Timmy Dooley

Fianna Fáil · Clare

Activity on Environment — 672 events (34 lobbying · 636 questions · 2 votes) full profile →

• 2026-01-30
  LOBBY
  Hydrogen Ireland Association Environment

  • Hydrogen Policy - Energy security
• 2026-01-21
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  TRANE TECHNOLOGIES PLC Environment

  • General company introduction and request for a meeting to discuss transport refrigeration and industrial heating and cooling.
• 2026-01-21
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  Regnum Renewables Development Ltd Development and Zoning

  • Regnum Renewables introduced the company and a proposed wind farm development near Lissycasey to Clare TD and Minister of State in Department of Climate, Energy and Environment Timmy Dooley after an initial round of community engagement.
• 2026-01-21
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  Yewtree Infotainment Unlimited Company Development and Zoning

  • Regnum Renewables introduced the company and a proposed wind farm development near Lissycasey to Clare TD and Minister of State in Department of Climate, Energy and Environment Timmy Dooley after an initial round of community engagement.
• 2026-01-20
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • IFA Budget 2026 Briefing
• 2026-01-20
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  Irish Wildlife Trust CLG. Environment

  • Common Fisheries Policy, marine protected area legislation, habitat and birds directive, nature restoration regulation, weakening of environmental laws at EU level under simplification agenda, upcoming Irish presidency of the EU Council. Fox hunting Bill
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Fair Seas Ireland 2 returns Environment

  • Tagging DPOs on Twitter - raising awareness levels of MPA process in Ireland and Europe
  • Letters and follow up meetings with relevant Ministers
• 2026-01-19
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  Cork Chamber 2 returns Environment

  • Letters from Cork Chamber to Ministers O'Brien and Dooley
  • Letters from Cork Chamber to Ministers O'Brien and Dooley
• 2026-01-17
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 9 returns EnvironmentFinance

  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Measures to Support Climate Action on Farm
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission Measures to Support Climate Action on Farm - Energy From Farms
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Measures to Support Climate Action on Farm - Protein Crop Supports
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Measures to Support Climate Action on Farm - Multi-Species Sward Scheme Including Red Clover
  • Measures to Support Farm Enterprises - Suckler Cow and Beef
  • Measures to Support Farm Enterprises - Sheep
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Cross Sector Support - Designated Area Payments
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Cross Sector Support - Farm Finance
  • Cross Sector Support - LEADER
• 2026-01-16
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 5 returns Finance

  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission-Proposals for an Improved ACRES Scheme- Administration
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Proposals for an Improved ACRES Scheme - Scoring
  • IFA Budget 2026 Submission - Proposals for an Improved ACRES Scheme - Penalties
  • Organic Farm Scheme - Measures to Support Farm Enterprises
  • Measures to Support Farm Enterprises - Farm Forestry
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Environment

  • Blackwater fish kill
• 2025-09-20
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Finance

  • National Economic Dialogue (NED) 2025
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Wildbird Conservancy Environment

  • Important Bird Areas for Seabirds in Ireland
• 2025-09-19
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  Rockwood Consulting ULC Housing

  • Brief DPOs on IPOA perspectives on proposals for reform to the rental market regulatory environment
• 2025-09-18
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 5 returns EnvironmentEU AffairsEnergy and Natural Resources

  • Cliffs of Moher
  • Key Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2027 - Pillar 1 Interventions
  • Key common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Post-2027 - Performance-Based Payments
  • Key Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2027 - Pillar II Interventions
  • Clare IFA Solar Energy Event
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Property Owners Association of Ireland Limited (IPOA) Housing

  • To outline issues facing landlords in the private rental market.
• 2025-09-18
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  Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Environment

  • European Maritime Day meetings with Minister O'Brien, Minister Dooley and Micheál Martin
• 2025-09-17
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA EU Affairs

  • Key Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Post-2027 - General Principles
• 2025-09-16
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  Fair Seas Ireland 3 returns Environment

  • European Maritime Day and Wind Energy Ireland conference meetings with Minister O'Brien, Minister Dooley and Micheál Martin
  • Tagging DPOs on Twitter - raising awareness levels of MPA process in Ireland and Europe
  • Letters to Minister Darragh O'Brien and Timmy Dooley post European Maritime Day meeting
• 2025-09-15
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  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA 2 returns EU AffairsAgriculture

  • EU Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)
  • Nitrates Derogation - IFA Spring Lobbying 2025
• 2025-09-02
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  Natural Capital Ireland 2 returns Environment

  • NCI Executive Coordinator Deirdre Lane with NPWS and IEN met the Minister with NPWS and the IEN
  • NCI Executive Coordinator Deirdre Lane extended an Ministerial invitation to the Blue Planet Alliance Fellowship Programme on Renewable Energy being held in Honolulu, Hawaii, on Sunday, October 19 – Friday, October 24, 2025.
• 2025-09-01
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  Stop Climate Chaos coalition Environment

  • Climate Action Plans and Carbon Budgets
• 2025-05-20
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  Trócaire EU Affairs

  • Corporate accountability and justice
• 2025-05-20
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  Limerick Chamber Development and Zoning

  • Limerick Chamber met with Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Environment and Energy
• 2025-05-19
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  Fair Seas Ireland 2 returns Environment

  • Tagging DPOs on Twitter - raising awareness levels of MPA process in Ireland and Europe
  • Letter to and opportunistic meeting with Minister Timmy Dooley
• 2025-05-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Agri-Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) Payments
• 2025-05-17
  LOBBY
  Chambers Ireland 2 returns Environment

  • The need for the new Government to protect Ireland's existing competitive advantages. This includes fostering business growth; attracting innovation, tourism and talent; investing in education; and making the most of our renewable energy potential.
  • The need for the new Government to ensure a sustainable and resilient future by taking climate action, diversifying the energy mix, securing sustainable childcare funding, investing in skills development, defending our critical national infrastructure and promoting business innovation.
• 2025-05-14
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  Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) Marine

  • Raised the issue with the Minister that 'environmental sustainability' of aquaculture focuses on carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions, and we are asking for the industry's effect on water quality to be considered as well. Also informed him SWAN is finalising an evidence-based policy brief on aquaculture and asked to send it to his office and meet to discuss.
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the measures put in place by his Department to alleviate fuel and energy poverty in County Clare, in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2990/25]
• 2025-01-21
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  Friends of the Earth Environment

  • Oireachtas Committee on Climate re engagement with Ministers
• 2025-01-21
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  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Environment

  • Planning and Development Bill 2023
• 2025-01-21
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  National Women's Council of Ireland Environment

  • NWC Feminist Climate Justice Report
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • Limerick IFA Budget 2025 Priorities
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland Environment

  • Correspondence with relevant Oireachtas members sharing ACE Ireland's General Election manifesto with key policy asks for their consideration.
• 2025-01-18
  LOBBY
  The Irish Farmers' Association - IFA Agriculture

  • County Clare IFA Briefing - Budget 2025 Priorities
• 2019-12-18
  VOTE
  Environmental Policy

