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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (14 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Following engagement with telecommunication industry leaders late last year to address the ongoing problem of nuisance communications, an industry-led taskforce, facilitated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has been established to identify and recommend practical interventions that might be taken by operators in the short, medium and long-term to combat nuisance...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 220 together. I propose to answer 219 and 220 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in almost 560,000 premises,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 79 and 80 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in almost 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Circular Economy Bill provides the necessary legislative basis for the introduction of environmental levies and is scheduled to be enacted before the Summer recess. It will then provide the legislative power to introduce a waste recovery levy to activities identified in the Waste Management Act, 1996 (as amended). Details of the levy will be determined as the drafting of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89, 91 and 92 together. Based on the leviable tonnes to landfill in 2021, an addition of €5 per tonne on the current landfill levy would yield an increase of approximately €0.58m.   I would point out that the primary purpose of environmental levies is to effect behavioural change, not to increase revenue.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (12 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Ireland’s infrastructure does not allow it to manage all of the waste material generated for recycling and there is a reliance on exports to manage the waste we produce. Irish recyclers are competing for waste materials, including polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic, in an open market. There are recycling facilities for PET plastic in Ireland. While my Department does not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (12 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in almost 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools. I am advised by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (7 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention. I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 24 June 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (6 Jul 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention. I appreciate people's frustration when they are living so close to a fibre network...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (30 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 108 to 110, inclusive, together. The contract for the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention, which was signed with National Broadband Ireland (NBI) in November 2019, is a comprehensive and detailed document. To protect the State investment and ensure that the NBP milestones and deliverables are met, the contract has been designed to include...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (28 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 144 and 145 together. The Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (the Bill) aims to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy by providing the necessary legislative basis for several key measures including the Circular Economy Strategy, the Circular Economy Programme, the National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (21 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Question refers to areas located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie.  The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention.  I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 10 June 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in almost 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools. I am advised by NBI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (16 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 156, 157, 158 and 159 together. The Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘the Bill’) aims to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy by providing the necessary legislative basis for several key measures including the Circular Economy Strategy, the Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (16 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie.  The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention.I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 10 June 2022,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the National Broadband Plan providing high speed broadband in every county in advance of the roll out of the fibre to the home network. My Department has prioritised primary schools with no high speed broadband and continues to work with the Department of Education in this regard. Government and NBI have agreed to accelerate the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (14 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: Providing electronic communication services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market, regulated by the Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg), as independent regulator.While I have no function or statutory authority to influence the prices set, or packages offered by providers of electronic communications services, including television...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie.  The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention.I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 3 June...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published in September 2020, contains a number of specific measures to support the expansion of the brown bin service to all households in the State including making the provision of an organic waste bin mandatory as part of a waste collection service for all households. Officials have commenced the process of engaging with the key...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Jun 2022)

Ossian Smyth: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract, which was signed on 19 November 2019, to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area (IA) which covers 1.1 million people, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with some 679 schools.  The IA has...