Results 81-100 of 383 for 5 million speaker:Richard Bruton

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ..., which put in place binding annual emissions targets for each year between 2013 and 2020 for sectors outside the EU Emissions Trading System, Ireland must achieve reductions of 20% relative to 2005 levels of emissions. The actual trends show that under the influence of the economic crash Irish emissions were below target ceilings in the years 2013 to 2015 inclusive. However, as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (18 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...a combination of commercial investment and a State led intervention. The NBP has been a catalyst in encouraging investment by the telecoms sector. In 2012, less than 700,000, or 30% of all 2.3 million Irish premises had access to high speed broadband. When this Government came into office, this had risen to 52%. Today, 74% of premises can access a high speed broadband service. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (13 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...sustaining a nationwide post office network and daily mails service, the Government made €30m available in State funding to An Post to support the renewal of the post office network and the continued fulfilment of a 5 day per week mails delivery service. There is widespread acceptance that the post office network requires modernisation to build, maintain and protect a service...

Climate Change: Statements (6 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...figures for 2017 have been published and, overall, show a slight reduction in carbon emissions. The areas that drove this reduction were energy, which is down 6.9%, residential, which is down 5%, and transport, which is down 2.4%. It is acknowledged, however, that a good deal of the reduction in transport was the result of transport tourism, whereby petrol and diesel are purchased...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures (6 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...post office network and daily mails service, the Government made €30m available in State funding to An Post to support the renewal of the post office network and the continued fulfilment of a 5 day per week mails delivery service. Essential to delivering on An Post's renewed vision for the network is the agreement reached with the Irish Postmasters Union, IPU. The consolidation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...Partnership Fund (2018) Allocations to local authorities are based on local authority functional area population. The individual projects which will receive funding are proposed by local authorities. €442,145 (in 2018) Alternative Energy Requirement (AER) Bidding Competition: Renewable electricity generating plants with grid connection, planning permission and title. As this scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Metropolitan Area Networks Programme (6 Nov 2018)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 812, 824, 856 and 863 together. In considering whether to extend the existing agreements or retender for a new concessionaire at the end of the term of the Concession Agreements, a detailed review of the MAN’s was undertaken in 2016.  Subsequently, an external review by Norcontel proposed that the preferred option, based on the analysis, was to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (6 Nov 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...per second) to all premises in Ireland, regardless of location.  The NBP has been a catalyst in encouraging investment by the telecoms sector. In 2012, less than 700,000, or 30% of all 2.3 million Irish premises had access to high speed broadband.  When this Government came into office this had risen to 52%.  Today, 74% of premises can access high speed broadband services....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Pollution (23 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Ambient air quality monitoring in Ireland is carried out in accordance with the requirements of the 2008 Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Directive (Directive 2008/50/EC) and the Fourth Daughter Directive (Directive 2004/107/EC of 15 December 2004). These Directives also include rules on how Member States should monitor, assess and manage ambient air quality. Under the Directives, EU Member States...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: Expenditure on the National Broadband Plan was first incurred in 2013. The total expenditure to date since then is approximately €22.2 million. This expenditure includes the cost of corporate finance and economic advice, technical support and network design, the cost of legal advice, environmental advice and process auditor costs.  These services were procured by way of...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (10 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...us gear up the regions, in particular, so that we have strong skill magnets that are equipped to support the enterprises they lead. That provision in third level is important. The creation of a €300 million fund which will be implemented from 2020 over the following five years is a significant decision, as it will allow new approaches to the delivery of third level education,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (3 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: I am aware of the pre-Budget 2019 submission referred to by the Deputy and can confirm that while it would cost approximately €17.6 million to restore capitation to pre-2011 levels for Primary Schools, the overall cost of restoring capitation funding for all sectors is circa €35.6 million. However, I do recognise the need to improve capitation funding for schools having...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (2 Oct 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and Training service the best in Europe within a decade. In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion. Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education. Improvements have been made for the restoration of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (26 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...that it is a matter for the Board of Management of each individual school to determine how classes are accommodated in the property that is available to the school. Number of Schools with prefab rentals as at 25/09/2018 Rental Commenced in 2016 (i.e. 2 years) Rental commenced in 2015 (i.e. 3 years) Rental commenced in 2013 (i.e. 5 years) Rental commenced in 2012 or earlier ...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (26 Sep 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and Training service the best in Europe within a decade. In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion. Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education. Improvements have been made for the restoration of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (12 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...Plan for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and Training service the best in Europe within a decade.  In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion. Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education. Improvements have been made for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (10 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...Plan for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and Training service the best in Europe within a decade.  In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion. Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education. Improvements have been made for the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (5 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...for Education, which has the central aim to make the Irish Education and Training service the best in Europe within a decade. In 2018, the budget for the Department of Education increased by €554 million to over €10 billion. Through budget 2017 and Budget 2018, we are now investing €1 billion more in education. Improvements have been made for the restoration of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: The Programme for a Partnership Government committed to investing an extra €500m in education by 2021 through various measures including annual increases in primary and secondary capitation rates.   The Deputy will be aware that Budget 2018 marked the second year of major reinvestment in the education sector, as we continue to implement the Action Plan for Education, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (4 Jul 2018)

Richard Bruton: ...no school received a reduced allocation. The Government is committed to helping every child, particularly those with special educational needs, to fulfill their potential. In 2018, my Department will invest over €1.75 billion in this area - 1/5 of my Department's budget and up 42% since 2011, at which point €1.24 billon was invested. This increased investment...