Results 81-100 of 2,339 for speaker:Seán Power in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Drugs in Prisons: Drugs in Prisons (26 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 269: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the progress made and his plans to reduce the amount of illegal drug consumption in prisons here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21346/09]

Written Answers — Sports Capital Funding: Sports Capital Funding (26 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 297: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism when a lottery grant will be granted to a club (details supplied). [21345/09]

Written Answers — Tax Collection: Tax Collection (12 May 2009)

Seán Power: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of tax collected under headings (details supplied) each year from 1999 to 2008; and if he will estimate the tax generated from the construction and property sector for each of the same years. [18567/09]

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (7 Apr 2009)

Seán Power: The Expanded Offshore Support Group (EOSG) is an industry supported research fund which is managed by my Department and is focused on hydrocarbon exploration and production research. Part of the EOSG remit involves the occasional provision of financial assistance to individual students towards the cost of postgraduate studies which are relevant to this field of research. Applications for...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (31 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: As previously advised to the Deputy a partial fish counter on the river Boyne is located downstream of Navan at the Blackcastle weir. I am advised that in June 2008 the Eastern Regional Fisheries Board purchased a fish counter at a cost of €11,883. I understand that this counter currently acts as a back up to the Eastern Regional Board's five other counters in case of breakdown. It is...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: Grant support is available from Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) for domestic and commercial geothermal heat pump applications through the "Greener Homes" scheme and the "REHeat" scheme respectively. These programmes have had significant numbers of applicants since their launch. Geothermal heating systems are highly effective heating systems and ideally suited to Ireland. Using one unit of...

Written Answers — Grant Payments: Grant Payments (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The 2009 inclusion allocation for the Department currently amounts to less than €1m. Of this, the legacy commitments from the 2008 Benefit scheme and other related commitments will require approximately €517,000. I am keenly aware of the important contribution that the inclusion grant schemes have been making to progressing our national inclusion objectives. I will determine the...

Written Answers — Offshore Exploration: Offshore Exploration (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The Gas Act, 1976, as amended, provides for the conduct of an oral hearing where an objection is received to an application to the Minister for a compulsory acquisition order pursuant to section 32 of the Gas Act, for land required in connection with the construction of a natural gas pipeline. This provision was transferred to An Bórd Pleanála under Section 37 of the Planning and...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 919 and 926 together. Following scientific research conducted by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), indicating that the European eel stocks are in a critical state, the EU introduced Council Regulation 1100/2007, the objective of which is to achieve recovery of the stocks to previous high levels. The Regulation requires the Irish...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: At a meeting with councillors in December 2008, I agreed that the Fermoy Town Council would obtain, as a matter of urgency, professional advice on the existing proposals for modification of the Fermoy weir and identify any alternatives designed to achieve the agreed objectives of removal of the barrier to fish passage and retention of the amenity for the rowing club and other users. The...

Written Answers — Inland Fisheries: Inland Fisheries (24 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: Following on from the 2009 Budget Day announcement on 14th October 2008 of the overall rationalisation of State agencies, the Government has now formally approved proposals for the restructuring of the inland fisheries sector, which include the creation of a single strengthened national inland fisheries authority to be known as Inland Fisheries Ireland. This authority will replace the...

Written Answers — Electricity Grid: Electricity Grid (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 31 together. I am aware of the Ard Fheis motion to which the Deputy refers. While the Minister has no direct role in the operational planning and construction of the transmission system infrastructure, the Government's policy objective is to ensure that energy is consistently available with minimal risk of supply disruption to meet the needs of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: There has been some debate around whether customers would be best served by functional opening of the network or by a structural split between the retail and network divisions of the business. Functional or operational separation involves establishing separate network infrastructure and services divisions within a company to give competing providers access to the infrastructure on equivalent...

Written Answers — Energy Efficiency: Energy Efficiency (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 14, 38 and 210 together. On 8 February, together with the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, the Minister launched the Home Energy Saving Scheme, one of three priority home insulation schemes in the Government's National Insulation Programme for Economic Recovery. The Home Energy Saving Scheme has an allocation of €50 million...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 51 and 56 together. The Minister is satisfied that the various incentives now in place to support microgeneration investment will attract sufficient market interest and ensure the roll-out of microgeneration projects. Net-metering specifically enables the development of small scale renewable energy projects by domestic customers. It allows the export of...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The objective of the National Broadband Scheme (NBS) is to provide access to affordable scaleable broadband services to rural areas, many of which do not currently have any broadband service. The NBS is therefore a scheme designed to provide quality but basic broadband services for those areas which do not currently have access to broadband. Whilst it is scalable in nature it was not...

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The Fuel Poverty Action Research Project was established by Combat Poverty and Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) to inform the future directions of energy efficiency programmes for vulnerable customers. The project involved a rigorous assessment of the energy, environmental, thermal comfort and health benefits of the Warmer Homes Scheme. The report of the Fuel Poverty Research Project is due...

Written Answers — Bio-fuels Industry: Bio-fuels Industry (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: I propose to take Questions Nos. 17, 19 and 33 together. As I have already advised the House, the Biofuels Mineral Oil Tax Relief Schemes were designed as interim measures to increase the level of bio-fuels in the fuel mix, in advance of the introduction of a national bio-fuels obligation in 2010. Market penetration of bio-fuels in Ireland has grown from virtually nil in 2004 although there...

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The widespread provision of broadband services continues to be a priority for the Government. In that regard the Department has undertaken a variety of initiatives to improve broadband coverage. These initiatives have helped to facilitate the development of the market to the point where over 60% of Irish households now have a broadband connection. Additionally, ComReg's quarterly report for...

Written Answers — Broadcasting Services: Broadcasting Services (12 Mar 2009)

Seán Power: The cost of digital receivers for the Irish digital terrestrial television (DTT) market will ultimately be determined by manufacturers, retailers, RTÉ and the commercial DTT operator. The Broadcasting (Amendment) Act, 2007 provides for the development of digital terrestrial television in Ireland and for the closure of the national analogue TV network. The Act requires RTÉ to provide a free...