  • ✗ voted to reject an amendment to the bill motion failed · 38–76
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43468/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital allocation for the National Broadband Plan in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [43469/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in years 1 to 5, in tabular form. [43541/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a new access network will impact on the subsidy provided for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43542/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a recent settlement and agreement to consult on the matter of the appropriate level of costs for FTTH connections will impact on the subsidy for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43543/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on delays to the national broadband plan announced by the Taoiseach. [42315/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will make moneys from the just transition fund available to those affected by redundancies at Moneypoint; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42316/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the funding crisis in RTÉ in view of the failure to provide additional funding in budget 2020. [42317/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the retrofitting of social housing and houses at risk of energy poverty under the expanded warmer homes scheme will be prioritised; and his plans to ensure that the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, will be in a position to assess applications and co-ordinate delivery in a timely manner. [42298/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of a digital safety commissioner. [42296/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number and location of existing and planned air quality monitoring stations in cities and towns; and the actions he will take to introduce a national clean air strategy in 2019. [42294/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure the future of the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/19]
• 2019-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a review of security of energy supply will be undertaken; and his plans to ensure that this assessment is carried out independently and transparently. [42295/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of an announced plan to introduce a nationwide ban on single use plastics; if a policy has been developed; if so, when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41636/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures contained within a plan to introduce a nationwide ban on single use plastics that are additional to measures contained within the 2018/0172 (COD); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41637/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises within the dark blue area of the national broadband plan for which commercial operators have indicated their intention to provide a service in tabular form; the number of premises indicated by each commercial operator; the percentage of the intervention area covered in a recent consultation on the mapping process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41638/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a consultation process of the map of the national broadband plan undertaken with commercial operators; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the mechanism by which a commercial operator can inform National Broadband Ireland of a planned commercial operator within the intervention area; if National Broadband Ireland will be allowed to roll out fibre in which a commercial roll-out is already under way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings, both planned and unplanned, that he attended on a trip to New York in September 2019. [41725/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the response to an unidentified white skin fungus present in salmonid stocks in counties Louth and Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41392/19]
• 2019-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when an Eircode application by a person (details supplied) will be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41470/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the challenge to the map of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40789/19]
• 2019-10-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the state aid issues which have been raised with regard to the national broadband plan; if these issues are related to the provision of a subsidy in an area in which a commercial service is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/19]
• 2019-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual expenditure on the electric and hybrid vehicle scheme since its inception; and the number of each class of vehicle that has been granted a subsidy in each year in tabular form. [40001/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the roll out of broadband to a premises (details supplied). [37172/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of pricing and access arrangements for MANs underway at the Commission for Communications Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37519/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projected energy need of Ireland in 2050 on a no policy change basis and if Ireland achieves carbon reduction targets, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37522/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the signing of a contract for the national broadband plan is contingent on upcoming legal challenges to which the bidder and-or partners of the bidder are a party; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37523/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the breakdown of the 133,000 premises which will be passed by the national broadband plan in the first two years; if each of the 133,000 premises will be passed or connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37524/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a report on the work of the Working Group on Future Funding of Public Service Broadcasting will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32376/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to expand schemes for deep retrofits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33108/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a review of pricing and access arrangements for metropolitan area networks, MANs, referred to the Commission for Communications Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33110/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the value of grants provided by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland for the electric vehicle grant. [31294/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase Ireland’s contribution to the green climate fund. [31295/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the working group on future funding of public service broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31296/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of not signing the contract for the national broadband plan to remunerate the preferred bidder; if he has received legal advice on the exposure of the State to legal action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31297/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with a person (details supplied); if the national broadband plan was discussed at those meetings; when the meetings took place; the context in which the plan was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31298/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the requirements of the national broadband plan which are in place to avoid duplication of infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31300/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent to date in 2019 within his Department on the promotion of the national broadband plan. [31301/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if moneys have been set aside to attend the National Ploughing Championships in 2019 to promote the national broadband plan; and if so, the amount set aside. [31302/19]
• 2019-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the recurring weekly meetings attended by either him or the Secretary General of his Department in 2019 at which climate change and or preparations within his Department to enact a climate plan has been an agenda item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31336/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to engage with Eir on its proposals for rural broadband; the information provided to date on the proposals of Eir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28665/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premature deaths from air pollution estimated to occur following his announcement that a ban on smoky coal will not be extended nationwide for the 2019-2020 heating season; the information he has received regarding potential action against the State due to the deferral of a nationwide ban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28667/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual cost for each action listed in the Climate Action Plan 2019; the cost of enabling infrastructure; the breakdown of costs to be met from Exchequer and non-Exchequer funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28526/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the gap funding model for the national broadband plan led to an increase in costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28530/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures that will be put in place under the first renewable electricity support scheme auction to ensure community participation and community benefit funding for all supported projects; and his plans to ensure community participation and benefits are provided as part of renewables projects delivered through corporate power purchase agreements. [28527/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the introduction of legislation for a digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28528/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the ease of access to pornography for children online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28529/19]
• 2019-07-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the Climate Action Plan 2019 excludes recommendations from the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action in relation to a just transition for affected industries; and if a stand-alone and independently led task force will be established to facilitate a social dialogue with relevant stakeholders commencing with the peat industry. [28666/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the next round of home retrofit insulation grants will be announced through the SEAI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26323/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan in areas already covered by a commercial plan to cover 300,000 premises; when this roll-out was agreed; if this took place before or after the departure of a company (details supplied) from the bidding process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25779/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the barriers in place to ensure issues regarding the roll-out of the national broadband plan do not break state aid rules (details supplied). [25780/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a legal threat of a failure to introduce a ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25781/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the duplication of fibre as part of the national broadband plan in areas in which fibre infrastructure is already in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25782/19]
• 2019-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he received the correspondence which indicated future legal action in the event of the extension of a ban on smoky coal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25812/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the issuance of the oil exploration licence off the coast of County Kerry in view of the declaration by Dáil Éireann of a climate emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23484/19]
• 2019-06-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the cost estimates provided for the national broadband plan by companies (details supplied); the reasons identified for the gap in the estimates provided by these companies and the bidders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24232/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of a company (details supplied) in the national broadband plan during periods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23085/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his Department indicated that a company (details supplied) was described as an ultimate investor in replies to parliamentary questions which were subsequently corrected; if the company was ever an ultimate investor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23086/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the potential sale of the holding company or a company (details supplied) in the context of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23087/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the shareholders of the holding company of the national broadband plan; the shareholding of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23088/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan contract; if it exists in a draft form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23089/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline of the entities within a company (details supplied) within the bidding process as reported to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23090/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding contractual links which exist with the ultimate investors for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23091/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings which have taken place between his Department and representatives of companies (details supplied) since December 2015; the dates on which these meetings took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23092/19]
• 2019-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his predecessor met with a person (details supplied) since December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be reviewed for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22497/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he expects to receive the interdepartmental working group report on the television licence fee reform; when he expects to publish it; when he expects to act on the recommendations of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22499/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if companies (details supplied) are members of a consortium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22635/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has held with Eir to discuss issues related to broadband in rural Ireland since January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22636/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings he has held with the ESB to discuss issues related to broadband in rural Ireland since January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22637/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional costs developed for the national broadband plan in the period commencing in February 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/19]
• 2019-05-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a person (details supplied) interviewed, received a statement from or had any other contact with another person who was present at a meeting with his predecessor in New York as part of a review conducted of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22646/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of companies (details supplied) in the national broadband plan; the contractual and financial powers of the State with regard to these companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22060/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency; the actions he will take in view of this decision; the status of the response to the report of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Climate Action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22061/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the contract for the national broadband plan will be signed. [21777/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost-benefit analyses conducted by his Department or on behalf of his Department with regard to each alternative option considered for the national broadband plan; the cost of each of the options considered; the state aid considerations and the meetings and-or communications with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on these options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21776/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the role of companies (details supplied) in the national broadband plan. [21779/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions he plans to take following the declaration of a climate and biodiversity emergency. [21780/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the cost-benefit analysis of the national broadband plan conducted by a company (details supplied). [21778/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment requested a cost analysis of any of the alternative options to the national broadband plan; if so, if these were completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21711/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if companies (details supplied) provided confirmation of support for another company as part of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; the confirmation sought and received; if either company completed a pre-qualification questionnaire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21692/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken in considering the renationalisation of Eir; the meetings held with Eir; the reports received by him; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21694/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the issues raised by a person (details supplied) at a meeting in New York at which the national broadband plan was discussed; if officials or he subsequently met with this person to discuss the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21695/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost-benefit analyses conducted by his Department or on behalf of his Department with regard to each alternative option considered for the national broadband plan; the costs of each of the options considered; the meetings and or communications with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to these options; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21710/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the state aid implications of a new State agency being tasked with delivering the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21712/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the costs arising in the national broadband plan from connecting new fibre assets to metropolitan area networks in which the fibre provided is available through other providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21713/19]
• 2019-05-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the development of each cost-benefit analysis of the national broadband plan; the timeline of the errors identified in a cost-benefit analysis conducted by a company (details supplied) which were subsequently corrected; when this was communicated to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21714/19]
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital cost of the national broadband plan for each year of the 25 years of operation; the funds allocated for the plan to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20676/19]
• 2019-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the EU web accessibility directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20209/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of commercial operators that have announced plans to roll out fibre infrastructure within the intervention area of the national broadband plan; if the roll-out of the national broadband plan will be possible in cases in which a commercial operator is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18452/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the national broadband plan is a different type of proposal to another project also named the national broadband plan in view of his comments of 2 April 2019; when these changes took place; when they were announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18453/19]
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband will be reviewed for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19527/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average first and full year cost of establishing a digital hub under the Digital Hub Development Agency; the number of digital hubs in operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18144/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which the decision to proceed or not with the national broadband plan will be taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the establishment of the office of digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14176/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position taken by Ireland at the recent EU Energy and Environment Councils on 4 and 5 March 2019 on the European Commission's proposal to increase ambition by 2020 in order to reach climate neutrality by mid-century; if an increase in the EU nationally determined contribution to at least 55% will be supported in view of the long-term strategy taken by the European Council at a meeting on 22 March 2019; and if not, the grounds for not supporting same. [14172/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a time-limited grace period will be applied to REFIT 2; if REFIT 3 will be extended to relevant wind and solar projects; and if not, the estimated increase in EU non-compliance costs and penalties to be met by the State for failing to reach its EU 2020 renewable electricity commitment by an even larger amount. [14174/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has met with representatives of companies (details supplied) to discuss the roll-out of broadband in areas covered by the national broadband plan; if the size of the area will change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14170/19]
• 2019-03-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline with specific dates for implementation of the first RESS auction; the status of the associated EU state aid approval and release of the detailed design paper on the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14173/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to his comments on 19 February 2019, if he has met with companies (details supplied) to discuss the impact of commercial roll-outs on the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13740/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the roll-out of 5G services within the amber area would present a barrier to the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if the roll-out of a fibre network would be permissible under state aid rules; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13741/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within amber areas of the national broadband plan by county. [13742/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the recommendations of the Joint Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment report on the future funding of public service broadcasting; the recommendations acted on to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13743/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the commissioning of a waste characterisation study of litter, street cleanings and street bin collected material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14102/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the progress and the anticipated completion and publication of a cost-benefit analysis for a deposit return scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14103/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the draft of the integrated national energy and climate plan will be updated prior to the EU end of year deadline to reflect cross-party recommendations and commitments from the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action and include new actions from his forthcoming all-of-Government climate plan. [14177/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the meetings attended by designated public officials which have taken place between his Department and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the cost of the national broadband plan since January 2016. [7712/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the provision of broadband for homes in the dark blue area of the national broadband plan map was discussed in the context of a new investment in fixed-line broadband made by a company (details supplied); if commitments were made to ensure availability to all homes in the dark blue area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7711/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises contained within the intervention area for the national broadband plan; if changes are proposed in the intervention area in view of a recent announcement by a company (details supplied); the changes that will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7785/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the removal of 80,000 to 100,000 premises from the intervention area of the national broadband plan will delay the completion of the tendering process; if so, the estimated delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7786/19]
• 2019-02-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the projects which have been delayed as a result of cost overruns at the national children’s hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7792/19]
• 2019-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Public

