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Question· writtenPQ 67asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
67. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to provide fibre broadband to every house and business in County Donegal; the deadline for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44831/15]
Question· writtenPQ 66asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
66. Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the strategic importance to the State of the oil refinery in Whitegate in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44803/15]
Question· writtenPQ 65asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
65. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the role he envisages social enterprises performing in reducing Ireland's dependence on fossil fuels and, in particular, the impact this sector can have compared with conventional private enterprise. [44664/15]
Question· writtenPQ 64asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
64. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the progress under the national energy efficiency action plan on retrofitting Government and public buildings; if the financial and environmental savings are known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44807/15]
Question· writtenPQ 63asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
63. Deputy Anthony Lawlor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the consultation process he has had with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the publication of wind farm guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44820/15]
Question· writtenPQ 62asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
62. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to increase the availability of community renewable energy initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44800/15]
Question· writtenPQ 61asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
61. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will carry out mapping of broadband speed-up, downtime and latency by geographic area; if he has investigated mapping based on data rather than reported speeds; his views on whether speeds reported are consistent with speeds received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44797/15]
Question· writtenPQ 60asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
60. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of steps to maintain the existing post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44811/15]
Question· writtenPQ 59asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
59. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of research he has carried out as part of a cost-benefit analysis on wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/15]
Question· writtenPQ 58asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
58. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of research directed at examining the potential environmental and human health impacts of hydraulic fracturing commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency; the position of the Government on hydraulic fracturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44812/15]
Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
57. Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will call off the research project currently being carried out by the Environmental Protection Agency into hydraulic fracturing, given there is no public health research or researchers with medical expertise included in the study and there will be no external peer review component to the study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44801/15]
Question· writtenPQ 56asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
56. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Ireland will opt in to the mandatory smart metering system. [44815/15]
Question· writtenPQ 55asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
55. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the State subsidies available to energy providers, including the amounts spent, by category, in each of the past ten years in tabular form; if future policy towards the subsidisation of fossil fuel-derived energy sources will change, given the specific emissions reduction targets proposed for the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44793/15]
Question· writtenPQ 54asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
54. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and when high-quality, high-speed broadband will be provided in all urban and rural areas; if the frustrations experienced by the domestic, business and commercial sectors due to the lack of this provision, as compared with other jurisdictions, will be addressed; if he agrees this provision is a vital prerequisite to continued economic recovery; the areas which currently have the required quality and standard of broadband services and the timescale for its provision in the rest of the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44818/15]
Question· writtenPQ 53asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
53. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has reached agreement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the regulation of wind farm projects. [44813/15]
Question· writtenPQ 52asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
52. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the action he has taken to ensure Whitegate oil refinery in County Cork will remain in operation after July 2016. [44817/15]
Question· writtenPQ 51asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
51. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the ownership of the broadband infrastructure as part of the national broadband plan intervention strategy; the cost to the public Exchequer; and the date for the construction of this project. [44814/15]
Question· writtenPQ 50asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
50. Deputy Helen McEntee asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of his engagement with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government concerning justifiable and important environmental concerns expressed by the people of County Meath relating to Ireland's wind energy guidelines and the proposed North-South interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44828/15]
Question· writtenPQ 49asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
49. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the updated area intervention map for the national broadband plan will be published; if he is aware of concerns that delays with private operator investment for expansion are occurring on account of the planned intervention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44804/15]
Question· writtenPQ 48asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
48. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he can provide assurances that there are no potential adverse health impacts from hydraulic fracturing, if it were to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44823/15]
Question· writtenPQ 47asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
47. Deputy Charlie McConalogue asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the commitment to provide high-speed broadband to every house and business in County Donegal and the deadline for this; if the Government has failed the people of County Donegal, given that 52% of homes and businesses in the county do not have access to high-speed broadband after this Government's five years in office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44830/15]
Question· writtenPQ 46asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
46. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the national high-speed broadband scheme will be rolled out to the most isolated areas first, as they are the least likely ever to receive a commercial high-speed broadband service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44661/15]
Question· writtenPQ 45asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
45. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on using an underground alternative to the North-South interconnector employing high-voltage direct-current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44810/15]
