Written answers
Tuesday, 30 May 2006
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Communications Masts
Question 72: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself regarding the adequate and safety standards and requirements in relation to mobile... - Broadcasting Services
Question 73: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the EU Education, Youth and Culture Council on 18 and 19 May 2006 wherein a revision of the... - Offshore Exploration
Question 74: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which all outstanding matters in relation to difficulties surrounding the delivery of supply from... - Energy Conservation
Question 75: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to encourage energy conservation; if he has in mind the identification of specific targets; and if he... - Postal Services
Question 76: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has satisfied himself that sufficient services of a nature complimentary to those already available to and... - Broadcasting Services
Question 77: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to recent comments by the European Commissioner for Media, Ms Viviane Reding, that the regulation of... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 78: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out an analysis on the possible conversion of the former Mallow sugar factory to... - Salmon Management
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the rivers here which have recording systems to accurately monitor the number of salmon returning to the river... - Offshore Exploration
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether Shell and its partners would be better advised to adopt an approach similar to that proposed... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the support contracts he has re-allocated from projects in the AER 5 and AER 6 schemes which have not been... - Energy Resources
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his policy in regard to the provision of adequate and sustainable energy in the future; and if he will make a... - Employment Rights
Question 84: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will ensure all workers currently involved in projects undertaken by semi-State companies which are the... - Broadcasting Services
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he proposes to outline his plans for the development of the broadcasting sector in the future with... - Offshore Exploration
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions in regard to ensuring ongoing oil and gas explorations, on and off shore with particular reference... - Telecommunications Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures to ensure that this State is 100 percent broadband-enabled; and if he will make... - Energy Resources
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the developments on plans for a strategic gas reserve; if the Kinsale reservoir will be utilised in this regard;... - Electricity Generation
Question 89: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if there are plans to implement a net metering system, to incentivise domestic energy production; and if he will... - Mobile Telephony
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the abolition of all mobile telephone roaming charges in line with the... - Fishing Industry Development
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources further to his recent announcement that he plans to develop a comprehensive strategy to take the marine sector... - Departmental Bodies
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he plans to establish the new Energy Research Institute; if Sustainable Energy Ireland will be merged into... - Radio Broadcasting
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if in view of recent problems with local community and religious broadcasting he will request ComReg and the... - Mobile Telephony
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he expects mobile telephone costs here to become the lowest in Europe; and if he will make a statement on... - Telecommunications Services
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the low level of broadband availability in many towns here. [20681/06] - Energy Resources
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development of the energy sector in the event of the implementation of... - Broadcasting Services
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions to ensure the availability of RTÉ services outside this jurisdiction have particular regard to... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his intentions for the development of the various forms of alternative energy with particular reference to wind,... - Postal Services
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to issue guidelines in regard to the use of postcodes with particular reference to excluding the... - Mobile Telephony
Question 102: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he or his Department has had discussion with service providers with a view to the abolition of call divert... - Salmon Management
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the consultation process that is planned for the three person working group he has established to investigate... - Telecommunications Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the degree to which broadband is available on a county basis with particular reference to industrial and... - Postal Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to encourage the development of the extent and scale of services available through... - Digital Hub
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind proposals to further enhance the development of the Digital Hub; and if he will make a... - Fishing Industry Development
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the overall budget in the National Development Plan within the Border Midland Western region for the development... - Telecommunications Services
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to utilise the State's infrastructure by ensuring that broadband ducting is placed along ESB lines, on... - Offshore Exploration
Question 114: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to recent discoveries of oil, gas or other minerals arising from previous or... - Broadcasting Services
Question 115: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which he intends to encourage the development of both the public and private broadcasting sector;... - Telecommunications Services
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to amend the regulatory system for ComReg in view of the recent failure by the Regulator in its... - Fishing Industry Development
Question 119: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his position on budget proposals for the European Fisheries Fund; the areas he is prioritising for the 2007 to... - Broadcasting Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his progress to date on the national roll-out of digital terrestrial television; when the roll-out will... - Electricity Generation
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on whether the carbon emissions system will significantly impact on the future price levels of... - Postal Services