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the process in which information regarding the cost of the national broadband plan is communicated by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to his Department; and the mechanism by which oversight of increases in the cost are notified to his Department. [7647/19]
• 2019-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 46 of 18 December 2018, the timeframe for the completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7422/19]
• 2019-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the delays in the completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7423/19]
• 2019-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his responsibilities with regard to the costs of the national broadband plan. [7649/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7261/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the documents he plans to publish upon the awarding of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7262/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated workforce required to roll out the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7263/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to publish a map of broadband coverage blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7264/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a deadline for the provision of high-speed broadband in dark blue areas of the national broadband plan has been put in place; if this was in place in the past; the rationale if there is no deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7265/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of 11 high-level interdepartmental teams that will develop actions to step up Ireland’s response to climate change in the context of the all-of-Government climate plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6266/19]
• 2019-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a matter regarding the case of a person (details supplied) will be addressed. [6325/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes upgraded under the warmth and well-being scheme per annum since its inception; the average cost per home; and the amount spent to date under the scheme. [4862/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the 2018 anti-illegal dumping initiative by county; the number of successful applicants by county; the amount distributed to date by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4864/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent under the 2017 anti-dumping initiative specifically on information and communications technology enforcement tools such as CCTV and drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4865/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the 2017 anti-illegal dumping initiative by county; the number of successful applicants by county; the amount distributed by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4866/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address freshwater temperatures in view of increased fish mortality rates in summer 2018. [3369/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the identification of further unidentified sinkholes in view of the identification of a further sinkhole on a site (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3365/19]
• 2019-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of an independent waste regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/19]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by each local authority in 2018 on cleaning up illegally disposed waste. [2863/19]
• 2019-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason a person (details supplied) who bought a 100% electric vehicle and applied for a grant was refused funding despite the vehicle complying with the conditions of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2068/19]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for completion of the tendering process for the national broadband plan. [53418/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; the number of reviews and successful reviews, respectively, which have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the United Nations climate summit in Katowice. [53443/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the completion of tenders submitted for the national broadband plan. [53177/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the application for EU funds to aid affected Bord na Móna workers in their transition into new employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53180/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53178/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the development of facilities to support the sale of electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53179/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific actions he has taken to address split incentives for landlords and tenants as it relates to retrofitting for rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53181/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of used cooking oil used in the production of biodiesel here annually; the volume of used cooking oil collected; and the volume of such oil that was imported by country of origin since 2010, in tabular form. [52742/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if applications can be made by a business to the eel fisherpersons support scheme in cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53212/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of regulation for the household waste collection market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/18]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to delays in the provision of Eircodes to new or existing addresses; if this is preventing the roll out of FTTH or FTTC connections; the length of the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51693/18]
• 2018-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the opening of RESS-1 and RESS-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51097/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which he oversees the metropolitan area networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50189/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all reports commissioned by or completed by his Department regarding the metropolitan area networks; the author of each report; if the report is public; if not, the rationale in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50190/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if following the submission of quarterly reports regarding the metropolitan area networks, meetings take place between representatives of his Department and a company (details supplied); the dates of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50191/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a number of external consultants reports were commissioned regarding the extension of the MANs concession agreement; the rationale for commissioning each individual report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50192/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a time limited grace period will be implemented in situations in which a renewable energy project may miss a REFIT 2 target as a result of a delay in connecting the project to the grid; if not, the rationale for not providing a grace period in view of the need to achieve the target to provide 40% of electricity from renewable energy by 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50936/18]
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the application to the EU Globalisation Fund to aid affected Bord na Móna workers in their transition into new employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49852/18]
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release a copy of the pre-qualification questionnaire for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49874/18]
• 2018-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release a copy of the project information memorandum for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49875/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the fees paid and services rendered to a person (details supplied) in each of the years 2013 to 2017 and to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49419/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of used cooking oil, UCO, used in the production of biodiesel here in each of the years since 2010; the volume of the UCO that was collected here in each of the years; and the volumes of UCO that were imported (details supplied). [49550/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeline for the development of his Department's specific climate change targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49563/18]
• 2018-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding producer obligations. [48460/18]
• 2018-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken to date to address the divergence of incentives in the uptake of retrofits in rental housing between landlords and tenants; the actions planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48539/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the collection of the television licence fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48166/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken to address non-payment of television licence fees since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48167/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the forgone revenue through non-payment of television licences this year to the end of October 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48168/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2018; the timeline for the introduction of provisions to reduce the burden of the broadcasting levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48369/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the progress toward 2020 renewable energy targets; his plans to meet those targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48395/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the most recent data on energy consumption; the percentage that the residential sector contributes to energy consumption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48396/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will publish the March 2017 report received from a company (details supplied) regarding the extension of concession agreements for the metropolitan area networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47441/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement processes that have been referred by his Department to the Office of Government Procurement in each of the years 2011 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47442/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of concession agreements in place between his Department and private companies since 2003; the number that have been extended for a period of three years or more; the number for which independent legal and procurement advice was commissioned; the number of these in which advice was received to not proceed with the procurement process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47443/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of concession agreements that have been extended to provide certainty to telecommunications service providers in the market since 2011; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47444/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the extension of the concession agreement for the metropolitan area networks followed Office of Government Procurement guidelines; if not, the reason it did not follow these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47445/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expected take-up rate for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47446/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding contingency planning in the event that the national broadband plan tendering process cannot continue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47447/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is provided with quarterly reports with regard to the metropolitan area networks; if so, the nature of the reports; if he will release those reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47448/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the introduction of supports for the newspaper industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47449/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to section 71 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 and advertising provided by television channels in the context of the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47450/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the estimated cost of the national broadband plan now stands at €3 billion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47451/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the assistance of the Office of Government Procurement was requested with regard to the extension of the concession agreement for the MANs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47452/18]
• 2018-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Celtic interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46230/18]
• 2018-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the implementation of all recommendations contained within the report of the mobile phone and broadband task force. [46231/18]
• 2018-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken to apply for state aid with regard to the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46234/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the extension of the concession agreement for the metropolitan area networks was discussed by his predecessor with representatives of a company (details supplied) in the context of discussions surrounding the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44698/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which the extension of the concession agreement for the metropolitan area networks, MANs, was decided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44699/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funds raised through the public service obligation levy on electricity customers for the period October 2017 to September 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45290/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funds provided for the generation of electricity from peat within the 2017-2018 public service obligation levy for electricity customers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45291/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has finalised an estimated cost for the national broadband plan; if this cost is €3 billion; if there are a range of estimated costs; the scenarios associated with these different costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45551/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes which are passed but not connected to high speed broadband under the concession agreement announced on 6 August 2017; the number of these homes that have requested a connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45850/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide the terms of reference for the review of the national broadband plan tender process to be conducted by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43350/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will conduct a review of the relationship between his Department, a person (details supplied) and a company in the context of the extension of a concession agreement for the metropolitan area networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43351/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if officials met representatives of a fund in the context of the sale of the shares of a company (details supplied); the nature of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43352/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will conduct a review of the relationship between a person (details supplied) and his Department on issues not related to the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43353/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a timeline for the completion of a review (details supplied) of the tendering process for the national broadband plan. [43354/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of actions taken to tackle climate change since February 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43355/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied that the remaining bidder in the national broadband plan has not broken protocols with regard to interactions with his Department; the actions he will undertake if the bidder was found to have broken these protocols; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43356/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will release the pricing review of the metropolitan area networks; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43357/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received regarding a concession agreement with a company (details supplied); the number granted; the number refused; the number granted following the intervention of the Office of the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests received regarding the national broadband #plan; the number granted; the number refused; the number granted following the intervention of the Office of the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for the continuation of a review (details supplied) of the national broadband plan and the tendering process in parallel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43360/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of all meetings which took place between representatives of the national broadband plan tender team and bid teams; the issues discussed; if he will release the minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43361/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan Bill; and his plans to pass this Bill in advance of awarding the national broadband plan contract. [43375/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rationale for not including conversations between the CEO of a company (details supplied) and his predecessor in a review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43462/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the planned roll-out of high-speed fibre broadband to 115,000 premises in Ballinasloe, Roscommon town, Manorhamilton and a further six towns in County Donegal, as launched on 7 September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43463/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if support will be provided for the once-off collection and recycling of farm tyre waste in the remaining counties where a collection service has not taken place to support the sustainable and environmentally friendly management of this waste stream; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43656/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will reallocate the unspent funds that were to be used for the 2018 farm hazardous waste collection centres to support the completion of the nationwide collection and recycling of farm tyre waste. [43665/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to ensure that the farm hazardous waste collection centres will resume in 2019 in view of their success in the collection and recycling of hazardous waste on farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43666/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the capital funding allocated for the national broadband plan in budgets 2013 to 2019; the projected allocation for capital expenditure for the national broadband plan in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43857/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding allocated for the national broadband plan in budgets in each of the years 2013 to 2019; the projected allocation for current expenditure for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43858/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funds set aside for the completion of the national broadband plan to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43859/18]
