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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jun 2016)

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 a Partnership 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Infrastructure (16 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 262 and 263 together. The provision of mobile telephony services is undertaken by telecommunications service providers operating in a fully liberalised market under licences provided by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg). It is subject to a requirement to secure access to the required radio spectrum by way of licence. The management of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The 2009 Renewable Energy Directive sets all Member States a binding target that at least 10% of the energy used in the transport sector must come from renewable sources by 2020. Ireland aims to meet this target mainly through the increased use of sustainable biofuels with electric vehicles also making a small contribution. In 2015, 5.7% of our energy needs in the transport sector were met...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Policy (16 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The Energy White Paper, Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030, published in December last, sets out a vision and a framework to guide Irish energy policy up to 2030, aimed at transforming Ireland's fossil-fuel based energy sector into a clean, low carbon system by 2050.  The White Paper envisages the increased use of electricity and bioenergy to heat homes and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Network (16 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: It is Government policy that An Post remains a strong and viable company, in a position to provide a high quality postal service and maintain a nationwide network of customer focused post offices in the community. The Final Report of the Post Office Network Business Development Group, published in January, clearly sets out the challenges that An Post and Postmasters face as they ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Post Office Closures (16 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: Matters relating to the post office network, including the opening and closing of post offices, are an operational matter for the Board and management of An Post and one in which I have no statutory function. I will request An Post to issue a reply directly to the Deputy regarding the matter referred to in the Question.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Inland Fisheries Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: Section 41(2)(c) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 provides that Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) shall prepare, adopt and submit a new Corporate Plan for the approval of the Minister every five years or within six months of the appointment of a new Minister. The draft Corporate Plan 2016 – 2020 has been prepared by IFI and will be submitted for Ministerial approval in the coming weeks....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The cost to date for establishing the National Postcode System (NPS) is €21.205m (VAT inclusive) and is broken down in the following table: Contractual Costs Cost to Exchequer over life of the contract (VAT inclusive) Paid to end June 2016 (Vat inclusive) NPS Design €3.2m €3.2m PSB Database encoding €11.5m €11.5m NPS Launch and dissemination...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: Eircode is compatible with Global Positioning System (GPS) functionality, as each Eircode provides a GPS location for each postal address. This allows Eircodes to be used with GPS enabled devices to accurately give directions and locate properties. Contracts have been signed with satellite navigation companies and negotiations are ongoing with others. Google and Eircode are working together...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: In 2006 the National Postcodes Project Board (NPPB) recommended that the optimum technical solution to be adopted for a national postcode was the 'Postal Sector Model'. This uses an 'ABC 123' structure to reference in the first instance the relevant Post Town, and secondly the 'Block Face' (a grouping of approximately 40 to 50 dwellings); it was, however,  recognised at that time...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: I presume the Deputy is referring to the "CBRE Ireland Logistics & Supply Chain Confidence Index 2016" which includes a short analysis on the introduction and usage of Eircodes. In addition to the statistic referenced by the Deputy in his question, the report also notes that two thirds of the survey respondents said the introduction of the Eircode postcode...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Postal Codes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 534 and 537 together. Since the Eircode launch, Capita, the Postcode Contractor, has signed up a total of 28 Eircode Value Added Re-sellers who provide a broad spectrum of Eircode specialist services to business including, location based applications for logistics/deliveries sector, address validation, database cleansing, address look ups and a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The National Smart Metering Programme is managed by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Under the EU’s Third Energy Package, “where roll-out of smart meters is assessed positively, at least 80% of consumers shall be equipped with intelligent metering systems by 2020.” Across Europe, the appraisal of smart metering has varied. In Ireland, a cost benefit analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Schemes (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The National Smart Metering Programme is managed by the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER). Under the EU’s Third Energy Package, “where roll-out of smart meters is assessed positively, at least 80% of consumers shall be equipped with intelligent metering systems by 2020.” Across Europe, the appraisal of smart metering has varied. In Ireland, a cost benefit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Hydraulic Fracturing Policy (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: In coming to a view whether the use of this technology could be permitted in Ireland, it was considered necessary in the first instance to establish if it could be carried out in a manner that would not negatively impact on the environment and human health. A research programme has been put in place which is administered by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with oversight...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Feed in Tariff Scheme Eligibility (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The White Paper on Energy Policy includes a commitment to introduce a new Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) designed to encourage the development of Ireland’s abundant, diverse and indigenous renewable energy resources. The Programme for Government also commits to facilitating the development of solar energy projects.In July 2015, the Department launched the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: The magazine referred to in the Question is distributed to my Department free of charge.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: My Department buys a limited number of newspapers and in 2015 spent a total of €7,291.05 on such purchases. Staff in my Department also utilise online news resources which reduces the requirement for paper editions and  the associated costs.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Data (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 and 544 together. Following the introduction of PeoplePoint shared service, the number of staff employed in the Human Resources Division of my Department has reduced from 12. 5 to 7.3 full time equivalents.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Staff (14 Jun 2016)

Denis Naughten: There are two (2) staff members working exclusively on constituency matters in my Department.