Question· oralPQ 44asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
44. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will consider a complete ban on hydraulic fracturing given renewed efforts to mitigate climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44822/15]
Question· oralPQ 43asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
43. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the introduction of a domestic renewable heat incentive to stimulate biomass demand, and given the Conference of Parties 21, if he will implement policies to further develop the biomass industry as part of Ireland's contribution to tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44806/15]
Question· oralPQ 42asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
42. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent by which he expects to reduce dependency on fuel or energy imports with particular reference to the utilisation of non-fossil fuels as a means of achieving national fuel security and reliability, and to reduce dependency on fossil fuels over the next ten years, by year; if this is in line with projections and requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44819/15]
Question· oralPQ 41asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
41. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the wisdom of continuing with the Environmental Protection Agency study into hydraulic fracturing with terms of reference that are considerably out of date, given that 50% of research into hydraulic fracturing has been carried out since 2012. [44663/15]
Question· oralPQ 40asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
40. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when the roll-out of high-speed rural broadband under the national broadband scheme will commence; the minimum speed of the proposed service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44660/15]
Question· oralPQ 39asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
39. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if the Environmental Protection Agency's study of hydraulic fracturing could be compromised in the public's opinion owing to the close relationship of some of the participants with hydraulic fracturing interests. [44986/15]
Question· oralPQ 38asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
38. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the value for money of subsidies for wind energy on consumer energy bills, if these will be continued after 2017, the average amount they contribute to consumer electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/15]
Question· oralPQ 37asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
37. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he has considered the conversion of Moneypoint power plant to biomass; if he has conducted a cost-benefit analysis; if conversion would facilitate Ireland in reaching its 2020 carbon targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44796/15]
Question· oralPQ 36asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
36. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if and how he will encourage semi-State companies such as Bord na Móna, Coillte and the Electricity Supply Board to promote renewable energy generation as part of the White Paper on energy policy. [44985/15]
Question· oralPQ 35asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2015
35. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the status of the timeline to connect all premises under the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44873/15]
Record· QUESTION_WRITTEN_PRIORITYP-8-2015-015778open
European Union · European Parliament · 15 December 2015
Question· QUESTION_WRITTENE-8-2015-015823open
European Union · European Parliament · 15 December 2015
Question· QUESTION_WRITTENE-8-2015-015812open
European Union · European Parliament · 15 December 2015
Question· Kleine Anfrage18/7057open
Germany · German Bundestag · 15 December 2015
Erneute Vorlage seinerzeit noch nicht beantwortbarer, ggf. angepasster und ergänzter Fragen: Effizienz- und Kostenvergleich von Klimareserve und Klimaschutzabgabe für Kohlekraftwerke, insbes. nach Verabschiedung des Kabinettsentwurfs zum Strommarktgesetz, Entschädigungszahlungen an Kraftwerksbetreiber für die Sicherheitsbereitschaft, Finanzierung durch Stromkunden, energieintensive Industrie oder Bundesetat, Betriebszeiträume und Flexibilität von Reservekraftwerken, Fristen für die Klimareserve, beihilferechtliche Probleme, weitere Auswirkungen; Zeitraum und Ablauf des geplanten Kohleausstiegs<br />
(insgesamt 16 Einzelfragen mit zahlreichen Unterfragen)
Record· Brief regering2015Z24588concluded
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 December 2015
Reactie op het verzoek van het lid Jan Vos, gedaan tijdens de Regeling van Werkzaamheden van 1 december 2015, over ‘the Breakthrough Energy Coalition’ en het ‘Mission Innovation’-initiatief tijdens klimaatconferentie in Parijs
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7446/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Europa, Integration und Äußeres betreffend Zuständigkeiten der Bundesministerien im Bereich internationaler Klimafinanzierung
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7445/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Zuständigkeiten der Bundesministerien im Bereich internationaler Klimafinanzierung
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7450/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Wolfgang Pirklhuber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Bodenverbrauch in Österreich
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7448/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Georg Willi, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie betreffend Abgasskandal und Marktüberwachung <i>(in der Autoindustrie sowie Informationen über</i> <i>Software-Manipulationen an die EU-Kommission im Jahr 2012)</i>
Question· Schriftliche Anfrage7447/Jschriftliche anfrage
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Christiane Brunner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Finanzen betreffend Zuständigkeiten der Bundesministerien im Bereich Klimafinanzierung
Question· Written questionUIN 19739answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on consumer energy bills of using daylight saving time all year.
Question· Written questionUIN 19742answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will develop a carbon capture and storage strategy for energy intensive industries.
Question· Written questionUIN 19748answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government's decision to withdraw £1 billion in funding from carbon capture and storage projects on the future of energy-intensive industries in
Question· Written questionUIN 19749answered
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether support for energy-intensive industries is part of the Northern Powerhouse agenda; and what assessment the Government has made of the importance of carbon capture and storage for the fu
Law· HRH.R. 4238 (114th)enacted
United States · United States Congress · 11 December 2015
This bill amends: (1) the Department of Energy Organization Act to revise the definition of "minority" to mean any U.S. citizen who is an Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, African American, Hispanic, Puerto Rican, Native American, or Alaska Native; and (2) the Local Public Works Capital Development and Investment Act of 1976 to revise the definition of "minority group members" (who own minority group enterprises) to mean U.S. citizens who are Asian American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islanders, African American, Hispanic, Native American, or Alaska Natives.
Decision· DCELEX 32015D2443in force
European Union · EUR-Lex · 11 December 2015
Question· Schriftliche Frage18/6997open
Germany · German Bundestag · 11 December 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br />
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Wird in der 2. Welle der Studie zur Gesundheit von Kindern und Jugendlichen in Deutschland (KiGGS), die vom Robert Koch-Institut durchgeführt wird, der Konsum von Energieprodukten (wie zum Beispiel Drinks und Süßigkeiten) bei Kindern und Jugendlichen erhoben, und wenn nicht, kann diese Erhebung noch in die Untersuchung mit aufgenommen werden?