• 2018-10-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funds spent on the national broadband plan from its announcement in 2013 to date in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43860/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, guidelines on set-back distances of buffer zones from urban wastewater treatment plants serving a population equivalent of 1,000 or more and 2,000 or more that are in place and which take highly sensitive receptors such as school and preschool children into account (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42777/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if support for the once-off collection and recycling of farm tyre waste in the remaining counties where a collection service has not taken place will be provided; if the sustainable and environmentally friendly management of this waste stream will be supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42143/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a waste regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42144/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of meetings and the dates of meetings at which he met representatives of a company (details supplied); if minutes of these meetings were taken; if he will release these minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42145/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date for the publication of the review of State-owned fibre networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42146/18]
• 2018-10-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a review conducted of the metropolitan area networks will be published; if not, the reason therefor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42323/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41459/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce a public service obligation for post offices in areas in which these post office are set to close; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the monitoring and actions to be taken to address the opening of a sinkhole at Magheracloone, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41210/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of use of single use plastics in public buildings; the likely environmental impact of a ban in public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41208/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to increase the speed of the roll-out of brown bins for organic waste in view of a recent Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41207/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the monitoring undertaken of the roll-out of broadband in the DARK BLUE areas of the national broadband plan map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41429/18]
• 2018-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline for the roll-out of broadband to the DARK BLUE areas of the national broadband plan map; if a previous deadline was in place; if this deadline was reviewed; the reason for the review; the changes to each deadline put in place since publication of the map; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41430/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the response to the opening of a sinkhole at Magheracloone, County Monaghan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39865/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the arrangements in place for the monitoring of disused or historic mines that may develop a risk of causing the development of sinkholes or other forms of subsidence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39866/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position with regard to the identification and monitoring of potential sinkholes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39867/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location of closed or abandoned mines; the nature or designation of each mine, for example, open or shaft; the date on which an inspection or site visit was last carried out or reported to his Department in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39868/18]
• 2018-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the members and partners of the consortium which has submitted a tender for the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38987/18]
• 2018-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the development of a composite national coverage map by the Commission for Communications Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38990/18]
• 2018-09-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the only remaining bidder for the national broadband plan is a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38991/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether it is acceptable that a minimum of 159 post offices will imminently close; and the steps he will take to restore viability to the An Post network. [37875/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan process; and the dates by which construction of the broadband network will commence and be completed. [37876/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to publish two reports that his Department has commissioned on the feasibility of undergrounding the North-South interconnector and provide compensation for owners of property near high voltage transmission lines; and the status of these plans. [37631/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of reforming television licence fee collection, tackling licence fee evasion and creating a more sustainable funding model for public sector broadcasting. [37629/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the establishment of a digital safety commissioner to ensure fair and responsible practice in the online and social media sphere; the steps he is taking to advance this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37633/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the fact that Ireland is now one of Europe's worst climate laggards and that emissions are rising; and the steps he will be taking in the short and medium term to reduce Ireland's climate emissions. [37630/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if creating the office of the digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Law Reform Commission has been costed. [35439/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of a better energy warmer homes scheme application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the work of the SEAI's behavioural economics unit; if this unit has published its first report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33163/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of ongoing talks between the SEAI and the CRU on reforming energy rates here to reflect the research findings of the SEAI's behavioural economics unit. [33164/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to translate the 2016 EU clean energy package into policy here; and the way in which he plans to support the rights of private home owners to generate electricity in their home and the rights of private homeowners to sell the electricity generated at market price. [33165/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has made progress on the creation of the office of the digital safety commissioner as recommended by the Law Reform Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35163/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has held meetings with An Taoiseach, the Ministers for Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs in relation to the establishment of the office of the digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35164/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the establishment of the office of the digital safety commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35165/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that while hotels can avail of a single hotel licence for multiple televisions in the same property holiday home owners must purchase an individual licence for a number of properties resulting in considerable costs. [35166/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department will take to support micro-generators of electricity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35167/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the national broadband plan contract will be signed; the date by which construction will commence on the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the independent cost review of the North-South Interconnector; and the date by which this will be published. [35169/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the national broadband plan (access to infrastructure) Bill has not been passed despite his stated intention to award the national broadband plan contract as soon as possible. [35170/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the public sector energy efficiency action plan. [30481/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30482/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are vacancies on the board of the Digital Hub Development Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30483/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff employed by the Digital Hub Development Agency; if these staff members are funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30484/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of designated sports events for free-to-air broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30485/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has transposed the cost of the broadband directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30486/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the review of metropolitan area networks has been completed; if the outcome of the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30487/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a national energy forum has been established; if so, the number of times it has met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30488/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount provided for capital investment in energy efficiency in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [30489/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on schemes (details supplied) in each of the years 2014 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by county. [30490/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the two studies commissioned on the North-South interconnector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30491/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the reallocation of the 700 MHz spectrum; the amount spent on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30492/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the biofuel obligation scheme; the steps he will take to ensure compliance in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30493/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagements and representations he has made in regard to the EU's review of the oil stocks directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the delivery of a joint venture between Bord na Móna and Coillte to capture synergies in the bioenergy sector. [30495/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the renegotiation of a revised gas security of supply regulation. [30496/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of the EU third energy package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30497/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the publication of the reports on the North-South interconnector has been delayed; the date for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31044/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the recommendations in a report (details supplied) have been implemented; and if there is a timeline for their implementation if this is not already in place. [30012/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) will receive the outcome to a SEAI appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28173/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if funding is available for schools or other organisations to provide safer social media alternatives to children and young persons. [24384/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to facilitate the implementation of An Post's new vision programme; and the deadlines by which State services will be rolled out to the An Post network. [24176/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the new renewable energy support scheme; the date by which this will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24177/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard security and competitiveness of energy supply here following the decision by UK voters to leave the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23962/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the draft bioenergy plan; when he expects to publish the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23961/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of the national broadband plan; and the date by which the contract for the State intervention area will be awarded. [23959/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if they are not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23960/18]
• 2018-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to facilitate the implementation of the recommendations of An Post's New Vision plan; and the way in which he will support the rollout of new State services to post offices. [23958/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions held between his Department and a company (details supplied) regarding the recent emissions scandal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22232/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location where An Post delivery boxes are manufactured; the company that manufactures them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22233/18]
• 2018-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence or had discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's decision to exit Euratom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21905/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department commissioned a video (details supplied); and if so, the cost of producing the video. [21357/18]
• 2018-05-03
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on facilitating departmental members' attendance at social media training conferences or other external events. [19392/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been upgraded under the warmth and well-being scheme; the average cost per home; and the amount spent to date under the scheme. [18793/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the 2018 anti-illegal dumping initiative; the number of successful applicants; the amount distributed by his Department to date by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18464/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent under the 2017 anti-dumping initiative specifically on information and communication technology enforcement tools such as CCTV and drones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18465/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of applications received for the 2017 anti-illegal dumping initiative; the number of successful applicants; the amount distributed by his Department by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18466/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if ongoing sustainability issues at An Post will be addressed; the reason many small communities are likely to lose post offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18304/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is reviewing his Department's protocol and internal procedures with regard to lobbyists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18305/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the date by which the contract will be awarded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18032/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce television licence fee evasion and to address the broader issue of the funding of public service broadcasting. [18036/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the renewable energy support scheme will be finalised and published, respectively; if this scheme will support varied technology types; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18033/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his engagement with his UK counterparts on proposed nuclear developments at Hinkley Point and on the impacts of Brexit on UK nuclear safety standards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18035/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will take to support retrofitting across tenure and building types in view of the fact that experts estimate that Ireland must retrofit the vast majority of homes to a near-zero energy standard by 2050 if the State is to meet its carbon emission reduction targets. [18034/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each of the years 2011 to 2016. [18160/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if training has been delivered in his Department on the use of social media; the frequency and cost of this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18196/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent on social media training and consultancy in each year since 2016. [14563/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if training has been delivered in his Department on the use of social media (details supplied); the frequency and cost of this training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14579/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the date by which he plans to award the contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14883/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in each county without access to a broadband connection in tabular form. [14884/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which faulty or damaged electric vehicle charging points are identified and repaired; the average turnaround time for a charging point to be repaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14885/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on removing and disposing of illegally dumped waste in 2017; the amount allocated for same in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14886/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of complaints his Department received about illegal dumping in each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14887/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on anti-dumping public awareness campaigns since 2011; the main projects and initiatives paid for by the funding; and the amount that he has budgeted for this in 2018, in tabular form. [14888/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the EU directives that fall within his Department's remit not yet transposed into law; the deadline imposed by the EU for the transposition of same; the estimated date for transposition into law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14889/18]
