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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Action Plan for Jobs (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: As the Deputy may be aware, I announced the nationwide availability of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme on 1 July last. Building on the successful pilot conducted in Dublin earlier this year, the Scheme was scaled up and opened for applications in Counties Cork, Dublin, Kerry, Louth, Sligo and Waterford in recent months. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) are our key delivery partners in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The matter raised by the Deputy relates to the obligation of ESB to notify the European Commission of the proposed joint venture in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (the Merger Regulation) and EU Commission implementing regulations. This is a corporate issue between the ESB and the European...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The National Broadband Plan, which I published in August 2012, aims to radically change the broadband landscape in Ireland by ensuring that high speed broadband is available to all citizens and businesses. This will be achieved by providing: - a policy and regulatory framework that assists in accelerating and incentivising commercial investment; and - a State-led intervention for areas where...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Freedom of Information Requests (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following tables: - Number of FOI Requests 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 Received 52 55 54 70 39 31 2 Refused 9 11 4 22 9 *11 3 Granted 22 17 9 16 2 *2 4 Part-Granted 12 22 21 23 13 *14*These figures do not include requests currently under consideration. - Number of Internal Reviews 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 Received 6...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Data (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Period Months Months Years Years Years Years Career Break period 0 - 6 Months 6 - 12 months 1 - 2 years 2-3 years 4 - 5 years 5 years plus Number of staff 0 1 3 3 2 0

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. The booking of photographers is managed by the Department's Press Office in each case. Photography Costs - Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Company Event Date-March 2011-May 2014 Event Cost Maxwell Photography 13/06/2011 Government convenes Next Generation Broadband Taskforce 340.92 Maxwell...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Contracts (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Departmental remit includes complex policy areas, oversight of State regulation and service provision across key strategic services such as energy and public broadcasting, and regulation of sectors such as mining and hydrocarbon exploration. Given the technical complexity, economic significance and community interest in these areas, there is a requirement to disseminate information and to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external IT consultants in the years in question. The Information Systems Services Division of my Department does, however, have contracts with 6 IT companies for the provision of ICT personnel, who are classed as contractors rather than consultants. The amount spent under this heading is as follows: Company 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Contracts (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department has not incurred any expenditure on external IT consultants since March 2011. The Information Systems Services Division of my Department does, however, have contracts with 6 IT companies for the provision of ICT personnel, who are classed as contractors rather than consultants. All contracts entered into follow Public Procurement guidelines and, when completed, are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Appointments to State Boards (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: This Government has made changes in relation to appointments to State Boards and bodies with new arrangements involving advertisement of vacancies for applications from suitably qualified candidates and, in accordance with the government Decision of 12 April 2011, I have, each year, on my Department's website, invited Expressions of Interest from persons wishing to be considered for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Legislative Programme (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: Since March 2011 there have been five Bills initiated by me and brought through the legislative process to completion as follows: - The Access to Central Treasury Funds (Commission for Energy Regulation) Bill 2011, enacted on the 23rdof November 2011. No Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) was required for this Bill - a full RIA was undertaken for the related Petroleum (Exploration and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department has not engaged the services of any debt collection agencies and there are no guidelines in place for hiring such agencies. The information sought regarding the Agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency. I will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I refer to the reply to Question No. 130 of 26 June 2014. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Funding (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department does not provide any funding specifically for library services for persons with a visual impairment as my Department does not manage any library services with the one exception of the library of the Geological Survey of Ireland (G.S.I.). The G.S.I. Library is a small specialised library and currently does not facilitate those with a visual impairment.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: My Department requested sanction from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to appoint my Special Advisers, Mr Finbarr O' Malley and Mr Simon Nugent, at salary rates commensurate with their previous remuneration. Sanction was granted to appoint Mr. O'Malley at a salary rate of €83,337 per annum and Mr. Nugent at a salary rate of €97,200 per annum. Both salaries have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Better Energy Homes Scheme Administration (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers the Better Energy Warmer Homes scheme on behalf of my Department. The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures to low-income households who meet the defined eligibility criteria and are vulnerable to energy poverty. Recipients of the scheme do not receive grants but have measures installed free of charge....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Communications Market Regulation (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The regulation of the electronic communications market is an EU competency to ensure harmonised regulatory rules in the provision of such services and the associated electronic communications infrastructure within a fully liberalised internal EU electronic communications market. There is currently no legal impediment to operators throttling or blocking access to internet content or for them...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: This matter is an operational one for the company concerned, in accordance with appropriate planning provisions, and not one in which I, as Minister, have any role or function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity Transmission Network (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: I am not aware of any need to alter the arrangements currently in place under the relevant provisions of the Electricity (Supply) Amendment Act 1927 in relation to works carried out by ESB Networks Limited as outlined by the Deputy. Accordingly, I do not have any plans to amend the Act. The existing arrangements as implemented by the company concerned are operational matters for the company...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Staff Remuneration (8 Jul 2014)

Pat Rabbitte: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. - 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 No. of Staff in receipt of Increment 225 189 171 158 121 113 65 Average number of staff employed in Dept. 323 310 289 282 265 268 272 (staff numbers as at 31/5/14) Increments are paid in line with the approved rates of pay at the time as outlined on the website of the Department...