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Question· writtenPQ 58asked

58. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he will take to increase Ireland's renewable energy stock; the date by which a renewable energy support scheme will be launched here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017

58. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he will take to increase Ireland's renewable energy stock; the date by which a renewable energy support scheme will be launched here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49106/17]

Question· writtenPQ 56asked

56. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to facilitate the development of solar energy in a well managed and sustainable manner; the timeframe for the introduction of a new renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017

56. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he is taking to facilitate the development of solar energy in a well managed and sustainable manner; the timeframe for the introduction of a new renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/17]

Question· writtenPQ 50asked

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications for the State's emissions targets and broader obligations in regard to addressing climate change of potential expansion of energy intensive industry here, particularly if same is incentivised by the Government, as in, for example, plans to expand the number of data centres located here. [49014/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017

50. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implications for the State's emissions targets and broader obligations in regard to addressing climate change of potential expansion of energy intensive industry here, particularly if same is incentivised by the Government, as in, for example, plans to expand the number of data centres located here. [49014/17]

Question· writtenPQ 46asked

46. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have had meetings or discussions with executives from a company (details supplied) regarding the proposed data centre in Athenry, specifically as regards the provision of a 100% renewable energy supply for the facility. [49096/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017

46. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have had meetings or discussions with executives from a company (details supplied) regarding the proposed data centre in Athenry, specifically as regards the provision of a 100% renewable energy supply for the facility. [49096/17]

Bill· Public2017/141lapsed

Community Energy (Co-ownership) Bill 2017

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 November 2017

Bill entitled an Act to create a planning condition that enables local communities to invest in a renewable energy project; to create a new prescribed class of development to which such a planning condition can be attached; and to provide for other related matters

Question· Written questionUIN 114616answered

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Postal Services

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what security measures his Department has in place relating to the receipt by his Department of incoming post and parcels; and what discussions he has had with the British Forces

Question· Written questionUIN 114606answered

Renewable Energy: Leigh

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to assist the renewable energy sector in Leigh constituency.

Question· Written questionUIN 114507answered

Energy: Taxation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2017

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a comparative assessment of the tax treatment of (a) Good Quality gas CHP, (b) shale gas, (c) North Sea Oil, (d) coal, (e) gas for heating and power production and (f) renewable energy; and if he wil

Question· Written questionUIN 114510answered

Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to change his policies on energy as a result of the Energy and Climate Change Public Attitude Tracker, published in August 2017, and if he will make a statement.

Bill· HRH.R. 4426 (115th)referred

Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

Sustainable Energy Development Reform Act This bill addresses sustainable energy development, including to (1) increase royalty rates and penalties for oil and gas leasing; (2) increase the amount of renewable energy on public land and waters; (3) prepare and manage for the impacts of climate change; (4) revise the onshore and offshore fossil fuel leasing, exploration, and development program; and (5) include the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System and reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Having Open Access to Relevant Data Act or the Hoard Act The bill requires the Department of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the number and age of unused approved oil and gas drilling permits and the average cost to the Bureau of Land Management of approving such permits.

Bill· HRH.R. 4442 (115th)referred

Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

Removing Nuclear Waste from our Communities Act of 2017 This bill amends the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 to authorize the Department of Energy (DOE) to enter into new contracts (or modify existing contracts) with the licensee of an interim consolidated storage facility in order to take title to and store in it either high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel of domestic origin. The bill defines: "interim consolidated storage facility" as a facility licensed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel received from DOE or from two or more persons that generate or hold title to such fuel generated at a civilian nuclear power reactor, and "high-level radioactive waste" as including Greater than Class C waste. The bill assigns priority to storage of such waste and spent fuel located on sites without an operating nuclear reactor and with over 15 million residents within a 50-mile radius. The bill makes appropriations targeted for the Nuclear Waste Fund available to pay for costs in connection with storage in an interim consolidated storage facility. Beginning in FY2020 DOE shall not expend, on fees for dry modes of storage of high-level radioactive waste or spent nuclear fuel, any amounts exceeding the cumulative amount of interest generated by the fund each fiscal year.

