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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: It seems shocking that biomass is being imported. What is the blockage with regard to biomass production?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is there a role for Bord na Móna in the production of biomass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Does Bord na Móna grow biomass?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Is it Bord na Móna's objective to do so?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: On carbon tax, I have heard anecdotally that a large number of briquettes that Bord na Móna sells into the North find their way down into the South. Does Mr. Quinn have any figures or information on that? I believe Bord na Móna puts a different colour band around the bale of briquettes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Has there been a big increase in sales of briquettes in the North as a result of the carbon tax down South?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: This committee is focused on an all-Ireland economy. There is a great opportunity for the State in wind energy etc. However, one of the dangers is that community interest or co-operation can be switched off if turbines are positioned too close to domestic homes. I believe the Mount Lucas turbines are 160 m tall, among the highest in the State at the moment. Does Bord na Móna have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I wish to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: I have waited patiently to ask the same question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Strategic Plan: Bord na Móna (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: Coillte has launched a fantastic project called the Nephin wilderness project. Coillte will re-wild 10,000 acres over a 15-year period. It is an opportunity to promote eco-tourism. How could Bord na Móna monetise such a project? The general community would probably be able to monetise it better. Can Bord na Móna undertake a similar project given that it has 80,000 ha?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Insolvency Payments Scheme Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 270. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when her Department will complete a review of the case of a person (details supplied) who has sought access to the insolvency payment scheme. [22443/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 371. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer of increasing the following public sector gross pay bands by 2.5%, 5%, 7.5% and 10%; €0 to €15,000, €15,001 to €25,000, €25,001 to €35,000. [21463/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 372. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of public sector gross pay was exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to €25,000, €25,001 to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Pay (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 373. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual cost to the Exchequer if the first €17,500, €20,000, €25,000, €27,500, €30,000, €32,500, €35,000 of whole time equivalent public sector gross pay were exempted from the pension related deduction on gross salaries of €0 to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Same-sex Marriage (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 538. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality following the passing of the marriage equality referendum, if she will confirm the earliest date by which same-sex couples will have civil marriage available to them; and if a same-sex couple is registered for a civil partnership to take place in August, if the couple's partnership will be automatically transferred to a civil marriage, in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Projects (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the annual amount paid out in constraint payments to the hydro industry, as a result of letting wind onto the system over the past five years; and the amount for each hydro plant. [22215/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the National Strategic Environmental Assessment for Energy will be completed. [22216/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the figures for output of electricity onto the grid from the semi-State owned wind farm at Mount Lucas, County Offaly, to include the actual output, as opposed to the capacity. [22217/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of wind turbines currently in the State; the current number applied for; the additional number needed to reach the Government's 40% generation from wind target; and if he will provide these figures both in turbine numbers, capacity output and real-time output predictions. [22218/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (9 Jun 2015)

Peadar Tóibín: 1132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the land mass required to host the number of turbines it would take to meet the Government's target of 40% electricity generation from wind. [22219/15]