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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Mobile Telephony (27 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The European Parliament and the Council have adopted Regulation 2015/2120 which was published in the Official Journal of the EU on the 26 November 2015. The Regulation imposes further reductions in the maximum permitted roaming retail charges within the EU with the objective of abolishing such charges from June 2017. As interim measures, the Regulation requires mobile operators to further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Incentives (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The development of a renewable heat incentive (RHI) is an important action stemming from the draft BioEnergy Strategy, and reaffirmed in the Energy White Paper 'Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030' published in December last. The RHI will be a national renewable support scheme in the heating sector and will be open to participants across the country subject to a range...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Speeds (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 484 together. The Government strongly supports the importance of high quality Broadband connectivity as an enabling infrastructure for long term economic and social sustainability. The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Projects (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: I do not have any plans to commission a book on the history of the post office. However, should the person concerned be interested in pursuing the history of the post office further, the website of An Post has information on books already available on this subject matter. In addition, while the An Post archive collections are not publicly accessible, I can assure the Deputy that An Post...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Public Service Reform Plan Measures (26 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The matters referred to by the Deputy are operational in nature and as such are the responsibility of individual State bodies and are not ones in which I, as Minister, have any function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Warmer Homes Scheme Data (21 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The priority of the Better Energy Warmer Homes scheme, which is administered on behalf of my Department by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), is to use the limited funds available to the scheme to deliver the largest reductions in energy poverty to the maximum number of homes. To this end, the works that are typically undertaken represent the best balance that can be achieved...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: ESB Networks (21 Jan 2016)

Alex White: This is an operational matter for ESB Networks and not one in which I as Minister have a role or function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (21 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided.The commercial telecommunications sector is currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Jan 2016)

Alex White: I published the The Energy White Paper 'Ireland's Transition to a Low Carbon Energy Future 2015-2030' on 16 December last. The White Paper sets out a high-level framework for Ireland's energy transition to a low carbon economy and society and identifies a range of measures and actions to support this aim. One key measure is the design of a new renewable heat incentive (RHI) support scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Speeds (20 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is...

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: Hear, hear.

Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion [Private Members] (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: Absolutely correct.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Electric Vehicle Grants (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The 2009 Renewable Energy Directive sets all Member States a binding target that at least 10% of the energy used in the transport sector must come from renewable sources by 2020. Ireland aims to meet this target mainly through the increased use of sustainable biofuels, with electric vehicles also making a small contribution. The Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme supports and incentivises,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Building Energy Rating Administration (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Building Energy Rating System is administered by the Department for the Environment, Community and Local Government. I refer to the reply to Question No 456 on today’s Order Paper.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Speeds (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: The Government’s National Broadband Plan (NBP) aims to ensure that every citizen and business, regardless of location, has access to a high quality, high speed broadband service. This will be achieved through a combination of commercial investments and a State led intervention in areas where commercial services will not be provided. The commercial telecommunications sector is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Charges (19 Jan 2016)

Alex White: Directive 2014/61/EU 14, on measures to reduce the cost of deploying high-speed electronic communications networks, among other things, will require operators of networks providing communications, district heating, electricity including public lighting, gas, transport or and waste water services to negotiate agreements to share their network physical infrastructure with public communications...