Bill· HRH.R. 4441 (115th)referred

Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

Safe and Secure Decommissioning Act of 2017 This bill amends the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prohibit the Nuclear Regulatory Commission from approving the request of a licensee for a waiver of, or exemption from, a covered regulation applicable to a civilian nuclear power reactor that has permanently ceased to operate. A covered regulation includes: (1) an emergency preparedness or response regulation or requirement, or (2) a security regulation or requirement applicable to spent nuclear fuel. This prohibition shall not apply to a civilian nuclear power reactor at which all spent nuclear fuel has been transferred to spent nuclear fuel dry casks.

Bill· HRH.R. 4440 (115th)referred

Redistribution of Fines to Our Communities Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

Redistribution of Fines to Our Communities Act This bill requires the Department of Energy to retain and redistribute amounts collected for safety-related fines to local governments to mitigate any economic impacts in connection with the closure of a nuclear facility.

Bill· SS. 2151 (115th)referred

A bill to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

This bill states that a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) drilling permit shall not be required under either the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 or the Code of Federal Regulations for an action occurring within an oil and gas drilling or spacing unit, if: (1) less than 50% of the minerals within the oil and gas drilling or spacing unit are federally owned, and (2) the federal government neither owns nor leases the surface estate within the unit's boundaries. The bill retains the right of the federal government to receive royalties from the production of federal minerals within the unit.

Bill· SS. 2142 (115th)referred

CHP Support Act

United States · United States Congress · 16 November 2017

CHP Support Act This bill amends the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to redesignate the Department of Energy's Clean Energy Application Centers as the CHP Technical Assistance Partnership Program. The program must encourage deployment of combined heat and power technologies and provide project specific support to building and industrial professionals through economic and engineering assessments and advisory activities. This bill reauthorizes the program through FY2022.

Proposal· PCCELEX 52017PC0663open

Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Association Council established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part, as regards supplementing Annex I-A, and in the Association Committee in Trade configuration, on recalculating the schedule of export duty elimination set out in Annexes I-C and I-D to the Association Agreement

European Union · European Commission · 16 November 2017

Question· Written questionUIN 113273answered

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Social Media

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many people in his Department with responsibility for social media are employed on an (a) full and (b) part-time basis.

Question· Written questionUIN 113232answered

Fusion for Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether the Government plans to seek formal participation with Fusion for Energy after the UK leaves the EU.

Question· Written questionUIN 113182answered

Renewable Energy: Construction

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what his policy is on minimum levels of domestic content in renewable energy construction projects after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.

Bill· HRH.R. 4400 (115th)referred

Farm to Table Safety Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 November 2017

Farm to Table Safety Act This bill amends the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 to modify the food safety education program authorized in the Act. The bill requires the Department of Agriculture to: (1) include farm workers in the program; and (2) expand the scope of the program to include practices that prevent bacterial contamination of food, methods of identifying sources of food contamination, and other means of decreasing food contamination.

Question· Written questionUIN 113018answered

Energy Intensive Industries

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of moving to a Smart Grid on energy-intensive industries; and what discussions he has had with representatives of s

Question· Written questionUIN 112892answered

Clean Energy: Private Rented Housing

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to paragraph two of page 77 of the Clean Growth Strategy, when the consultation on making the private rented sector energy efficiency regulations more effective wil

Question· writtenPQ 509asked

509. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will have legislation in place to deal with wind turbine applications; if in the absence of this legislation, the 2006 guidelines are being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47876/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

509. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when he will have legislation in place to deal with wind turbine applications; if in the absence of this legislation, the 2006 guidelines are being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47876/17]

Question· writtenPQ 504asked

504. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to put in place new planning guidelines on the development of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind power and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47734/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

504. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to put in place new planning guidelines on the development of renewable energy sources such as solar, wind power and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47734/17]

Question· writtenPQ 499asked

499. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include solar farm developments within the environmental impact assessment directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47688/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

499. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his plans to include solar farm developments within the environmental impact assessment directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47688/17]

