the exercise of its independent regulatory...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony Services (15 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: The EU Roaming Regulations aim to abolish retail roaming charges within the EU on 15 June 2017, subject to Fair Use Policy. At that point in time, the UK will still be a member of the EU and will thus be required to abide by EU law in place at that time. It is not yet possible to say what impact Brexit will have on cross border roaming charges. This will be largely dependent on the...

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Denis Naughten: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following:notes: - the benefits that the North-South interconnector will bring to electricity consumers across the island of Ireland through lower prices, as a result of more efficient operation of the single electricity market and increased security of electricity supply; and - the...