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Question· writtenPQ 566asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
613 Deputy Pat Breen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on extending the deadline from 31 December 2007 to 31 May 2008 for fishermen who are considering the hardship fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32121/07]
Question· writtenPQ 565asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
612 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the €435 million allocated in the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013 to the communications and broadband programme refers exclusively to Exchequer funding; if he will provide a breakdown of this figure; if the cost of MANs phases 1 or 2 is included in this figure; if he will provide an indicative estimate of the cost of MANs phase 3; and if this cost is included in this figure.
[32099/07]
Question· writtenPQ 564asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
611 Deputy Michael Ring asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when a project (details supplied) in County Mayo will be sanctioned and awarded grant aid.
[32098/07]
Question· writtenPQ 563asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
608 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the official forms issued by his Department for use by the public and business which can be completed on-line; the forms which can not; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[32033/07]
Question· writtenPQ 562asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
610 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the opening hours for the public offices and telephone lines and if they close for lunch for each of the agencies and State bodies that are under the control of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 561asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
609 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the opening hours of his Department’s public offices and public phone lines and if they close for lunch; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 560asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
607 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out a study of opening hours of public offices under the control or remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 559asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
606 Deputy Brian Hayes asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department published an annual report in 2007; if not, when his Department plan to publish one; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 558asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
605 Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of draft net fishermen who have been paid by the Loughs Agency to date; the number of fishermen paid under the drift net scrappage scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 151asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 December 2007
196 Deputy Damien English asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the proposals he has to reduce his Department’s dependency on oil and gas usage; if there is a time-scale for implementing such proposed works; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 187asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
187 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can not get broadband at their home.
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Question· writtenPQ 186asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
186 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the areas in County Tipperary which are to be included in the roll out of broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
185 Deputy Noel J. Coonan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary can not get broadband at their home.
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Question· writtenPQ 184asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 November 2007
184 Deputy Peter Power asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department will offer a financial compensation scheme for drift net fishermen similar to the scheme presently in place (details supplied), if they surrender their licence after 21 December 2007; if the ban on drift net fishing will be reviewed by his Department in the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[31773/07]
Question· writtenPQ 246asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
295 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total value of research development and demonstration projects in the energy sector funded by the exchequer currently underway; if this is less than the 2006 figure of €25 million announced in the Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation, the reason for the drop; if there is any intention that the Energy Research Council will provide annual reports on its activities and expenditure; the structures in place to oversee the large amounts of expenditure in this area and access the quality of the outcomes in terms of commercial viability and value to the state energy sector.
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Question· writtenPQ 245asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2007
294 Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures he is taking to protect stocks of coarse fish from being illegally poached; if the instance of illegal poaching has increased in recent times; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 644asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
696 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of Ireland’s overall energy supply which is imported from the UK; and if, in the context of such facts or that 87% of Ireland’s natural gas supplies are imported from there, actions are planned to reduce Ireland’s dependence on one country.
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Question· writtenPQ 643asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
695 Deputy Paul Kehoe asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the procedures in place to protect personal data within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 642asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
694 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of increasing the number of homes dealt with under the Sustainable Energy Ireland warmer homes scheme to 10,000 homes per annum.
[31210/07]
Question· writtenPQ 641asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
693 Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the organisations or authorities operating within his Department’s policy area, set up by statute or statutory instrument, for which he does not have official responsibility to Dáil Éireann.
[31108/07]
Question· writtenPQ 640asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
692 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the websites that are run by his Department and each of its agencies; the date on which each became live; if the sites are kept updated; the cost of each site to the State to date; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form.
[31055/07]
Question· writtenPQ 639asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
691 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost of running his Department’s press office in each of the first three quarters of 2007 in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 638asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
690 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the buildings occupied by his Department which are and which are not fully accessible to people with disabilities in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 637asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
689 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department for campaigns to encourage people to purchase a television licence in 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 636asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
688 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress made in preparing for the construction of a second electricity interconnector to Northern Ireland, and of electricity interconnectors to Great Britain and north west Europe as announced in the White Paper on Energy.
