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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
365. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to promote smaller players in the electricity market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54267/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
364. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will explicitly seek to have greater competition in the generation sector by encouraging and facilitating more independent generating players to enter the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54266/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
363. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to move to reduce the ESB's market share by forcing it to divest assets and thereby reduce its 40% market share to a 25% market share; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54265/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
362. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to have the ESB distribution system operator constituted and structured as a completely independent organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54264/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
361. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he intends to proceed to split out ESBN as a separate organisation from ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54263/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
360. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the tax and royalty regime in place for stone quarrying and mining here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54240/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
359. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the possible involvement of local community groups in running wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54177/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
358. Deputy John O'Mahony asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 428 of 14 September 2011, 414 of 13 July 2012 and 359 of 4 December, if his Department has progressed this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54160/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
357. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) in the Leitrim area complete geophysical and-or geochemical and-or topographical analysis as part of their work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54063/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
356. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if companies (details supplied) drilling in the County Leitrim area completed geophysical, geochemical and-or topographical analysis as part of their work programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54019/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
355. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will outline what offices relevant to his Department are located or have been decentralised outside of Dublin; if he will provide the total number of staff in his Department and the number of staff based outside County Dublin as of 2013; the annual cost incurred in 2012 and 2013, respectively, for decentralised staff travelling to meetings in Dublin; the number of times staff travelled to individual meetings in Dublin in each of those years; the costs those staff will be reimbursed for; if his Department has procedures or mechanisms in place such as video conferencing to reduce the cost of travelling for each unit based outside Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53990/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
354. Deputy Nicky McFadden asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures undertaken by his Department in relation to improving fibre connections as a percentage of broadband access network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53943/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
353. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of megawatts of power Ireland needs on a daily basis; the maximum number of megawatts that has been contributed by wind energy to the national grid; the minimum number of megawatts that wind energy has contributed to the national grid; the average number of megawatts wind energy has contributed to the national grid over the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53832/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
352. Deputy Tom Fleming asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to Parliamentary Question No. 251 of 5 December 2013, if he will make provision for the inclusion of ducting to bring the much needed high speed broadband into South Kerry as part of the Greenway between Glenbeigh and Caherciveen, County Kerry, old railway line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53823/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
351. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has undertaken to grant a company (details supplied) first option on the licensed area previously held; if so, when this decision was made; and if the company has not secured an option, as claimed, if he will request it to remove this information from its website, or if he will pass the information on to the relevant Department and authorities to do so. [53735/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
350. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the authorisations that are in effect for onshore petroleum exploration. [53711/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
349. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to commence another round of the buying out of salmon licences. [54243/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
348. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the licensing arrangements for mining in Ireland; the requirements that are in place for public consultation and local opinion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54237/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
347. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a prospecting licence has been granted for mining at Gooseberry Hill, Ballyorgan, County Limerick; if this mining has commenced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54236/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
346. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of businesses with an online presence; his plans to help businesses set up online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53758/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2013
141. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Finance the costs incurred by his Department, the National Treasury Management Agency and NewERA for external advice provided for the proposed Bord Gáis Energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53877/13]
United States · United States Congress · 17 December 2013
Federal Information Technology Savings, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2013 - Modifies provisions relating to the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in federal agencies to require the appointment of not more than one CIO in the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy (DOE), Health and Human Services (HHS), Interior, Justice (DOJ), Labor, State, Transportation (DOT), Treasury, and Veterans Affairs (VA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Requires CIOs to: (1) be appointed or designated by the President, in consultation with relevant agency heads; (2) be chosen from among individuals who have demonstrated knowledge of information technology management practices and ability to manage such practices in large entities; and (3) be given enhanced authority in the budget planning process of an agency and the hiring of personnel who will have information technology responsibilities. Expands the responsibilities of the Chief Information Officers Council to require the Council to: (1) develop cross-agency portfolio management practices and issue guidelines and practices for expansion of the federal enterprise architecture process, and (2) report to specified congressional committees on its activities. Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to examine and report on the effectiveness of the Council. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to make available to the public the cost, schedule, and performance data for at least 80% of all information technology investments in each federal agency to which this Act applies, unless the Director or the agency CIO determines that a waiver or limitation of such disclosure requirement is in the interests of national security.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 2013
Ocean Energy Safety and Technology Improvement Act of 2013 - Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, with respect to the consideration of permits for geological explorations and development and production, to allow the Secretary of the Interior to give priority to reviewing and processing plans and applications that use, develop, or demonstrate new safety-enhancing technologies. Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a small business innovation research program or technology transfer program, or both, to broaden participation in the development of safer technologies for offshore oil and gas exploration and development; and (2) an Ocean Energy Safety Institute, as a collaborative federally funded research and development center or university-affiliated research center, to enhance safe and responsible operations across the offshore oil and gas industry. Funds operations of the Institute through an annual fee applicable to areas of the outer Continental Shelf subject to an oil or gas lease under which production is not occurring.