• 2018-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicle grant in each of the years 2021 to 2026, assuming the 2020 targets for electric vehicle usage are met and not met, respectively. [14891/18]
• 2018-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 14 February 2018, if he will publish the results of the full four months of price monitoring that his Department's household waste collection price monitoring group has collated. [13247/18]
• 2018-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 83 of 14 February 2018, the point at which his Department will be satisfied that a waste regulator is needed; and if his Department has set out clear criteria that if satisfied will warrant the establishment of a waste regulator. [13248/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the lack of phone coverage in the Kilfinane and Kilmallock areas of County Limerick; and the steps he is taking to address this. [11808/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Department that has the lead role in devising and co-ordinating Internet content policy, as recommended by the Internet content governance advisory group. [12123/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the possibility of integrating a system (details supplied) into his Department's work, for example, with broadband delivery and-or the energy market and of using the system to support the Eircode system. [11199/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of revenue that his Department has generated through the sale of gas and oil prospecting licences in each year since 1992. [11377/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of revenue that his Department has generated through the sale of gas and oil exploration licences in each year since 1992. [11378/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the poor broadband connection available at a centre (details supplied) and the considerable impact that this has on the centre's ability to run its business despite bringing some 16,000 visitors into the area. [11380/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if a reply will issue to concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); if he will address the issue that persons cannot access online services such as applying for college accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11465/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which the 542,000 homes and businesses in the national broadband plan's State intervention area will be connected to broadband; the date by which he plans to award the contract to connect these homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7721/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is satisfied with the manner in which Ireland's public broadcasting sector is funded; his plans for changes to the licence fee collection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7722/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's review of the costs of undergrounding the North-South interconnector relative to the cost of overgrounding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7467/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the renewable energy support scheme; the date by which this scheme will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7468/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline by which his Department in conjunction with the Departments of Justice and Equality and Children and Youth Affairs will appoint a digital safety commissioner. [7469/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which he will publish An Post's strategic plan for the future of the post office network; if he is satisfied with the implementation of the An Post business network development group report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7466/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's review of the functioning of the household waste collection system; the date by which he will provide an independent regulator for this market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7470/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's review of the functioning of the household waste collection system here; the date by which he will provide an independent regulator for this market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7436/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount budgeted for the preparation and publication of the post office business network development group report. [7494/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that ComReg's broadband market review has yet to be published; if he has been provided with reasoning for these delays; and if he will request the commission to ensure its immediate publication. [5665/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the change in ownership of a company (details supplied) subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and the commitment by the proposed new owners to the national broadband plan following public statements regarding redirecting investment to urban areas; his further views on whether this will lead to further delays in the roll-out plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5666/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the reduction of the intervention area for the national broadband plan by 300,000 homes will lead to savings to the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5667/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the amber areas of the national broadband map as of January 2018, by county, in tabular form. [5689/18]
• 2018-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that are still awaiting a broadband connection in the light blue areas of the national broadband map as of January 2018, by county, in tabular form. [5690/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that certain telecommunications companies require an Eircode for a household to access their services and the considerable delay that this can cause for persons with new homes in accessing these services. [4377/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason Eircode receives an updated address file just four times per year (details supplied); and the steps he is planning to take to address this. [4378/18]
• 2018-01-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of his Department's progress in implementing the recommendations of the Internet content governance advisory group. [4628/18]
• 2018-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the implementation of each of the 40 actions in the mobile phone and broadband taskforce report. [3545/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of standard charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3316/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of rapid charging points for electric vehicles, by county. [3317/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the energy upgrade work funded by his Department over the past four years, by county and programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3318/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding given to each local authority for the express purpose of cleaning up illegally dumped materials, by county, in tabular form. [3319/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the bodies or organisations that are scheduled to receive in excess of €1 million from his Department's vote of expenditure or the group of votes of expenditure connected with his Department in 2018 for the provision of services, by the body or the organisation concerned; the amount involved in each case; if there is a signed service level agreement in place in respect of the services to be carried out by these bodies or organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3320/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the location and operational status of each air quality monitoring station. [3322/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions being taken to ensure that commercial operators follow through on their commitments to deliver high speed broadband services to areas marked in blue and light blue on the high speed broadband map; the deadline within which such works must be completed by commercial operators; the estimated completion dates for each blue and light blue area in each county, in tabular form; if there is a provision for redesignation of these areas as State intervention areas if the services are not delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3323/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of businesses that were awarded online trading vouchers in 2017, by county. [3333/18]
• 2018-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to geo-engineering activity, for example, stratospheric aerosol geo-engineering, being conducted here; if there are plans to commence such activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2152/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grants and support schemes that are available to new companies in the renewable energy sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1044/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, electric vehicle grant in each of the years 2020 to 2022. [1145/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual expenditure on the SEAI grant scheme for plug-in electrical, PEV, and HBEV vehicles in each year since its introduction; the amount that was spent each year on battery electric, BEVs, and plug-in hybrid electric, PHEVs, respectively; and the average grant amount for each of PHEVs and BEVs. [1146/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding his Department is providing to the green climate fund in 2018; if this is his Department's only contribution to overseas climate adaptation and mitigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1147/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of establishing a bottle deposit scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1148/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department is allocating toward implementing the recommendations of the mobile phone task force in 2018. [1149/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of implementing each of the recommendations made by the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; and the amount of additional investment that would be required to implement all of the recommendations. [1150/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department or the Digital Hub Development Agency provides funding to local authorities here for the purposes of co-ordinating and building upon the work of the Digital Hub Development Agency. [1151/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the commitments to review the operation of the broadcasting levy (details supplied); the impact this will have on smaller and independent broadcasting organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1152/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the commitments to establish a new bursary scheme for journalists working in local or community radio (details supplied); the amount that will be allocated to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1153/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the commitments to establish a new bursary scheme for journalists working in local or community radio (details supplied); the amount that will be allocated to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1154/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for a new bursary scheme for journalists working in print media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1155/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has earmarked for the installation of home charge points for electric vehicles in 2018; the amount spent on same in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1619/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has earmarked for public awareness campaigns on electric vehicles in 2018; the amount his Department spent on same in 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1621/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has earmarked for the expansion of the public electric vehicle charger network; the amount his Department has spent on same in each of the years from 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by year and expenditure on regular versus rapid chargers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1622/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is considering initiatives or measures to make it more convenient for residents in apartment blocks to install electric vehicle chargers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1623/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the ownership status of the State’s electric vehicle infrastructure. [1624/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which his Department will have concluded its evaluation of the detailed solutions that have been submitted by bidders to the national broadband plan; the date by which the next stage of the procurement process will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1905/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the recent decision by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (details supplied) to prevent ESB networks from using distribution use of system, DUoS, charges to fund electric vehicle-charging infrastructure will result in user charges for electric vehicle users; and, if so, his plans to introduce financial supports to minimise or eliminate user charges. [1999/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the future ownership of the electric vehicle-charging infrastructure; and his plans to expand or upgrade the infrastructure, with particular regard to fast chargers. [2000/18]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the SEAI grant for electric vehicle purchase until 2019 to 2023, respectively. [54078/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the SEAI grant for hybrid vehicle purchase until 2019 to 2023, respectively. [54079/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been contributed to the green climate fund in 2017; and the amount that is pledged for 2018. [54082/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the licence fee receipts collected in 2017 to date; the level of evasion that is currently estimated to occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54083/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been allocated to residential energy efficiency programmes for 2018, by programme. [54084/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that has been budgeted for journalism bursaries for 2018; the number of bursaries that will be provided with this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54085/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to introduce measures to deal with the large volumes of packaging resulting from persons purchasing goods online from producers and retailers that fall outside of a scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54088/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the use of external public relations firms employed by his Department per annum since coming into office, in tabular form; the external public relations firms used; the internal departmental policy with regard to employing external groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54089/17]
• 2017-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the photography costs per annum for his Department since coming to office, inclusive of costs incurred from use of the ministerial allowance, in tabular form; 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. [54090/17]
• 2017-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of post office closures in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52091/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending SEAI purchase grants for the purchase of electric vehicles only for each year up to 2023. [50985/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's projections for the number of electric and hybrid vehicles that will be registered in Ireland by 2023, by year and vehicle type. [50986/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has committed to the green climate fund in each year since 2011; and the amount that it will be contributing in 2018. [50987/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated first and full-year cost of operating a bottle deposit scheme. [50989/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric vehicles that are registered here; and the number of electric vehicles that were registered to date in 2017. [50990/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of hybrid vehicles that are registered here; and the number of hybrid vehicles that were registered to date in 2017. [50991/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent each year since 2011 on improving mobile phone coverage. [50993/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has spent on the national broadband plan in each year since 2011. [50995/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount his Department has allocated to the national broadband plan for 2018. [50996/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that his Department has allocated to the Digital Hub Development Agency each year since 2011; and the amount that his Department has allocated for 2018. [50999/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of building an additional standard electric vehicle charging point; and the estimated cost of building an additional fast-charging point. [51000/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that his Department has spent on the national mobile phone and broadband taskforce in 2016 and to date in 2017. [51001/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the membership of the national mobile phone and broadband task force and the salaries associated with the task force. [51002/17]
• 2017-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Housing

