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Written Answers — Ministerial Responsibilities: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The position in relation to the functions, powers and responsibilities of Government Ministers and Ministers of the State is as set out in the Ministers and Secretaries Acts 1924 to 1995. The 1924 Act establishes each Minister as a corporation sole with perpetual succession and official seal. He or she may sue and be sued and may acquire, hold and dispose of land for the purposes of the...

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (9 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: My Department is at present considering an application for consent to install the onshore pipeline. Both the quantified risk assessment, QRA, and the Johnston report, to which I have referred previously, will form part of this process. In so far as there may be issues in the QRA that need further clarification, elaboration or even additional material, Mr. Andrew Johnston, assisted by other...

Written Answers — Decentralisation Programme: Decentralisation Programme (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The Government's decentralisation programme includes the relocation of my Department's seafood and coastal zone functions, involving 91 posts, and An Bord Iascaigh Mhara, with 93 posts to Clonakilty. Data from the public appointments service, PAS, indicate that 176 expressions of interest have been received for posts in Clonakilty, 140 for posts in the Department and 36 for posts in BIM. As a...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: My Department established a grid upgrade development programme as a dedicated renewable energy support initiative designed to assist in bringing planned renewable electricity generation projects to fruition. The funding available is €17.32 million from the ESIOP programme with matching funding being provided from the transmission use of system, TUOS, charges by the Commission for Energy...

Written Answers — Conditions of Employment: Conditions of Employment (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have not amended, altered or authorised any changes to the provisions of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act, 1983 in regard to the conditions of employment of An Post employees or pensioners.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Sustainable Energy Ireland publishes national and sectoral statistics for energy production, transformation and end use. The statistics on energy sources used in electricity production, which relate to all generators of electricity authorised by the Commission for Energy Regulation, are set out in the following tabular form. Shares of Electricity Fuel Mix Year 2003 Energy source Share %...

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I am aware that BS 8010-2.8:1992 is the standard being employed for the design of the onshore upstream Corrib gas pipeline. I am also aware that this standard has been withdrawn by BSI and is superseded by EN 14161:2003, petroleum and natural gas industries-pipeline transportation systems. The use of the BS standard is not a breach of any European standard. As these standards are voluntary...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Ten staff are employed in my private office. The current annual salaries amount to €320,602. The total amount of expenses paid to date in respect of my private office since my appointment as Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources on 30 September 2004 is €2,583.68. Five staff are employed in my constituency office. The current annual salaries of these staff amount to...

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: A copy of the decision letter consent to construct a pipeline has been forwarded to the Deputy for his information. The Deputy will note that the recommendations of section 2.2 of Mr. Johnston's report have been incorporated in the letter under technical conditions one to ten.

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (8 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The quantified risk assessment for the Corrib upstream gas pipeline referred to by the Deputy came to my Department's attention when the developers applied to my predecessor for consent to construct a pipeline under the Gas Act 1976 as amended, in November 2001.

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (3 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 118 together. Responsibility for the regulation of mobile phone prices and the overall management of the mobile numbering resource in this jurisdiction is a matter for the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, in accordance with the requirements of the Communications Regulation Act 2002 and regulations made under the EU Regulatory Framework...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (3 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 215 answered on Tuesday 1 March 2005.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (3 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: There are no records of payments to the person whose details have been supplied since the establishment of the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources in June 2002. The following table sets out details of such payments, if any, by the former Department of the Marine and Natural Resources, Department of Public Enterprise and Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht in...

Written Answers — Environmental Protection: Environmental Protection (2 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The environmental impact statement, EIS, dealt specifically with environmental matters and the quantified risk assessment, QRA, addressed safety issues, among other things. The design codes for the pipeline as proposed by the developers in its QRA took into account the issues raised by the Deputy. As part of my Department's evaluation of the plan of development process including pipelines, an...

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (2 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I do not propose to commission a feasibility study into the need, or otherwise, for any further peat-fired electricity generating plant. The location, construction and operation of electricity generating stations are liberalised activities in an open and competitive market. An authorisation is required to construct a generating station and a licence is required to generate electricity as...

Written Answers — Communications Masts: Communications Masts (1 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: My responsibility regarding safety issues at mobile phone masts relates solely to emissions of non-ionising radiation from these sites. There is no scientific or medical evidence that emissions below the level of internationally recognised guidelines from mobile telephone masts are injurious to health. Over recent years, more than 25,000 peer reviewed studies into possible health effects of...

Written Answers — Natural Gas Grid: Natural Gas Grid (1 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Any intending supplier of gas to Sligo is free to apply to the Commission for Energy Regulation, CER, for the necessary consent. A preliminary evaluation in 2001 by Bord Gáis Éireann, BGE, having examined all possible routes for this project, found that none was commercially viable and even the least expensive option would cost more than might be recovered over the lifetime of the pipeline....

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (1 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: At this stage I have no arrangements made for the St. Patrick's week celebrations. At present, I do not plan to travel abroad during the week in question.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (1 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, which has responsibility for the Disability Bill 2004, has consulted my Department regarding the preparation of its legislative proposals. My Department will continue to engage with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform as necessary regarding the development and implementation of the legislation in so far as it relates to the...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (1 Mar 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I have no function in these matters. This is a matter for the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg, in accordance with the provisions of the Wireless Telegraphy Acts 1926 to 1972, the Broadcasting and Wireless Telegraphy Act 1988 and the Communications Regulation Act 2002.