European Union · EUR-Lex · 16 December 2013
Germany · German Bundestag · 16 December 2013
Unterrichtung des Haushaltsauschusses zu den nächsten Haushaltsberatungen betr. Ergebnissen und Konsequenzen aus dem Bundesrechnungshofbericht vom Dezember 2012 zur halbstaatlichen dena, Überprüfung der Drittmittelberechnung für 2012 bis 2013 und der Geschäftsführergehälter 2009 bis 2013 entspr. den tariflichen Bestimmungen zum Besserstellungsverbot
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 16 December 2013
Verslag van de Telecomraad van 5 december 2013
Austria · National Council · 13 December 2013
Bericht des Budgetausschusses über die Regierungsvorlage (3 d.B.): Vereinbarung gemäß Artikel 15a B-VG zwischen dem Bund und dem Land Oberösterreich über das Hochwasserschutzprojekt „Eferdinger Becken“
Germany · German Bundestag · 13 December 2013
Verbrauchs- und Preisentwicklung bei Heizenergieträgern, Kostensteigerungen in Bezug zur Einkommensentwicklung, Transferleistungsbedarf und -ausgaben für Heizkosten, Auswirkungen der Streichung der Heizkostenkomponente im Wohngeld, unzureichende Beheizungen; Heizungsanlagen und energetischer Zustand der Wohngebäude, Fördermaßnahmen zur energetischen Gebäudesanierung, insbes. Heizungsmodernisierung bei Begrenzung der Mietkosten, erzielte Endenergieeinsparung<br /> (insgesamt 29 Einzelfragen)
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
129. Deputy Lucinda Creighton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total number of meetings he, his special adviser or his officials have had with a person (details supplied) since March of 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53627/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
128. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will bring forward legislation to ensure that essential power services can always be protected from the threat of industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53610/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
127. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update regarding the roll out of broadband to rural areas in County Kildare; when it is proposed to have full broadband coverage in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53489/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
126. Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding East Clare Community Co-Op Society Ltd. received from his Department in 2010 to 2012, inclusive, and to date in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53408/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 December 2013
125. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources further to his comments that Irish biofuel is from waste material and that we do not use any food crop in its manufacture, if his attention has been drawn to the inaccuracy of this statement as according to the National Oil Reserves Agency's 2012 annual report on the biofuels obligation scheme, document No. 457-X0098 rev. 2, September 2013 (details supplied), all of the 38,522,508 litres of bioethanol used in Ireland were from food crops maize, sugar cane and wheat and approximately one tenth of this , 3.8 million litres, were from Guatemalan sugar cane, all amounting to 45% of the biodiesel used in Ireland in 2012 coming from food crops. [53491/13]
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2013
Export American Natural Gas Act of 2013 - Amends the Natural Gas Act to direct the Secretary of Energy to either approve or deny an application to export liquefied natural gas (LNG), whether through an onshore or offshore terminal, within 60 days after the later of: (1) receiving a completed application; and (2) the applicant's contracting with a customer for the LNG proposed to be exported. Deems the application approved if the Secretary has neither approved nor denied it by such 60-day deadline. Declares this Act inapplicable to applications for export to a nation to which export is prohibited by law. Directs the Secretary of State to report to Congress on: (1) how the economic policies of foreign countries with natural gas resources and reserves relate to the development and production of their natural gas resources and reserves, as well as the extent and status of their natural gas resources and reserves; (2) the potential of such countries to export their natural gas production to the global market, including the impact of such exports upon the global market; and (3) U.S. actions to foster natural gas exports to foreign countries having an interest in importing natural gas from the United States.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2013
Amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to exempt decorative hearth products from consideration as direct heating equipment subject to the Act's energy efficiency standards. Defines a "decorative hearth product" as a vented gas fireplace, stove, gas fireplace insert, or gas log set that: (1) is not certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard and, in the case of vented gas fireplaces, fireplace inserts, or stoves, is certified to the ANSI Z21.50 standard; (2) is sold without a thermostat and with a warranty provision expressly voiding manufacturer warranties in the event the product is used with a thermostat; and (3) contains no energy efficiency representations other than P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada. Adds the product category "vented hearth heater," defined as a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, or stove: (1) for which any AFUE (annual fuel utilization efficiency) representation, or representation with respect to P.4 efficiencies required for products sold in Canada, is made in any manufacturer advertising or literature; (2) certified to the ANSI Z21.88 standard or identified in any manufacturer literature or advertising as a "heater-rated" product; or (3) equipped by the manufacturer with a thermostatic control. Deems a vented gas fireplace, fireplace insert, stove, or gas log set that is not a decorative hearth product to be direct heating equipment for purposes of the Act.
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2013
Home Heating and Cooling Efficiently Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt electric heat pumps and water heaters from the $300 limitation on residential energy property expenditures for purposes of the tax credit for nonbusiness energy efficiency expenditures (thus making the maximum $500 limitation on energy efficiency improvements applicable to such heat pumps and water heaters).
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 2013
Igniting American Research Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code, with respect to the tax credit for increasing research expenditures, to: (1) extend such credit through 2014; (2) increase the rate of the alternative simplified research tax credit to 20% and make such credit permanent; (3) allow a 20% research tax credit for payments to a tax-exempt biotechnology research consortium for biotechnology research; and (4) modify the requirements relating to the eligibility of an energy research consortium for the tax credit to require at least 3 unrelated persons (currently, 5 unrelated persons) to make payments to such a consortium for energy research.
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 December 2013
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 December 2013
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 12 December 2013
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2013
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Matthias Köchl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend betreffend Exporte von Gütern zum Bau von Atomkraftwerken
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
Joint Committee on Transport and Communications
United Kingdom · House of Lords · 11 December 2013
European Union · European Parliament · 11 December 2013
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
104. Deputy Jim Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the cost incurred in his Department as a result of Oireachtas Members initiating legal challenges in the courts for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53650/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
103. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of EU directives related to his Department that have yet to be transposed into Irish law despite the deadline date having passed; when is it proposed that these directives will be transposed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53348/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
102. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the memorandum of understanding between the UK and Ireland on the export of wind generated electricity to the UK; if a detailed draft has been agreed; if this memorandum will be made public; the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53313/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
101. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the position regarding the draft offshore renewable energy development plan. [53312/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
100. Deputy Luke 'Ming' Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if under the memorandum of understanding between Ireland and the UK on wind energy, Ireland will forfeit all its claims to the carbon credits created by the proposed wind farms on cutaway bogs in the midlands; the persons that will be given ownership of such credits; if there is a time limit to any agreement on carbon credits under the memorandum or is it open ended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53310/13]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 December 2013
99. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding paying Government payments through An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53297/13]