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government the status of the wind planning guidelines; the status of the strategic environment assessment on these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50961/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications; Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of the Kerr report and the date by which the strategic plan for the network will be published. [49411/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of the national broadband plan; and the date by which the contract for the State intervention area will be awarded. [49412/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures his department will take to address the lack of availability and poor management of Ireland's electric vehicle charging infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49105/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will address the fact that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has refused to play a role in the Government's monitoring of waste collection charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49108/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his Department continues to primarily fund shallow retrofits for homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49104/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that his Department awards to an institute (details supplied). [48681/17]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of proposed prospecting (details supplied) in the Kilbricken-Quin area of County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48920/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied); and the allocation he will include in his budget for 2018 to support the recommendations included in the report designed to put the post office network on a sustainable footing. [47695/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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 A3 - information and communications technology programme, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48098/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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 D4 - mining services, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48100/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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 E3 - inland fisheries, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48101/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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 - F4 carbon fund, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48102/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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 F6 - landfill remediation, to date in 2017, in tabular form. [48103/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which the SEAI has identified homes that are eligible for upgrades under the warmer homes scheme; and the take-up rate among eligible households. [48105/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  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]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the number of fixed charge notices that have been issued for inland fisheries offences has increased dramatically in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48108/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason that a company (details supplied) sends data to a company for processing only every quarter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45716/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that has been allocated to programmes (details supplied) in 2018. [45398/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's expenditure in 2017 by subhead. [45399/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the additional measures he is planning on taking in 2018 to reduce energy costs for consumers. [45401/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that are in the light blue areas of the national broadband plan map that have been connected since the initiation of this phase of the plan, by county. [45402/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the amber area of the national broadband plan that are awaiting internet connections. [45403/17]
• 2017-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of the national broadband plan. [45404/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received correspondence or had discussions with his EU counterpart with regard to the UK's decision to exit from EURATOM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45018/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department plans to spend the additional €35 million allocated in budget 2018 to energy efficiency. [44323/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the deadline by which the renewable heat incentive scheme will be launched. [44324/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding that his Department plans to allocate to the trading online voucher scheme in 2018. [44325/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of additional funding that has been provided to the EPA in budget 2018; and the breakdown of this funding between air quality monitoring, noise monitoring and climate change research. [44326/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of new funding that will be allocated to waste prevention and recycling in 2018; the programmes that this funding will support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44327/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the number of small businesses supported by the trading online voucher scheme has declined in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44498/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans regarding the television licence fee collection system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44499/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of the impact of opt-out advertising on the broadcasting sector. [44500/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of RES-E capacity that has been installed to date in 2017. [44501/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that have been covered by energy efficiency measures since 2010, in tabular form. [44502/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of inspections of recreational anglers for licences that have taken place each year since 2010, in tabular form. [44503/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of prosecutions of inland fisheries-related offences that have taken place to date in 2017. [44504/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of fixed charge notices that were issued in respect of inland fisheries offences in each year since 2010, in tabular form. [44505/17]
• 2017-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Aarhus Convention Bill. [44506/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that wholesale closures of post offices are imminent; his further plans for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42100/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement status of the national broadband plan; the date by which all premises in the country will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42101/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on concerns that the national mitigation strategy will fail to reduce Ireland's carbon emissions sufficiently resulting in significant fines from the European Union and dangerous weather change worldwide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42134/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that the proposed environmental levy on tyres will push consumers to procure tyres from outside of the State; the level of engagement he has had with the tyre industry, particularly in the Border counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the procurement status of the national broadband plan; the date by which every premises in the country will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41900/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether delays in the launch of the renewable heat incentive has stalled developments in the biomass industry and make it even more likely that Ireland will fail to meet its renewable heat targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41899/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that Brexit will jeopardise ongoing co-operation between Northern Ireland and the State in the area of environmental management and protection; if he has engaged with his Northern Irish and UK counterparts on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41902/17]
• 2017-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that wholesale closures of post offices are imminent; his further plans for the post office network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41898/17]
• 2017-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the transmission status of RTÉ in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41094/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a union (details supplied) has warned that all post offices in Dublin central are at risk of closure; the post offices in Dublin central which are at risk of closure; and the action he has taken to ensure a continued local post office network to serve the communities of Dublin central. [39653/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the action he has taken to implement the recommendations of the Kerr report. [39654/17]
• 2017-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has included an allocation in his budget for 2018 to support the recommendations included in the Kerr report designed to put the post office network on a sustainable footing; and if so, the amount. [39655/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of agency workers working at Bord Na Móna for the past five years by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34916/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the procurement process for the national broadband plan. [36601/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of full time equivalent positions in his Department with responsibility for the national broadband plan. [36602/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes connected under his Department's agreement with a company (details supplied). [36603/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 231 of 5 July 2017, the reason for conflict with state aid rules that would be presented by a PSO levy system based on a per kWh basis. [33573/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 230 of 5 July 2017, the reason for his determination that €75 would cover the cost of disposing 650 kg of waste under the new waste system in view of the fact that he has repeatedly emphasised that the Government plays no role in setting prices within the waste collection sector. [33574/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the expenditure of the budget allocated to the regional waste management planning offices in 2016 and 2017, by campaign, nature of expenditure and date. [33575/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the departmental spend on setting up eircode; the original budget; the spend on ongoing maintenance costs since it was established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33576/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the name, costs, date of commission, date or expected date of publication and name of the external consultant of all external reports commissioned by his Department since March 2011 in tabular form. [33577/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which he will announce the details of the next REFIT scheme; if it will be expanded to include more types of renewable production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33578/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost efficiencies for all renewable technologies by megawatt in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33579/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the Government has transposed the European broadband directive, 2014/61/EU, relating to infrastructure sharing which will reduce the cost of deploying high speed electronic communications networks; if not, when this is envisaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33580/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the changes he is planning on making to the funding of public broadcasting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered the possible impacts that outsourcing the collection of television license fees could have on An Post's financial revenues and profitability. [33582/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 248 of 25 May 2017, if he will elaborate on the engagement that he mentioned; and the number of meetings that he and his Department have attended regarding the implementation of EU roaming regulations in Northern Ireland following the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. [33583/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the rate of recycling here since 2005, by material type. [33585/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding of a scheme (details supplied) since 2011, by producer and year. [34102/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has had correspondence or discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's ongoing membership of EURATOM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34247/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of houses that have been connected by a company (details supplied) under its commercial agreement with the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34801/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which his Department would proceed with the procurement process for the national broadband plan if one of the bidders were to withdraw. [34802/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there will be no further work carried out on providing broadband to over 542,000 premises during the next 77 weeks until a company (details supplied) has completed the separate contract commitment to provide broadband to 300,000 premises. [32086/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the contract of undertaking between a company (details supplied) and the government requires that no further work take place on the NBP until its work connecting the 300,000 premises was completed. [32087/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason his department will not publish target dates for contract signing, work commencement and completion dates for the rollout of broadband to the 542,000 premises identified in the NBP as requiring State support. [32088/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the ongoing procurement process for the national broadband plan. [32183/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of operating a deposit scheme for drinks bottles and cans. [32184/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of extending the SEAI electric vehicle grant in each of the years 2018 to 2022. [32185/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of building additional fast-charging stations for electric vehicles (details supplied). [32187/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated first and full year cost of hiring five, ten and 15 additional administrative officers within his Department. [32189/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on the SEAI better energy communities project in 2015 and 2016 and to date in 2017; the number of persons that participated in this scheme on a yearly basis, by county. [32190/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes in the light blue area of the NBP map that have been connected to broadband services in June 2017, by county; and if this number meets the requirements of the government's agreement with a company (details supplied). [32191/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national dialogue on climate change. [32192/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to increase efficiency in public sector buildings; the funding he is dedicating to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32897/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has considered applying to the European Fund for Strategic Investment for funding to provide under ground cable; his plans to advance same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32898/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the recent successful grant by the European Fund for Strategic Investment to a Swedish network expansion plan which involves the undergrounding of electricity transmission; his views on whether this would be a suitable funding stream for the North-South interconnector; if so, the reasoning behind his view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32899/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of each of the 19 actions identified for immediate action under the mobile phone task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32900/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for the future of the An Post network. [32901/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans on having a debate in Dáil Éireann on the national mitigation plan. [32902/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans on publishing the national mitigation plan. [32903/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the national dialogue on climate change will be opened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on outside contract and or third party public relations communications for the purposes of raising awareness of the implications of changes to domestic waste collection pricing structures in the past three years to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31638/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on internal communications campaigns for the purposes of raising awareness of the implications of changes to domestic waste collection pricing structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31639/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on external consultancy contracts for the purposes of reviewing a company's (detail supplied) plans to roll out broadband services to 300,000 homes that were previously in the State intervention area of the national broadband plan map. [31640/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent on outside contract and or third party public relations communications on the national broadband plan in the past three years to date in 2017. [31641/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process by which his Department determined that a €75 waiver would be paid to persons with long-term incontinence issues under the new domestic waste collection pricing structure; and the factors, considerations and informational sources that his Department considered in reaching this decision. [31642/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to make changes to the PSO levy system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31647/17]
• 2017-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has considered calculating the PSO levy on the basis of the kilowatt hours of electricity used per month rather than the maximum import capacity of each user. [31648/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the deadline by which 100% of premises will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30142/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of electric and hybrid vehicles in the national fleet; the number of electric and hybrid vehicles that have been purchased since January 2017; his annual targets for electric and hybrid vehicle uptake; and his plans to incentivise the uptake of these vehicles. [30143/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the final draft of the national mitigation plan will be published; his plans for a full and robust debate of this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29883/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the deadline by which all premises will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29933/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address the fact that his Department's terms of reference for the review of the north-south interconnector have been met with considerable opposition and disappointment from affected communities across counties Cavan, Monaghan and Meath. [29882/17]
• 2017-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to address concerns that up to 500 post offices will close in the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29880/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the implementation status of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29197/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the publication deadline for the national mitigation strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29198/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the Government's position regarding the EU Commission's proposals for a new renewable energy directive (details supplied). [26730/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State will receive land rental from Bord na Móna for the development of solar farm projects on State-owned lands in view of the recent announcement by Bord Na Móna and the ESB; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27083/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the State will receive an increased dividend from Bord na Móna if it uses State-owned lands to develop solar farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27084/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will ensure that the same financial rules and regulations apply to a State-owned company that decides to develop solar farms on State-owned lands to ensure that private solar farm developers are not disadvantaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27085/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce energy costs. [27091/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the interdepartmental working groups which are working on the issue of renewable energy supports; and the membership details of each. [27617/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the working groups in his Department working on renewable energy and renewable energy supports; and the details of their membership. [27619/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the interdepartmental working groups concerned with renewable energy; and the details of their membership. [27679/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of households he estimates that do not avail of an authorised waste collection service; if he ensures that local authorities investigate whether these households manage their waste in an environmentally acceptable manner in accordance with legislation and waste management plans; and the level of monitoring by local authorities of these households' waste disposal practices. [28118/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount spent by his Department on designing, implementing and supporting the Eircode system in each of the years 2011 to 2016 and to date in 2017, in tabular form. [28135/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the offences and penalties that apply to those collecting waste on an informal basis, that is, those that collect waste for payment without the required permit. [26295/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of successful prosecutions of persons found to dump waste illegally. [26296/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to reduce the volume of illegal waste disposal here. [26297/17]
• 2017-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the widespread inaccuracies in the Eircode address system; the impacts that it has on persons' homes and insurance costs; and his plans to address same. [26321/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the yearly amount of licence fee receipts; the amount of television licence receipts awarded to the sound and vision scheme; and the amount that was subsequently awarded by the sound and vision scheme since 2011. [25490/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of milestone 2, as set out on page 28 of the commitment between a company (details supplied) and his Department to provide broadband to 300,000 homes on a commercial basis. [25749/17]
• 2017-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has corresponded with the European Commission with regard to the potential impact of Brexit on the upcoming implementation of free mobile phone roaming charges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25201/17]
• 2017-05-23
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of post office closures since 2011 and to date in 2017 by county and year in tabular form. [24425/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the implementation of the 40 actions identified by the mobile phone and broadband task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23608/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the Moneypoint working group; the number of times that this group has met since its establishment; and the date by which the group will publish its findings. [23611/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the median and average grant amounts under the better energy homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23612/17]
