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- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme, leaving the occupants better able to afford to heat...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. In order to qualify for support, applicants must own and live in their home which was built and occupied before 2006 and must be in receipt of certain social welfare payments. To date, over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: My Department currently operates from the following locations: Office Location Number of Staff 29/31 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. D02 X285 280 Tom Johnson House, Beggars Bush, Dublin 4. D04 K7X4 74 Elm House, Earlsvale Road, Cavan. H12 A8H7 40 Government Offices, Newtown Road, Wexford. Y35...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme, leaving the occupants better able to afford to heat...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The administration of financial supports for the SPSV sector, which includes measures such as the Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle grant which supports the purchase of new wheelchair accessible vehicles, is a matter for the statutory regulator, the National Transport Authority. In view of the Authority's responsibilities in the matter I have forwarded your question to the Authority for direct...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may know, in January my Department published both Iarnród Éireann’s financial and economic appraisal (the “EY Report”) and the independent review of it that had been commissioned by my Department and conducted by JASPERS, an agency of the European Investment Bank/EU Commission. This independent review noted a number of shortcomings in relation to...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is likely aware, the Public Spending Code sets out the requirements for the evaluation, planning and management of public investment projects in Ireland and the Code applies to all public bodies and to all bodies whose projects are supported by Exchequer capital funding. The Code sets out a number of Decision Gates in the development of a project proposal; these are points...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is likely aware, the Public Spending Code sets out the requirements for the evaluation, planning and management of public investment projects in Ireland and the Code applies to all public bodies and to all bodies whose projects are supported by Exchequer capital funding. The Code sets out a number of Decision Gates in the development of a project proposal; these are points...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (15 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is likely aware, the Programme for Government committed that approximately €360 million in cross-Government funding will be spent on walking and cycling per annum over the lifetime of the Government. This investment will help support the delivery of around 1,000 kilometres of improved walking and cycling infrastructure by 2025 as well as additional investment in...
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Surely, I will have a chance to respond and press my amendments.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Can I briefly respond to the comments being made for two or three minutes? That would be appropriate.
- Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: From the Seanad (14 Jul 2021)
Eamon Ryan: I will be brief because I realise we are here late at night. We accepted and tabled seven amendments in the Seanad, some of which were from the Opposition but most were from the Government and covered a variety of issues, such as just transition, which was the main subject of the Report Stage debate in the Dáil; and climate justice with regard to accepting what the NGOs said, in that it...