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Question· Kleine Anfrage18/3640open

Rückforderungen von Netzbetreibern an landwirtschaftliche Betriebe

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 December 2014

Betroffene Betriebe in Schleswig-Holstein, Vergütungssumme sowie Angemessenheit von Rückforderungen der Einspeisevergütung für Solarstrom, Auswirkung auf die EEG-Umlage, mit der Meldung<strong> </strong>von Photovoltaikanlagen verbundene Kosten, evtl. Mitschuld des Netzbetreibers, Meldepraxis in anderen Bundesländern, Gespräche zwischen zuständigen Ministerien, Bundesnetzagentur und Bauernverband Schleswig-Holstein; Unterstützungsmöglichkeit durch die Bundesregierung<br /> (insgesamt 12 Einzelfragen)

Question· Kleine Anfrage18/3658open

Die Bedrohung sozialer Menschenrechte bei der Förderung von Schiefergas durch Fracking-Verfahren und die Verantwortung Deutschlands

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 December 2014

Aufsuchung und Förderung von Schiefergas in europäischen Ländern, Auswirkungen auf Mensch und Umwelt, Umweltbestimmungen, Regulierungsbemühungen, Mindeststandards für Fracking, Aktivitäten zum Schutz sozialer Menschenrechte bzgl. wasser- und bergrechtlicher Regelungen, Einhaltung durch deutsche Unternehmen, Importzulassungen, Förderkooperationen und Importvereinbarungen mit Polen und weiteren europäischen Ländern, Unternehmensaktivitäten, Forschungsförderung, Rechtsstreitigkeiten<br /> (insgesamt 28 Einzelfragen)

Question· Kleine Anfrage18/3660open

Braunkohlelieferungen in die Tschechische Republik

Germany · German Bundestag · 19 December 2014

An Tschechien und andere Bestimmungsorte gelieferte Braunkohle der Mitteldeutschen Braunkohlengesellschaft mbH (MIBRAG), Gespräche mit Regierungen bzw. Unternehmen in Tchechien, Polen, Schweden, u.a. betr. voraussichtlicher Beendigung des nordböhmischen Braunkohleabbaus und Verkauf von Vattenfall-Betrieben, zukünftige Absatzbedingungen, Abbauvorräte, Rechtfertigung sowie technische, wirtschaftliche und verkehrliche Möglichkeit von Fernlieferungen, Landschaftsverbrauch, rechtliche Implikationen, Umwelt- und Sozialdumping<br /> (insgesamt 33 Einzelfragen)

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage3380/Jschriftliche anfrage

Verbrennung von Problemstoffen in österreichischen Zementwerken

Austria · National Council · 18 December 2014

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Markus Vogl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft betreffend Verbrennung von Problemstoffen in österreichischen Zementwerken

Question· Written questionUIN 219507answered

Housing: Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of energy efficient housing measures on residential air quality and associated illnesses.

Question· writtenPQ 578asked

578. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total external public relations costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49377/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

578. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total external public relations costs incurred by his Department in 2011, 2012, 2013 and estimated in 2014. [49377/14]

Question· writtenPQ 577asked

577. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the current arrangements surrounding the position of chairperson of An Post in view of that person's change in employment location; the way this new arrangement will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49364/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

577. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he is satisfied with the current arrangements surrounding the position of chairperson of An Post in view of that person's change in employment location; the way this new arrangement will operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49364/14]

Question· writtenPQ 575asked

575. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and taxi payments; if his Department has been audited for tax compliance on these payments and other benefits-in-kind; if these processes have been revised in view of Revenue Commissioners' concerns over practices in other State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

575. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the total amount spent per annum in 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014 on staff subsistence payments and taxi payments; if his Department has been audited for tax compliance on these payments and other benefits-in-kind; if these processes have been revised in view of Revenue Commissioners' concerns over practices in other State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49321/14]

Question· writtenPQ 574asked

574. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form per annum, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [49255/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

574. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form per annum, all external consultant reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011; the costs per report; the company involved; the title of the report; and the publication date. [49255/14]

Question· writtenPQ 573asked

573. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; total granted; total part-granted; total appealed; total successful appeals; total part-successful appeals; total refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49240/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

573. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; total granted; total part-granted; total appealed; total successful appeals; total part-successful appeals; total refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49240/14]

Question· writtenPQ 572asked

572. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has increased the size of a pike for the table from 50 cm to 85 cm on trout lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49236/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

572. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Inland Fisheries Ireland has increased the size of a pike for the table from 50 cm to 85 cm on trout lakes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49236/14]

Question· writtenPQ 571asked

571. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Lough Corrib is a special area of conservation, yet Inland Fisheries Ireland has gillnets on this lake to remove pike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49230/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

571. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason Lough Corrib is a special area of conservation, yet Inland Fisheries Ireland has gillnets on this lake to remove pike; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49230/14]

Question· writtenPQ 570asked

570. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the board of the Inland Fisheries Ireland does not include representation for coarse, pike and sea angling, which generates 79% of the total angling revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49221/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

570. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason the board of the Inland Fisheries Ireland does not include representation for coarse, pike and sea angling, which generates 79% of the total angling revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49221/14]

Question· writtenPQ 569asked

569. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his Department's remit publicly advertised since March 2011 to date; and the number of appointments to State boards under his remit drawn directly from the public advertisement process. [49197/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

569. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide the number of appointments to State boards under his Department's remit made since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his Department's remit since March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his Department's remit publicly advertised since March 2011 to date; and the number of appointments to State boards under his remit drawn directly from the public advertisement process. [49197/14]

Question· writtenPQ 568asked

568. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49182/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

568. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his Department has renegotiated external IT consultancy contracts and costs since March 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49182/14]

Question· writtenPQ 567asked

567. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

567. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the total amount spent on external IT consultants by his Department in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49167/14]

Question· writtenPQ 566asked

566. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49152/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

566. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department since coming to office; the list of uses of the external public relations firm; the internal Department policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49152/14]

Question· writtenPQ 565asked

565. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49137/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

565. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the total photography costs for his Department since coming to office inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance; the occasions for which photographers were booked; the photographers used; the breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; if there is a policy regarding the booking of photographers within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49137/14]

Question· writtenPQ 564asked

564. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years and more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49122/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

564. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of staff in his Department currently on a sabbatical-career break broken down by zero to six months, six to 12 months, one to two years, two to three years, four to five years and more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49122/14]

Question· writtenPQ 563asked

563. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49019/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

563. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the priorities in his Department for the remainder of the term of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49019/14]

Question· writtenPQ 562asked

562. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies on each public board accountable to his Department; the steps he will take to fill vacant positions on each board; the process to be used to fill such vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48926/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 18 December 2014

562. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of vacancies on each public board accountable to his Department; the steps he will take to fill vacant positions on each board; the process to be used to fill such vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48926/14]

Question· Written questionUIN 219141answered

Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how much renewable electricity capacity is projected to come online before 2020.

Question· Written questionUIN 219349answered

Energy: Meters

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what recent progress he has made on the mass rollout of the Smart Meter programme.

Question· Written questionUIN 219142answered

Transport: Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress his Department has made in increasing the use of renewable energy in transport.

Question· Written questionUIN 219138answered

Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects to publish final recommendations following his Department's consultation, the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.

Question· Written questionUIN 219145answered

Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the cost of including (a) the UK sawmilling sector and (b) all industries eligible for relief under the Climate Change Agreement in the scope of the Electricit

Question· Written questionUIN 219147answered

Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the UK sawmilling sector of its exclusion from the provisions of the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Cost

Question· Written questionUIN 219140answered

Energy Company Obligation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many contracts have been signed with each energy company to deliver projects under the Energy Companies Obligation between April 2015 and April 2017.

Question· Written questionUIN 219144answered

Renewable Energy

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when he expects to publish the final recommendations from the consultation on the Electricity Intensive Industries - Relief from the Indirect Costs of Renewables.

Question· Written questionUIN 219242answered

Energy: Prices

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2014 to Question 212185, whether he discussed the pricing structure of the energy industry in his most recent meeting with Ofgem.

Question· writtenPQ 252asked

252. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures that have been taken in the past year to deal with cyberbullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2014

252. Deputy Mary Mitchell O'Connor asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures that have been taken in the past year to deal with cyberbullying; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48606/14]

Question· writtenPQ 251asked

251. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention; if his Department has any engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48569/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2014

251. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the actions his Department has taken to allow for the implementation of the Istanbul Convention; if his Department has any engagement with the Department of Justice and Equality on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48569/14]

Question· writtenPQ 250asked

250. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a full cost-benefit analysis of the new Eircode postcode system has been undertaken; if so, if he will publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/14]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2014

250. Deputy Stephen S. Donnelly asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a full cost-benefit analysis of the new Eircode postcode system has been undertaken; if so, if he will publish it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/14]

Regulation· Rechtsverordnung624/14open

Verordnung zur Änderung der Systemstabilitätsverordnung

Germany · Bundesrat · 17 December 2014

Nachrüstung der Kraft-Wärme-Kopplungs-, Windenergie-, Wasserkraft- und Biomasseanlagen, Einstellung der Frequenzschutzeinrichtung auf bestimmte Hertz-Bereiche, Festlegung der genauen Abschaltfrequenzwerte durch die Betreiber der Übertragungsnetze, Durchführung der Nachrüstung innerhalt von drei Jahren, Kostenregelung

Report· Written statementUIN HCWS106published

EU Energy Council, Brussels, 9 December

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014

I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 9 December. The UK was represented by the Deputy Permanent Representative, UKREP.The Council discussed the governance of the 2030 climate and energy framework. The Commission emphasis...

Report· Written statementUIN HLWS107published

EU ENERGY COUNCIL

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014

My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Energy (Matthew Hancock) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement today.I am writing to report discussions at the Energy Council in Brussels on 9 December. The UK was represented by the Depu...

Question· Written questionUIN 218927answered

Energy: Billing

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the performance of the My Energy Credit scheme.

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