• 2017-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of times the interdepartmental low emissions task force has met since its formation. [23613/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the deadline by which 100% of premises will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22087/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will implement the motion regarding the North-South interconnector, which was passed on 16 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22088/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the proposed renewable heat incentive scheme; the date by which this scheme will become operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21830/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he will be taking to increase the uptake of hybrid and electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21831/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will implement the motion regarding the North-South interconnector which was passed on 16 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21829/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national broadband plan; the deadline by which 100% of premises around the country will have access to broadband; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21827/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the outcome of the 27 April 2017 meeting of the UK-Ireland contact group on radiological matters. [21661/17]
• 2017-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has held discussions or correspondence with the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy or the Office for Nuclear Regulation on the UK's decision to leave the EURATOM treaty. [21662/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the cost of extending the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland electric vehicle grant until 2018 and 2020, respectively (details supplied). [19022/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy on the public service broadcasting charge as was committed to under the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19023/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the approximate cost of introducing the renewable heat incentive; if he will consider including projects installed from the date the initiative is announced to retrospectively qualify once the initiative starts; the approximate cost of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19024/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the average cost of energy production per megawatt hour of each source of energy used here in tabular form; the current supports given to wind energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19025/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of the subsidy to the contractor responsible for delivering the national broadband plan; the overall cost of this subsidy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19026/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms of agreement between his Department and a company (details supplied) with regard to the recent decision to take 300,000 homes and premises out of the State intervention area of the national broadband plan; and the penalties that will apply should the company fail to meet its commitment. [19027/17]
• 2017-04-13
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when negotiations began with a company (details supplied) over the recent decision to remove 300,000 homes from the national broadband plan; when the two other bidders (details supplied) were informed of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19028/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be allocated an Eircode; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17709/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of net post office closures that there have been each year since 2000, in tabular form. [17236/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of his responsibility for the An Post network and the corporate governance of An Post. [17237/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the Government has contributed to the least developed countries fund since 2011, by year; and the amount that it has committed to for 2017. [17239/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of energy efficiency improvements his Department is planning to deliver in the public sector by 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. [17240/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount the Government has contributed to the green climate fund since 2011, by year; and the amount that it has committed to for 2017. [17241/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the meetings the UK Ireland contact group on radiological matters has held since January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17446/17]
• 2017-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the correspondence his Department has held with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and the Office for Nuclear Regulation with regard to the UK's decision on withdrawal from EURATOM Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17447/17]
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on a recent ComReg publication (details supplied) and the finding that only 7,623 premises are connected with fibre to the home broadband technology, FTTH; and if the new national broadband plan will ensure all premises covered by the plan have FTTH download speeds. [16560/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for securing the long-term future and viability of An Post, particularly in view of recent reports that widespread closures are predicted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14097/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to speed up the roll-out of the national broadband plan; if there is a timeframe on the urgent points identified in the implementation programme on mobile phone and broadband access document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14098/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to implement the motion regarding the North-South interconnector that was passed by Dáil Éireann on 16 February 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14228/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to improve Ireland's air quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13893/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans on announcing details of the next REFIT scheme; if PV solar energy will be included in this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13896/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13895/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the draft bio-energy plan; when he anticipates publishing this plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13894/17]
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to secure Ireland's energy future following the United Kingdom's decision to leave the EU. [13892/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland's views on the European emissions trading scheme are represented in EU level negotiations on this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if representatives from his Department are in attendance at the European Environmental Council discussion of the ETS scheme. [11402/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to ensure that Ireland's views on the European non ETS carbon emission scheme are represented in EU level negotiations on this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11403/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date by which he anticipates the renewable heat incentive scheme will be opened; if he has considered grandfathering in existing installations that meet the terms of the RHI scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11496/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he or his officials have discussed the impact of Brexit on Ireland's energy security with his UK and EU counterparts. [11971/17]
• 2017-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been meetings between his Department's energy policy division and their EU and UK counterparts regarding the impact of Brexit on Ireland's energy supply. [11972/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications he has held with his UK counterpart with regard to the decision of the UK to withdraw from Euratom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11094/17]
• 2017-03-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of reforms to the emissions trading scheme directive post-2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11095/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the annual revenue that has been accrued to the environment fund since 2010, in tabular form. [5615/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funds his Department has received from the national lottery fund since 2010, broken down by year; and the process through which this funding is spent and accounted for. [5616/17]
• 2017-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has received any correspondence or had discussions with his UK counterpart with regard to the UK's ongoing membership of EURATOM; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5165/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the mobile phone and broadband taskforce; the number of times the group has met since its formation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3767/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the national mitigation plan to transition to a low carbon economy; when he anticipates this will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3769/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when his Department anticipates initiating the national dialogue on climate change; the amount of funding that has been allocated to the dialogue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3771/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he has taken to support the development of solar energy here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3772/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount that was invested in the better energy programme in 2016; the amount he plans on investing in the scheme in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3773/17]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40902/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether current 2020 EV uptake targets are achievable in meeting climate change challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40903/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile phone coverage and the timetable for actions in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40905/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on increasing the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; the rate at which it is levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40906/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the grant support available for PC solar energy production here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40907/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status on meeting EU 2020 CO2 emission reduction targets; the penalties which will be faced if Ireland does not attain this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40908/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status on meeting EU 2020 energy efficiency targets; the penalties which will be faced if Ireland does not attain this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40909/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding meeting electronic vehicle targets for 2020 in view of climate change policy; the number of such vehicles which would have to be purchased between now and 2020 to attain these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40910/16]
• 2016-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the percentage of current population coverage of 3G and 4G mobile phone coverage here under current licensing arrangements between operators and ComReg; the percentage of the country this covers in geographical terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40911/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38773/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the national broadband plan will bridge the digital divide outlined in the recent Switcher.ie report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38774/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the immediate contingency steps he will take to safeguard security of energy supply here following the decision by UK voters to leave the EU in its recent referendum and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38596/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will introduce a renewable energy feed in tariff, REFIT, scheme for PV solar and offshore wind energy production; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38595/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process he will use to appoint members to the selection committee for the tendering process of the national broadband plan. [38597/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable targets; the fines that will be realised if not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38594/16]
• 2016-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he will ensure that his energy and climate change plan will deliver 16% binding renewable targets by 2020; his views on fines from failing to meet these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38709/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest progress in meeting the overall renewable targets by 2020 under Directive 2009/28/EC on renewable energy, including the progress on meeting the targets for the contribution of renewables and biofuels to gross electricity consumption, transport energy and heat since the Government came to office; and his plans to ensure that Ireland meets its 2020 and 2030 target. [38178/16]
• 2016-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the potential implications that the upcoming auction of the 3.6 GHz spectrum may have for the provision of fixed wire broadband services across the country, particularly in areas in which this is the only available broadband; the steps he will take to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38180/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department has taken to attract television broadcasters here under EU country of origin rules in view of the British decision to exit the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36782/16]
• 2016-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has established a specific Brexit preparation unit to prepare for the opportunities and threats of a British exit from the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36783/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown of the current micro-generation feed in tariffs in operation as well as other financial incentives for each type of renewable energy including small-scale wind, solar, including photovoltaic and small-scale hydro and biomass, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34363/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the renewable heat incentive will be available for domestic energy users; the timetable for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34364/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on feed-in tariffs to incentivise micro-generation for renewable energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34365/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when tariff support for photovoltaic solar energy production here will commence; the reason it is taking so long to progress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34366/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has explored introducing a non-means-tested grant for remediation work on houses found to have high levels of radon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34368/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of public funding given to An Post annually in the 2010-2016 period, in tabular form; the budget allocation for 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34370/16]
• 2016-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that offshore wind is being considered in helping Ireland reach its renewable targets for 2020 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33421/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of premises to be covered by the national broadband plan between State intervention and commercial operators; the latest timetable for implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32284/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the latest developments in the corporate governance of An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32285/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on increasing the public service obligation levy on electricity bills; the rate at which it is levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32065/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the programme for Government commitments relating to improving mobile telephone coverage; the timetable for actions in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32064/16]
• 2016-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the undergrounding of the National Small Industries Corporation using high-voltage direct current technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32067/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline towards ratifying the COP 21 agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31588/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the current 2020 electric vehicle uptake targets are achievable in meeting climate change challenges; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32110/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when tariff support for photovoltaic, PV, solar energy production here will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32111/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the likely energy cost implications and the effect on the single electricity market, SEM, the integrated single electricity market, I-SEM, and the electricity market, as well as on the existing energy interconnection between the UK and Ireland, following the decision by UK voters to leave the EU in its recent referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32119/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 264 of 13 July 2016 and No. 240 of 6 October 2016, if 750,000 or 920,000 premises are to be covered by the national broadband plan; when all such premises will be connected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31201/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest progress in meeting the overall renewable targets by 2020 under the renewable energy directive 2009/28/EC, including the progress on meeting the targets for the contribution of renewables and biofuels to gross electricity consumption, transport energy and heat since this Government came to office, in tabular form. [31202/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Ireland is on target to meet binding European Union 2020 renewable energy targets; the fines that will be realised if not achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31203/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest update on meeting EU 2020 CO2 emission reduction targets; the penalties that will be faced if this target is not attained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31204/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the latest update on meeting EU 2020 energy efficiency targets; the penalties that will be faced if this target is not attained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31205/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide give the latest information available in meeting electronic vehicle targets for 2020 in view of climate change policy; the number of such vehicles that would have to be purchased between now and 2020 to attain these targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31206/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the way electricity generation CO2 emissions rose in 2015 per the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's publication Renewable Electricity in Ireland 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31208/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on his intention to sign regulations to allow ComReg to proceed with an auction of the 3.6 GHz spectrum band in early 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31211/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide any preliminary update on 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. [31212/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown between current and capital expenditure allocated for all State agencies and bodies under his aegis in 2016 and 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31426/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total number of additional staff to be taken on in his Department and in all individual State agencies and bodies under his aegis in 2017, in tabular form; the total cost of hiring additional staff in his Department and in each individual State agency or body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31427/16]
• 2016-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the reported new peak time bill rates to be introduced by the ESB; the impact this will have on domestic electricity prices and usage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31429/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will confirm that the east-west interconnector power line will be out of commission for the next five months due to repairs; the steps being taken to remedy this; the effect this will have on Irish electricity supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29392/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the east-west interconnector power line being out of commission for the next five months due to repairs, if this will result in higher electricity bills for consumers, as has been reported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29393/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment regarding the east-west interconnector power line being out of commission for the next five months due to repairs, if CER had discussions with his Department on the possible consequences this will have on retail and wholesale electricity bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29394/16]
• 2016-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if all premises covered by the national broadband plan will be connected by the end of 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29050/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of premises forecasted to be covered by the national broadband plan and by commercial high-speed broadband services, by county, in tabular form, inclusive of the further 170,000 premises which are currently marked BLUE on the high-speed broadband map and which are unlikely to get access to services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26444/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress in meeting the overall renewables targets by 2020 under the renewable energy directive, 2009/28/EC, including the progress on meeting the targets for the contribution of renewables and biofuels to gross electricity consumption, transport energy and heat since this Government came to office. [26445/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the Government intends to ratify the Paris climate change agreement; if the matter will be debated in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25720/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of projects approved per county under the better energy communities scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2016 to date, in tabular form; the total funds drawn down in each year; the total budget allocation in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26432/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated cost of increasing grant aid for every measure available under the better energy homes scheme divided between each individual energy efficiency measure to households in 2017 based on current participation levels and by percentage increases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26433/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total amount of Department funding allocated to the better energy homes scheme, better energy communities scheme and better energy warmer homes scheme in 2016,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26434/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a breakdown in €/MWh of the current cost of renewable energy support in each such renewable area, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26435/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Communications

