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

Noel Dempsey: The EU Commission's review of the television without frontiers directive is ongoing. The Commission has indicated that it might bring forward proposals in relation to a possible revision of the directive towards the end of this year.

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

Noel Dempsey: My Department does not provide financial or other supports to promote the export of Irish produced television programmes or formats, and I have no plans to introduce such measures. It is a matter for the holders of the rights to such programming or formats to decide how to exploit the use of their rights.

Written Answers — Broadcasting Legislation: Broadcasting Legislation (3 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Work is continuing on the development of legislative proposals that would form the basis of a new Broadcasting Bill. It is anticipated that such proposals would be brought to Government during the course of 2005.

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

Noel Dempsey: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question No. 87 on 21 October 2004. I expect to be in a position to revert to Government towards the middle of this year with an implementation plan to establish Teilifís na Gaeilge as an independent entity.

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: In the biomass anaerobic digestion, AD, and biomass combined heat and power, CHP, categories of the AER VI competition applicants were required to submit evidence of either a current planning permission, or an extant planning application to the relevant planning authority, for the construction of the relevant project on the closing date for receipt of tenders. All of the applicants shown on...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (2 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The time deadline referred to in both of these clauses is 31 December 2004. However, last June a general extension to the time deadline was granted to compliant projects where delays occurred due to later forecasts for connections to the electricity network or other delays occurred beyond the control of the applicant in AER V or VI. This extension is until 31 December 2005. Outside of this...

Written Answers — Post Office Network: Post Office Network (2 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 235 together. The Government is committed to a viable and sustainable nationwide rural post office network providing a range of services to meet consumer needs. The Government has already made an equity injection of €12.7 million into the network in 2003 to facilitate modernisation measures. Furthermore, the Government has strongly supported An Post...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Funding Scheme: Broadcasting Funding Scheme (1 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 171 together. My Department does not have any funds at its disposal to assist private radio stations with their capital or operational costs and I have no proposals to introduce public funding of this nature. Under the broadcasting funding scheme, all radio stations licensed by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland will be able to seek access to...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (1 Feb 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The information requested by the Deputy about appointments made to the boards of State-sponsored bodies since August 2004 is set out in the following table. The following staff appointed by me during my tenure as Minister for Education and Science have been re-appointed by me in the Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources: press adviser; personal assistant and personal...

Written Answers — Television Licence Fee: Television Licence Fee (27 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Under the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, An Post acts as my agent in the collection of television licence fees. Accordingly, day-to-day administration matters are the responsibility of An Post. I can confirm for the Deputy that the regulations governing television licence fees provide that when a television licence is renewed, that the fee payable is the fee that is in force...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (27 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: The provision of telecommunications services, including broadband, is a matter in the first instance for the private sector companies operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation, ComReg. The Government set aside an indicative €200 million under the NDP 2000-06 for broadband infrastructure investment that will, in turn, enable the...

Written Answers — Media Lab Europe: Media Lab Europe (27 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Media Lab Europe, MLE, was formed by a series of tripartite agreements between the State, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT, and MIT Media Lab and was in operation since early 2000. It was established to conduct non-directive research in the field of digital media. The Government invested €35.5 million in start-up capital for MLE. Property was also purchased for MLE to the...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (27 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: It has not been possible to prepare a comprehensive response in the time available. At present, 12 officials of the Department are in possession of credit cards approved and issued for departmental use. Those officials include the press officer, my own private secretary and the private secretary to the Minister of State. The latter two officials are authorised to spend on their Minister's...

Disability Bill 2004: Second Stage (Resumed). (27 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Tááthas orm seans a fháil labhairt go gairid ar an mBille seo atá chomh tábhachtach do mhorán daoine. Déanaim comhghairdeas leis na hAiríéagsúla a bhí páirteach i gcumadh an Bhille seo. This Bill is about inclusion, and people are included by facilitating their participation in every aspect of life. The main aspects with which the Bill will deal are education, employment and...

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: As the Deputy may be aware, An Post has been in negotiations for several months with the main union in An Post, the Communications Workers Union, on the implementation of a change management programme for the company. The recovery plan presented by the board and management, and which assumed significant changes in work practices, some tariff increases and the payment of wage increases, sets...

Written Answers — Electronic Communications: Electronic Communications (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Regulation 13 of the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Data Protection and Privacy) Regulations 2003, SI 535 of 2003, provides for prohibitions and restrictions on the sending of unsolicited faxes for direct marketing purposes to individuals and companies. Responsibility for the enforcement of the regulation rests with the Office of the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Policy: Broadcasting Policy (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Under SI 299 of 2002, Broadcasting (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions), and SI 307 of 2002, Marine and Natural Resources (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister), the departmental administration and ministerial functions in regard to broadcasting transferred to my Department and me, as Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources.

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Discussions are ongoing with Eircom and other telecommunications operators on the funding of the emergency call answering service. These discussions only relate to the funding of the service. Regarding the connection of emergency calls to the Samaritans, Eircom has advised that it has no function in providing connections from its call centre and that, where requested, the phone number of the...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: Under the National Development Plan 2000-2006, an indicative €200 million of Government and ERDF funding is being invested, in association with the local and regional authorities, in the creation of high-speed open-access broadband networks and fibre trunks. These facilities will remain in State ownership while allowing the service providers open access at competitive costs. The first phase...

Written Answers — Mobile Telephony: Mobile Telephony (26 Jan 2005)

Noel Dempsey: My Department maintains a watching scientific brief on health issues relating to electromagnetic energy, including those related to mobile phones. Concerns about the possible sensitivity of children to electromagnetic fields were first raised by a review of the available research related to biological and health effects of electromagnetic fields from mobile telephones. This was carried out by...