Question· writtenPQ 498asked

498. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the lack of planning guidelines for solar farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

498. Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government his views on the lack of planning guidelines for solar farm developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47687/17]

Question· writtenPQ 416asked

416. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's estimates of the amount of carbon that has been displaced as a result of the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy communities scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the warmth and wellbeing scheme in each of the years since 2010, in tabular form. [48107/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

416. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's estimates of the amount of carbon that has been displaced as a result of the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy communities scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the warmth and wellbeing scheme in each of the years since 2010, in tabular form. [48107/17]

Question· writtenPQ 415asked

415. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent on the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy communities scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the warmth and wellbeing scheme in each of the years since 2010, in tabular form. [48106/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

415. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent on the better energy warmer homes scheme, the better energy communities scheme, the better energy homes scheme and the warmth and wellbeing scheme in each of the years since 2010, in tabular form. [48106/17]

Question· writtenPQ 413asked

413. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications to the warmth and wellbeing scheme to date in 2017; and the number of successful applications. [48104/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

413. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications to the warmth and wellbeing scheme to date in 2017; and the number of successful applications. [48104/17]

Question· writtenPQ 408asked

408. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 26 October 2017, his Department's expenditure under subhead C5 - energy research, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48099/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

408. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 26 October 2017, his Department's expenditure under subhead C5 - energy research, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48099/17]

Question· writtenPQ 400asked

400. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the details of the next REFIT scheme will be announced; if other forms of feed in tariff schemes will be announced; if it will be expanded to include more types of renewable production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47843/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

400. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the details of the next REFIT scheme will be announced; if other forms of feed in tariff schemes will be announced; if it will be expanded to include more types of renewable production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47843/17]

Question· writtenPQ 398asked

398. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new tariff incentives for microgeneration will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47841/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

398. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the new tariff incentives for microgeneration will be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47841/17]

Question· writtenPQ 391asked

391. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the future integrated single energy market will work with existing renewable support schemes for uncompleted REFIT 2 projects; his views on whether projects may have difficulty in obtaining finance from institutions due to uncertainties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47735/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

391. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the future integrated single energy market will work with existing renewable support schemes for uncompleted REFIT 2 projects; his views on whether projects may have difficulty in obtaining finance from institutions due to uncertainties regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47735/17]

Question· writtenPQ 390asked

390. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the deployment of solar, anaerobic digestion and wind power are hampered by indications of a decision on a new support system from his Department which would make them viable. [47733/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

390. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the deployment of solar, anaerobic digestion and wind power are hampered by indications of a decision on a new support system from his Department which would make them viable. [47733/17]

Question· writtenPQ 389asked

389. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the staffing resource levels of the Commission for Energy Regulation are sufficient; if there has been a review of the staffing levels; the plans in place to increase staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

389. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the staffing resource levels of the Commission for Energy Regulation are sufficient; if there has been a review of the staffing levels; the plans in place to increase staffing levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47728/17]

Question· writtenPQ 387asked

387. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 17 October 2017, the way in which the SEAI estimated that the cost to Ireland of not meeting overall renewable energy targets may be in the range of €65 million to €130 million for each percentage point Ireland falls short of the overall renewable energy target; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this figure may be much higher for each percentage point that Ireland falls short of its renewable energy targets. [47702/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 November 2017

387. Deputy Kevin O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 17 October 2017, the way in which the SEAI estimated that the cost to Ireland of not meeting overall renewable energy targets may be in the range of €65 million to €130 million for each percentage point Ireland falls short of the overall renewable energy target; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this figure may be much higher for each percentage point that Ireland falls short of its renewable energy targets. [47702/17]

Question· Written questionUIN 112566answered

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: EU Grants and Loans

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for existing EU structural and investment projects; and whether all such projects meet the criteria of

Question· Written questionUIN 112557answered

Energy: Meters

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that consumers can keep smart meters when they switch energy suppliers.

Question· Written questionHL HL3080answered

Cost of Energy Independent Review

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 November 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the Cost of Energy Review published in October.

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