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline Ireland’s obligations under EU 2030 energy targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26436/16]
• 2016-06-29
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the discussions he has had on new planning guidelines for wind turbines; the scenarios he has examined for setback distances between wind turbines and residential homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16376/16]
• 2016-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/16]
• 2016-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) under the green low carbon agri-environment scheme for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11585/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will issue payment to a person (details supplied) in County Clare under the agri-environment options scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6177/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Education

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will facilitate the repair of the prefabricated unit which is owned by her Department, further to the recent report from the environmental health service of the HSE, regarding the condition of a portacabin in a school (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3954/16]
• 2016-01-21
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Clare can utilise a herd number as a means of availing of commercial motor taxation on a farm jeep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2597/16]
• 2016-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he has any concerns about the proposed construction of the northern distributor road in the Clare County Council Development Plan given the extensive recent flooding in the Shannon catchment area and especially around the Clonlara area in County Clare; if he has the power to veto such a proposal in the county council's development plans if they exacerbate flood risk in an area; and if he has considered vetoing this proposal, given that Limerick City and County Council rejected the proposal on the grounds that it will increase flood risk in the Shannon catchment area. [1117/16]
• 2015-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the percentage of annual motor tax revenue spent on the administration and transaction costs involved in levying the tax. [42560/15]
• 2015-12-01
  VOTE
  Protection of the Environment (Criminal Activity) Bill 2015

  A bill to provide for the amendment of the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 in order to establish a cross-border statutory agency to investigate and report on fuel smuggling and other criminal activity in counties adjacent to the border between Northern Ireland and this jurisdiction

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion failed · 38–59
• 2015-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Environment

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government why the owner of a new coach-factory-built, purpose-built motor caravan fulfilling the requirements to be deemed a motor caravan-motor home by virtue of design, construction and type approval, as required by and declared to the Revenue Commissioners, must present the vehicle for physical inspection to have the vehicle taxed for the first time by Meath County Council; if this is standard procedure with all taxing authorities in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive payments under the agri-environment options scheme for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37187/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Transport

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the basis on which the consultation on the draft transport strategy 2016 to 2035 for the greater Dublin area and the associated strategic environmental assessment and appropriate assessment has commenced; why there appears to be detailed technical documents relating to all areas except Dublin 15; the reason there is no technical report accompanying the strategy; the reason the only reference to Dublin 15 is in maps and in the orbital route material; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38123/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive a payment under the agri-environment options scheme 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36038/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Agriculture

  Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 267 of 10 March 2015, when will a person (details supplied) in County Clare receive his or her payment under the agri-environment options scheme for 2013 and 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31624/15]