Results 161-180 of 400 for going forward speaker:Eamon Ryan

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...our people in this inflationary period is very important. This inflation is caused by international events that we do not have control over. I appreciate the contributions from Deputies and their good intent in coming forward with proposals. This matter will not end with this Bill but it is a significant step in the right direction. It is very practical, immediate and deliverable....

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Again, I agree with the Deputy. We are only at the concept stage in this area, as are all countries. When we read all the reports about great hydrogen plans, and there is evidence going into it now, we must remember that we are all at an early stage. It is not yet clear and certain what exactly the alternative fuels will be. There is a variety of potential options as well as different...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It included quite radical solutions, potentially, such as considering going back to the historic route of the line, which went via Omagh and Strabane up to Derry, rather than running the line from Portadown up the north-east and north coast. That would require UK Government funding. Nichola Mallon and I had meetings with Sir Peter Hendy twice on this issue to make the case. Separately,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with the relevant transport operators. Therefore, I have forwarded the Deputy’s question, in relation to the timetabling of Go-Ahead Ireland Bus Route Nos 59 and 111 to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fisheries (Commercial Fishing Licences) (Alteration of Duties and Fees) Order 2022: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communictions (1 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will again go local and refer to the Senator's own city. The River Corrib is one of the great rivers and Lough Corrib is one of the great lakes. It is more of a trout lake than a salmon lake but the River Corrib is open. Some 4,139 tags may be issued, just to give an indication of numbers. You will see fishermen at the site by Salmon Weir Bridge. They are there for a reason. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...one to three terra-watt hours of zero emissions gas (including green hydrogen) by 2030. The Climate Action Plan is a living document and will be updated on an annual basis to reflect ongoing developments and targets achieved. My Department continues to work with relevant Departments, agencies and stakeholders to carry out research and develop policies to support the uptake...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (1 Dec 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...€60 million. This is a significant step change for the programme. Concurrent enhancements to processes, IT systems, and resourcing, have been a key focus in 2021 to ensure the programme can continue to grow and scale going forward, to support national energy research and innovation, ensuring maximum impact for the Irish energy sector

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (30 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...€60 million. This is a significant step change for the programme. Concurrent enhancements to processes, IT systems, and resourcing, have been a key focus in 2021 to ensure the programme can continue to grow and scale going forward, to support national energy research and innovation, ensuring maximum impact for the Irish energy sector.

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...making these regulations. My Department has conducted two public consultations on PPTs and has received great deal of feedback which will be useful in framing the regulations. We remain open to good ideas. The issue of insurance is a matter for the Road Traffic Acts, which require mandatory insurance for mechanically propelled vehicles, but not for bicycles. In my view, in this...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: .... I was thinking in advance about what the Deputy might ask today. I thought about that issue of being close to the ground. I spent most of my time, prior to coming in here, working with the good people down in County Kerry. In going green, Kerry could be the lead on and centre of this. Rather than just not being deniers, it could be the top and the best at approaching the climate...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (18 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: This council was appointed exactly as is set out in the law. It was appointed in the same way that the previous Climate Change Advisory Council was established. It was appointed after going through all the proper Government procedures, going to the Cabinet, giving advance notice and discussing it with colleagues both within the Department and within the Government. To my mind, this council...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...response to the climate crisis we face. It is not that every journey can be replaced by travelling on foot or by bike; there are too many variables for that, including, where you live, where you are going, what you are doing etc. However, we can switch a lot more journeys, and that is why this NDP is committing unprecedented amounts of funding to local authorities across the country to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Limerick with urgency and speed, so that the Moyross community and others would connect up and the city would start to work with a really high-quality functioning public transport network. I look forward, when I go to Limerick to meet the community in Moyross and the city manager, to asking where the plans are to honour the commitment to take down those walls and increase accessibility...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Given that the Bill is in the Dáil at the moment and needs to be passed by the Dáil and go to the Seanad, I imagine this will clear the Seanad early in the new year. As the Senator knows, it takes time to put regulations in place, particularly when significant safety issues are involved, as we have with e-scooters. There is a delicate balance. I look forward to debating the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan 2021-2030: Discussion (17 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We are going to continue to invest in roads and there is a significant budget in repair and maintenance of existing roads and new roads. Without prejudging what TII's perspective on it is, the likes of the Slane bypass, which does meet that NSO objective of supporting compact development and dealing with traffic in the centre of a very historic village, fits in with what the NDP is saying,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets and Climate Action Plan: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Cronin. The former President, Mrs. Mary Robinson, said something similarly where she said, "You can't negotiate with science." That last-minute change in the wording about shutting down coal was politically gut-wrenching, as I said at the time. I would make two or three points. First, every single country in the earlier session had said that we had to go for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...that grant support for PHEVs will be removed from 1 January 2022. Any PHEV which registers for the grant in accordance with the scheme rules before this date will be approved and the commitment carried forward into Q1 2022. However, from 1 January 2022 the SEAI will no longer accept grant applications in respect of PHEVs. For the top 10 PHEVS sold in 2020, four are high cost vehicles for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the Paris Agreement. This includes consensus on matters such as carbon markets under Article 6, transparency, climate finance and adaptation, as called for by developing countries. Agreement on a way forward for future finance discussions, solutions on forward approaches to address loss and damage and the scaling up of support to enhance action on adaptation are also key deliverables....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...actions that haulage operators and companies can take to reduce carbon and other emissions. Involving industry, academia and public bodies, these studies examine how best to maximize the emission reduction potential of the existing HDV fleet, and to identify the most viable decarbonisation and emissions reduction options going forward, and also, in some cases, involve consultation with...

Financial Resolutions 2021 - Financial Resolution No. 2: General (Resumed) (13 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will say the exact same thing, which is that this Government is working well. In the past month, it has been working well, such as in its management of the pandemic. We all admit there were mistakes and terrible losses but, by any international yardstick, we have managed the pandemic as a people and as a country, and the Government is part of that. However, we now have to come out of the...