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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has received correspondence from the company referred to in the Question regarding a number of gas projects including the potential development of a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in County Louth. This is a potential development by a private sector company with which my Department has no involvement. I, as Minister, and my Department are neither...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Communities Energy Grant Scheme funded by my Department and operated by the SEAI makes grant funding available for community-based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area and is applicable to homes, community facilities, and businesses. This scheme also facilitates projects from sports centres and it includes support for solar when part of a wider...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The objective of the EU Just Transition Fund is to alleviate the socio-economic impacts of the low carbon transition in the most affected regions across the EU. This Fund may be used to support the re-skilling of workers, help SMEs to create new economic opportunities, and promote the diversification of economic activity towards low-carbon sectors. Ireland has secured an allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not entered into any contracts for public relations advice or consultancy in excess of €10,000 since January 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Communications (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I have not yet been in contact with any cabinet members of the current United States administration.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has been examining this issue in detail for some time and has engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representative organisations and the HSE, in an effort to see how best to support persons with long-term incontinence with respect to the disposal of medical incontinence wear. However, there are complex issues at play in this area, which are understandable given the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 71 and 105 together. As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The continued operation of the public transport sector is important and, from a very early stage in the Covid-19 crisis, public transport was designated by Government as among the essential services that could continue...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is no doubt aware, air passenger rights are protected by Regulation (EC) No. 261/2004, which covers the rights of passengers in instances of flight cancellations. However, if a flight goes ahead and a customer either cancels or does not use their ticket, they are not entitled to a refund under EU law. Mindful of the position that Government has taken in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from the Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. As the Deputy is aware, the NDP 2018-2027 identifies a programme of regional and local road...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: On 8 December 2020, I participated in an informal video conference of EU Transport Ministers, which was held under the auspices of the German Presidency of the Council of the EU. The agenda centred on two main items. Firstly, Council continued discussions on the Eurovignette Directive, which concerns Heavy Goods Vehicles and aims to address issues such as road infrastructure financing and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local authority....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: To facilitate continued public participation in the planning process, the Government announced emergency planning measures in October 2020. These measures are intended to protect the rights of people to comment on planning applications, including transport-related applications, submitted during the current period of Covid-19 restrictions. Details of In the case of regional and local roads...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for vehicles, is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Given the role of the NTA as regulator I have forwarded your correspondence to the Authority for consideration and direct reply as appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 118 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the development of MetroLink. I can confirm...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Acoustic vehicle alerting systems (AVAS) for electric and hybrid vehicles has been considered by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), the European Union (EU) and by vehicle manufacturers. In October 2016, UNECE's World Forum for Harmonization of Vehicle Regulations, which is an intergovernmental platform responsible for regulating for the safety of vehicles, adopted...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation, upgrading and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport and I can confirm to the Deputy that the Programme for Government - Our Shared Futureprioritises plans for the delivery of BusConnects. Implementation of the new Network Redesign is scheduled to commence this year and I very much welcome this move toward implementation. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. Arising from the arrangements in place in relation to Local Property Tax receipts,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The scheme of purchase grants for electric vehicles is operated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) through a network of electric vehicle dealers who have registered with the Authority. Only a registered dealer may apply for the purchase grant on behalf of a customer. To be eligible to participate in the grant scheme, a dealership or vehicle importer must complete the...