Results 1-20 of 395 for going forward speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and trust in relation to mineral exploration and mining activities, requiring public engagement to identify and address any concerns about the mineral sector and how it interacts with local communities. Going forward, stakeholder and public consultation and engagement will be important in contributing to the implementation of the Policy Statement, which also reflects discussions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Study, both of which are nearing completion. The Strategic Roads Feasibility Study will include analysis of the strategic road requirements for Galway, and will provide road options which will go forward for assessment as part of the multi-modal process for the strategy. The NTA will undertake a public consultation process following the preparation of the draft strategy, with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: .... I fully acknowledge that there have been issues with certain bus services in Dublin in recent months, which must be incredibly frustrating for users. These issues were exasperated by the ongoing challenges the public transport sector is facing in the recruitment of both mechanics and drivers. However, I am advised the due to the extensive driver recruitment campaigns undertaken by...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Mar 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...us to be able to deploy them in a way that is much more effective and to increase the use of them for variable charging and other mechanisms that will see their real benefit coming through. I look forward to any recommendations from the committee in that regard. From my perspective that is exactly the direction we need to go. The characteristics of this new energy system is a balancing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the assembly and the Executive up North. I note that we do not yet have the timeline around some of the North-South ministerial meetings. That is needed to co-ordinate, and I am really looking forward to it. We need to get down to business quickly, but we have to await the timelines around that. I have couple of points to make on this. First of all, we must remember what the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...these locations EV ready. Local Authorities and AHBs can apply through the apartment charger scheme for retrofitting of EV charge points in their multi unit developments. The apartment charger scheme going forward will target private developments and AHBs. It is planned to directly fund Local Authorities through projects identified through their EV Infrastructure Strategies for...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (7 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...of 2023, including the growth in public transport passenger numbers and the retention of the 20% average reduction in fares, to name but two. However, it also highlights many of the challenges that we face going into 2024, from the immediate - the concerning rise in road fatalities - to the long term - the challenge of rapidly reducing carbon emissions in the transport sector and the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bus Services (1 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...schemes - and hope that construction can start on those in the near future. Meanwhile, new bus services in Dublin are already being delivered with the E-spine and inner-city orbitals planned to go live this year. In Cork, following a public consultation, the new BusConnects network was published in June 2022, and it aims to provide an increase of more than 50% in bus services...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I say to the Deputy what I said to him the other day. I look forward to going down to Tipperary town, a town I know well and one that needs a bypass. This is a complicated and controversial issue. Many Deputies have concerns about what roads we need to advance quickest. I have said publicly and in this House on many occasions our bypasses are the critical next investment we need to make....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Usage (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...December 2023 as part of the programme, with further TEG units to be energised in Huntstown in the coming weeks, and Shannonbridge and Tarbert across 2024, will mitigate risks to our electricity supply, going forward. The energy security package concludes that Ireland’s future energy will be secure by moving from a fossil fuel-based energy system to an electricity-led system,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...years. Providing viable active travel infrastructure across both rural and urban areas is vital for encouraging modal shift away from private car use where possible, which is a key priority going forward as we try to meet our carbon emission reduction targets.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the BusConnects Dublin programme. In light of the Authority's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the Deputy's question the impact of the changes and service delivery issues in regards to the number 120X, S4, and 115 bus routes, to the NTA for direct reply. I also have forwarded the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...associated with the proposed upgraded East West Link Road. As the Deputy is aware the proposed scheme would run on regional routes from Dundalk to Cavan and national routes from Cavan to Sligo. Going back some time there was a proposal for a substantial upgrade of the regional road part of the route; my department provided over €2 million to Cavan County Council, acting as lead...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...response to Deputy Higgins parliamentary question [Dáil Question 55] of December 6th2023. "My Department is responsible for the implementation of 54 specific commitments in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future, as well as playing a critical role in supporting other commitments. Key updates regarding policy achievements in 2023 with respect to these commitments, as sought...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is responsible for the implementation of 54 specific commitments in the Programme for Government: Our Shared Future, as well as playing a critical role in supporting other commitments. Key updates regarding policy achievements in 2023 with respect to these commitments, as sought by the Deputy, are set out below. Climate Action Plan The Transport chapter of the national Climate...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I spent my working life going from Cork to Kerry and around Killarney before coming into this House. I have a particular interest in and understanding of it. I thank the Deputy for his question as it raises a number of important points, including the issue of road safety. Since 2020 this Government has invested approximately €237 million in the road network in Kerry to ensure the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Park-and-Ride Facilities (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I mentioned the planning issues not as an excuse for Government delay but to give the reality for the Deputy's constituents. While some of these sites are pretty much ready to go, the reality as you know is that it will take a period to go through the planning system. I have a certain frustration as Minister for Transport about critical projects such as the cross-city bus service in Galway,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I did not realise that. The Minister clearly has sectoral responsibility and I would be reluctant to tread on his toes in any way. I might answer the Deputy's question on the coherence of overall Government policy, for which, as climate Minister, I have responsibility. I earlier mentioned the various task forces we have set up. Three of the most significant, and they are the ones that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...associated with the proposed upgraded East West Link Road. As the Deputy is aware the proposed scheme would run on regional routes from Dundalk to Cavan and national routes from Cavan to Sligo. Going back some time there was a proposal for a substantial upgrade of the regional road part of the route; my department provided over €2 million to Cavan County Council, acting as lead...