Question 122: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred option for the development of the postal services in the future; and if he will make a statement... - Electricity Generation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if the recent comments by Mr. David Hanson MP, Minister of State at the Northern Ireland Office regarding the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his views on the success of broadband take up here; the efforts he is making to improve availability and... - Broadcasting Services
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his preferred options for the development of the broadcasting industry, radio and television, with particular... - Telecommunications Services
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans for the delivery of broadband and mobile telephone services to all areas throughout the country... - Fisheries Protection
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he intends to re-sign the Bass by-laws; and the restrictions he will be placing on them. [20772/06] - Telecommunications Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the MANs; the take-up on the MANs; the long-term strategy for managing the MANs in the... - Electricity Generation
Question 137: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if a company (details supplied) establishes its proposed electricity supergrid connecting windfarms around the... - Broadcasting Legislation
Question 138: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he intends to legislate to ensure the retention of maximum free to air broadcasting or transmission; and if... - Energy Resources
Question 143: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will give an assurance to the Houses of the Oireachtas that the advice put forward in the Forfás Report,... - Telecommunications Services
Question 146: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the extent to which action can be taken to prevent bullying or predatory sexual activity through the use of the... - Coastal Erosion
Question 147: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the level of coastal erosion that has occurred over the past five years on Irish coasts; and if he will make a... - Energy Resources
Question 148: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has in mind a set of procedures to develop and deliver rapidly and efficiently, oil, gas or other mineral... - Electricity Generation
Question 149: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources his plans to cease the public service obligation charge on ESB bills; and if he will make a statement on the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 151: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if competing potential service providers have been impeded in their proposals to provide broadband or other... - Post Office Network
Question 152: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of post offices closed throughout the country on a county basis; and if he will make a statement on... - Electricity Generation
Question 155: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the way in which it is intended to ensure adequacy or security of supply in the context of the future... - Regulatory Bodies
Question 156: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when he proposes to give ComReg concurrent competition powers; if he has plans for an overall review of the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 157: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will bring forward measures for the regulation of the content of mobile phone products and services; his... - Energy Resources
Question 159: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the storage capacity of oil, gas, coal or other fuels; his plans to improve same in line with economic... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 160: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the number of applications he has received to date under the SEI greener homes scheme for each of the product... - Fisheries Protection
Question 161: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the three person expert working group on salmon; if he has decided to comply fully with the... - Offshore Exploration
Question 162: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position regarding the review of the State's fiscal regime for the exploration and exploitation of Ireland's... - Broadcasting Services
Question 163: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources when the consultants Deloitte and Touche and William Fry Solicitors will report on an implementation plan for... - Harbours and Piers
Question 164: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's views and estimates of the capital development programme for fisheries harbours here to the end... - Fishing Fleet Modernisation
Question 167: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the Government's position, in view of rising fuel prices, on the recent EU proposal at the Agriculture and... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 168: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the recently launched Ocean Energy Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Television Licence Fee
Question 170: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he is reviewing the television licensing regime; his views on whether the digitisation process may... - Fisheries Protection
Question 171: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the implementation of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act, 2006 including the... - Post Office Network
Question 172: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he has monitored the extent to which post offices have been downgraded or closed in the past four years;... - Departmental Programmes
Question 173: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will report on the Lost at Sea scheme in view of the reported intention of the Information Commissioner... - Fishing Industry Development
Question 174: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources if he will provide details of his recent meeting with representatives of the sea-fishing industry; his proposals... - Offshore Exploration
Question 175: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the position in regard to registration of exploration interests outside the 200 mile limit with particular... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 177: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the incentives there are for people to choose to use alternative energy. [20680/06] - Telecommunications Services
Question 178: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the cooperation there has been with his northern counterparts regarding the roll-out of broadband throughout the... - Electricity Generation
Question 179: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the reason he has limited the feed in fixed price traffic system for renewable electricity supplies to 400MW of... - Post Office Network
Question 181: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the post offices which have closed in 2006; his views on a separate new regulator for An Post and other postal...
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