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Question· writtenPQ 635asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
687 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the percentage of the energy consumed in his Department and in all agencies for which his Department has responsibility that comes from renewable sources.
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Question· writtenPQ 634asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
686 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing that have been reported to his Department by Departmental staff since 1 January 2007.
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Question· writtenPQ 633asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
685 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of civil servants in his Department who have transferred to other Government Departments or left the Civil Service in each of the past five years in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 632asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
684 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the 10 largest bonus payments made to staff in his Department and each of its agencies in the past 12 months.
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Question· writtenPQ 631asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
683 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department on couriered documents, registered post and standard post to date in 2007 in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 630asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
682 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount spent by his Department in 2004, 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 for air travel, business class flights and first class flights in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 629asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
681 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of people as of 31 October 2007 who were employed in his Department; the number who were permanent employees; the number who were temporary staff; the number who were contracted staff; if he will provide comparative figures for 31 October 2002; and if he will provide the information in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 628asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
680 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the full opening of the residential gas market happened on time in July 2007; the percentage of the residential gas market controlled by Bord Gáis Éireann; if independent gas suppliers can access the BGÉ supply and transmission network; and if not, if there are plans to facilitate them doing so.
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Question· writtenPQ 627asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
679 Deputy Simon Coveney asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources Ireland’s oil stocks obligations for 2007 under EU and IEA rules; and if Ireland is compliant with these obligations.
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Question· writtenPQ 626asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
678 Deputy Dinny McGinley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on extending the application deadline for the salmon hardship scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 625asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
677 Deputy Dinny McGinley asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on extending the application deadline for the salmon hardship scheme.
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Question· writtenPQ 624asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
676 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action taken in relation to the €5 million promised to be put in place to provide 50% grant aid towards diversification for the communities most affected by the drift netting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 623asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
675 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a legal challenge has been lodged in the High Court on 19 November 2007 against the drift netting ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 622asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
674 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has had contact with a person (details supplied) since the drift netting ban was introduced; if so, if they are willing to match Government funding to the drift net fishermen as promised; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30906/07]
Question· writtenPQ 621asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
673 Deputy Tom Sheahan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm when the €10 million promised to help the communities most affected by the drift netting ban will be allocated to the people most affected to help them to help themselves through job creation and other opportunities in their localities; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30904/07]
Question· writtenPQ 601asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
652 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he will ensure that new regulations concerned with exempting certain renewable energy technologies from the normal planning process will guarantee that people erecting exempted wind turbines would still be required to notify the local authority, who in turn will need to be charged with ensuring compliance with legal restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
[30992/07]
Question· writtenPQ 599asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 November 2007
650 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if he is satisfied that the consultation paper on proposed planning exemptions for certain renewable energy technologies does not make a distinction between land in different areas regarding wind turbines and that scenic, amenity or coastal areas are treated the same way as land in any other area in view of the fact that existing planning requirements are more onerous on these types of area; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 197asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2007
198 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of new boards, agencies, bodies, commissions and offices which have been established in the past ten years and the number which have been abolished under the remit of his Department.
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Question· writtenPQ 196asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2007
197 Deputy Shane McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if there was contact between Eirgrid and his Department regarding the proposed Meath Cavan 440kv power line; if so, the nature of this contact; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 November 2007
53 Deputy Liz McManus asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the reason no funding has been approved for the biomass programme in view of the ambitious EU and national targets for heat, electricity and transport fuels which are to be met in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 314asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
348 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has carried out an efficiency savings analysis with a view to cutting out unnecessary costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 313asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
347 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the amount his Department spent on advertising and promotional campaigns in each year since 2002; and the amount that was spent on television, radio, print media and internet media in tabular readable form.
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Question· writtenPQ 312asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
346 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of complaints received by his Department in 2005, 2006 and to date in 2007 by members of the public.
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Question· writtenPQ 311asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
345 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the private consultancy firms his Department and the agencies which report to his Department used to date in 2007; the projects each worked on; the cost to his Department or agency of each engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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Question· writtenPQ 310asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2007
344 Deputy Damien English asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if any of his Department’s advisers have declared a conflict of interest in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
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