Written answers
Tuesday, 2 December 2008
Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
- Departmental Programmes
Question 79: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made to the roll out smart metering in homes and business across the country; and if he will make a... - Energy Prices
Question 80: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on instructing the energy regulator to set a price ceiling for electricity and gas instead of an... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 81: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of maintaining the Power of One and the Change websites; his views on the merit of merging the two... - Windfall Profits
Question 82: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in terms of whether or not windfall profits earned by energy companies, due to the price of carbon... - Telecommunications Services
Question 83: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 114 of 29 October 2008 if he has the recommendations from the working... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 85: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department has spent on consultants, forums, working groups and consultation documents in 2008;... - Telecommunications Services
Question 86: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to a previous parliamentary question the progress made on the provision of access to ducting to improve... - Postal Services
Question 87: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will publish details of the cost benefit analysis on the introduction of post codes; the initial cost and... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 88: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the timeframe under which he expects to see commercial energy generation coming from wave energy projects onto... - Electricity Generation
Question 90: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the consultation process has been completed on the creation of a tariff that would allow micro generation... - Broadcasting Services
Question 91: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding arrangements agreed with RTE for the provision of RTE broadcasting in Great Britain; and... - Electricity Generation
Question 92: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the energy used in his Department that comes from renewable sources; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 93: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of studies and reviews carried out in his Department in 2007 and to date in 2008; the cost of these... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 94: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the electricity market made up from sustainable energy sources; if he is working towards the... - Corrib Gas Terminal
Question 95: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress of his initiative to facilitate a dialogue between local residents and those proposing to bring gas... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 96: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the development of a grid connected wave energy test site at Annagh-French Point near... - Departmental Expenditure
Question 97: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if, due to the Taoiseach's request, he has investigated semi-State bodies under the control of his Department,... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 98: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views in relation to a proposed peat and bio-fuel energy plant in County Mayo; if he has a problem in... - Energy Prices
Question 99: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will instruct the energy regulator to put a new structure in place around the consultation process for... - Electricity Interconnector
Question 100: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress being made on the construction of an east-west interconnector; and if he will make a statement on... - Greener Homes Scheme
Question 101: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the greener homes schemes; the number of applicants waiting to receive grants; the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 103: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on doubts over the accuracy of the broadband coverage map and therefore the area to be addressed by... - Broadcasting Services
Question 104: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he will take to ease the effects of the close down of analogue television in Wales on Counties... - Telecommunications Services
Question 105: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of metropolitan area networks that have been constructed around towns here under the most recent... - Departmental Schemes
Question 106: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of the way a person can apply and benefit from the warmer homes scheme or the home energy saving... - Energy Prices
Question 107: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the steps he has taken at national or European level to ensure that consumers here gain full benefit from the... - Telecommunications Services
Question 108: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the repurchase of Eircom infrastructure as part of the telecommunications infrastructure... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 109: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount and percentage of wind power with access to the national grid; the number of applications awaiting... - Telecommunications Services
Question 110: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on findings that show that broadband connections here are among the most expensive in the OECD; his... - Electric Car Industry
Question 112: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 240 of 3 July 2008, if he has received reports on the success to date of... - Seirbhísí Poist
Question 115: To ask the Aire Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha cén fáth go bhfuil an Roinn Cumarsáide, Fuinnimh agus Acmhainní Nádúrtha ag beartú ar chóras cód poist ina... - Offshore Exploration
Question 116: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of locations at which oil and gas exploration is taking place on or offshore; if there are any... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 118: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of Cabinet Sub-committee on Climate Change meetings that he has attended. [43623/08] - Telecommunications Services
Question 120: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on calls for a functional separation of Eircom's business rather that a full structural split of its... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 121: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from Moneypoint power station; the steps being taken to pursue the option... - Electricity Generation
Question 123: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on a call from Eirgrid for more to be done to construct the 250MW per annum needed to reach the... - Consumer Protection
Question 124: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the fuelwatch website in Australia which is a government fuel monitoring service; if he envisages... - Fuel Poverty
Question 126: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the fuel poverty action research project has completed its report; if this report will be published; and if... - Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Question 127: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding his Department's target as part of the programme for Government's target of a 3% cut in... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 128: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the progress made on the implementation of the new tariff scheme in respect of offshore... - Geothermal Heat
Question 129: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the potential of the deep geothermal heat source on the Newcastle Blackrock geological... - Alternative Energy Projects
Question 130: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has plans for extra provision of storage facilities similar to Turlough Hill; his views on whether... - Telecommunications Services
Question 131: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the national broadband scheme; his views on whether the 1MB service that it offers is... - Semi-State Bodies
Question 133: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on growing speculation regarding the privatisation of the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the... - Energy Prices
Question 134: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the findings from the Sustainable Energy Ireland 2008 report Understanding Electricity and Gas... - Electricity Interconnector
Question 135: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the plans for an interconnector to France; if this would have implications for policy in relation to nuclear... - Telecommunications Services
Question 136: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the growing digital divide across rural and urban Ireland as outlined in a report of the Central...
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