Results 341-360 of 381 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Seanad: Broadband Infrastructure Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 Oct 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I could not connect my mobile telephone to the network. I could not run Skype on the network. I could not send a single 5 Mb video file from the convention centre. While it is useful to analyse and use international comparisons to determine what is happening in other countries and learn from them, we must remember that we have our own unique characteristics. We do not have the high...

Written Answers — Fishing Industry Development: Fishing Industry Development (21 Oct 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The Community Support Scheme, amounting to €5 million, has been made available to those affected by the cessation of the mixed stock salmon fishery through the implementing bodies viz. 15 LEADER companies and Comhdháil Oileáin na hÉireann, in respect of island communities and Meitheal Forbartha na Gaeltachta Teoranta, in respect of the Gaeltacht areas. The scheme is primarily targeted at...

Energy Poverty: Motion (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Ryan: .... It is a good example of how we can target investment at low income housing. I doubled the allocation to the low income housing scheme, bringing the total allocation for this year up to €5 million, allowing the SEI to fund energy upgrades for some 5,000 vulnerable householders. At the end of this year the scheme will have delivered energy improvements and energy efficiency measures to...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (1 Oct 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...a boiler lagging jacket, draught proofing measures and CFLs. Advice is also provided to householders on minimising energy use. These measures are provided free or at a token cost. I have made €5 million available to SEI for this Scheme in 2008. The Pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme which I launched earlier this year is designed to incentivise householders to undertake energy efficiency...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (30 Sep 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...a boiler lagging jacket, draught proofing measures and CFLs. Advice is also provided to householders on minimising energy use. These measures are provided free or at a token cost. I have made €5 million available to this scheme in 2008. Other householders can avail of grants of up to 30% of the cost of energy efficiency improvement measures under the Home Energy Saving Scheme. I...

Written Answers — Motor Fuels: Motor Fuels (10 Jul 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...in Ireland in June 2004 was 93.8 cent per litre and in June 2008 was 129.8 cent per litre. This represents an increase of just under 39%. The average price of diesel in Ireland in June 2004 was 85.3 cent per litre and was 139.9 cent per litre in June 2008. This represents an increase of 64%. The regulation of ESB electricity tariffs and Bord Gáis Éireann (BGÉ) gas tariffs is the...

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (10 Jul 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...Government is committed to increasing the energy generated from renewable resources and so reduce the impact of rising fossil fuel prices. We have set ourselves ambitious targets of generating 15% of our electricity needs from renewable sources by 2010 and 33% by 2020. I am confident that we will achieve those targets. Householders can individually reduce their dependence on oil or gas...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (10 Jul 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...advice at little or no cost to eligible households. These measures can significantly reduce the amount of energy required to heat and light the home. I have recently allocated a further €1 million to the Low Income Housing Programme, bringing the total 2008 allocation to €5 million. This will enable SEI to fund such energy upgrades for 5,000 vulnerable households this year. The...

Written Answers — Local Authority Housing: Local Authority Housing (8 Jul 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...Heritage and Local Government provides separate funding through the Central Heating Scheme to local authorities to upgrade the heating and energy performance standards of public housing. €26 million has been provided for the scheme this year which it is estimated will benefit up to 5,000 Local Authority Households. I have also doubled the budget for the Low Income Housing Programme to...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency Schemes: Energy Efficiency Schemes (1 Jul 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched the Pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme in April with a budget of €5 million for 2008. The Scheme is designed to incentivise homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, thus reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The Scheme is primarily aimed at older housing stock which is likely to be most in need of energy efficiency retrofitting. The Pilot Scheme is...

Alternative Energy Projects. (29 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...firmly committed to the sustainable development and deployment of bio-fuels in line with the EU commitments agreed by the European Council in March 2007. We have committed to achieving a target of 5.75% market penetration by 2010, in accordance with the current EU bio-fuels directive and Commission proposals in this area. We have also committed to achieving 10% market penetration of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (27 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 480 and 482 together. I launched the Pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme last month with a budget of €5 million for 2008. The Scheme, which is administered by Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI), is designed to incentivise homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their homes thus reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The Pilot Scheme is...

Written Answers — Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (27 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...sustainable development of Ireland's bioenergy potential. The cumulative effect of these actions over the period has the potential to deliver reductions of greenhouse gas emissions by at least 2 million tonnes per annum by 2020. In the electricity sector there is now over 1,100 Mega Watts of renewable generation capacity connected to the grid and over 9 per cent of electricity is being...

Seanad: Broadcasting Bill 2008: Second Stage (22 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...granted to RTE and TG4 and takes into account the increasing convergence in digital technologies between our broadcasting and telecommunications industries. The Bill represents a consolidation of 50 years of Irish broadcasting legislation going back to the Broadcasting Authority Act 1960, which established RTE. It amends a number of Acts in between, including the Radio and Television Act...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (20 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched a pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme on 24 April this year. The pilot scheme, for which funding of €5 million is provided in 2008, is designed to encourage owners of older homes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, primarily through insulation measures. Informed by the emerging outcomes of the pilot scheme I will be discussing the funding of a national roll-out of the...

Written Answers — Housing Grants: Housing Grants (15 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched a pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme on 24 April. The pilot scheme, for which funding of €5 million is provided in 2008, is designed to encourage owners of older homes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, primarily through insulation measures. The ongoing results of the pilot scheme will inform the roll-out of the full scale national scheme envisaged in the Programme...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (13 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 546 and 550 together. I launched the pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme on 24 April. The pilot scheme, for which funding of €5 million is provided in 2008, is designed to encourage owners of older homes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, primarily through insulation measures. The ongoing results of the pilot scheme will inform the roll-out of...

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (8 May 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...by community based installers working closely in association with other intermediaries including the St. Vincent de Paul Society, Health Services and GP networks. I have provided some €4 million to Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) in 2008 to fund the Warmer Homes Scheme, which is an increase over the €2.5m available to this scheme in 2007. The Fuel Poverty Action Research Project is...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The Community Support Scheme, amounting to €5 million, details of which were published on 7 March 2008 and can be viewed on the Department's website, will be made available to those affected by the cessation of the mixed stock salmon fishery. The Scheme is directed at the development of additional economic opportunities for crews and employees in the processing and ancillary sectors in the...

Written Answers — Department Schemes: Department Schemes (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched a pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme on 24 April with a budget of €5 million in 2008. The scheme is designed to encourage owners of older homes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, including through insulation measures. This regional pilot is designed to inform the roll-out of the full scale €100 million national scheme envisaged in the Programme for Government. The...