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Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
National Broadband Plan Implementation
Timmy Dooley
1. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by 2020; if he is satisfied with the download speeds it envisages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16375/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Post Office Network
Carol Nolan
2. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he will take to preserve the services delivered by rural post offices. [16173/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Postal Codes
Timmy Dooley
3. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that the establishment of Eircode has provided value for money; if he is satisfied with the rate of take up by industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16216/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Broadband Service Provision
Mattie McGrath
4. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his efforts to roll out high-speed broadband in rural Ireland and in County Tipperary in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16411/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Mobile Telephony Services
Michael McGrath
5. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the commitments in the programme for Government on improving mobile telephone coverage and his timetable for action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16180/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Renewable Energy Generation Targets
Timmy Dooley
6. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on track to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if these are not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Energy Efficiency
Michael McGrath
7. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider introducing an opt-in provision for customers in the national smart metering programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16236/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Public Service Obligation Levy Increase
Shane Cassells
8. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the rate at which the public service obligation, PSO, is levied on electricity bills; his views on increasing this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16205/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Alternative Energy Projects
Bernard Durkan
9. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans for developing an alternative energy sector in line with current and future requirements, the need to meet carbon dioxide emission reduction targets and the need to ensure a robust and reliable energy grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16168/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Broadband Service Provision
Éamon Ó Cuív
10. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to expedite the roll-out of genuinely high-speed broadband to rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16119/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Energy Prices
Mick Barry
11. Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views that the Electricity Supply Board should consider reducing its charges for electricity, given its reported profits of €635 million in 2015; and that high energy prices are being maintained to make the Electricity Supply Board an attractive proposition for privatisation. [16116/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
North-South Interconnector
Seán Fleming
12. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to support putting the North-South electricity interconnector underground using high-voltage direct current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16229/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
oral
Television Licence Fee
Eamon Ryan
13. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when he will replace the television licence fee with an alternative funding mechanism; if he is satisfied with the performance of An Post in collecting the current licence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Post Office Network
Dara Calleary
14. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to maintain the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16199/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Broadband Service Provision
Charlie McConalogue
15. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to and the timeline for providing high-speed broadband to every home and business in County Donegal; the number of these which have high speed broadband and the additional number which will receive it in 2016 and in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16113/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Departmental Functions
Seán Sherlock
16. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the sections of his Department and the remit which have been transferred to the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; and the State agencies and bodies he will have responsibility for. [16245/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Renewable Energy Generation Targets
Carol Nolan
17. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland is on course to meet its renewable energy targets by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16177/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Energy Policy
Bríd Smith
18. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his proposals to swiftly situate Ireland as a carbon dioxide-free energy user; the steps he will take to ensure Ireland no longer relies on imports of fossil fuels, on the future extraction of energy sources or on hydraulic fracturing in Ireland that would contribute to carbon dioxide levels rising, given that carbon dioxide levels have surpassed 400 parts per million and that the rate of increase is greater than at any previous time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16179/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
National Broadband Plan
Fiona O'Loughlin
19. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when he will implement the national broadband plan and award it to an external body so that small businesses can be certain of a service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16110/16]
Thu, 16 Jun 2016
written
Gas Networks Ireland
James Browne
20. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources to request the Commission for Energy Regulation if it has approved or if and when it will approve the extension of the natural gas pipeline to New Ross, County Wexford and to request Gas Networks Ireland to state if and when it will extend the pipeline to New Ross, given that it has already extended it to Wexford town, and narrowly bypassed New Ross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16170/16]