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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the State Agency responsible for issuing licences for recreational and commercial salmon and sea trout fishing. There is no specific “foreshore fishing licence” among the categories of fishing licence issued by IFI. Angling licences are normally valid for all rivers on a national basis or in the case of district licences relate to all of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Agrifood Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This report published by the World Wildlife Fund, the United Nations Environment Programme,the non-profit 'EAT' and Climate Focus highlights the role that national food systems can play in helping countries meet their climate goals. These climate goals are submitted via Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The management structure of the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) is set out below, in tabular format: Grade Number Reports to Director, IRCG* 1 Assistant Secretary General, Management Board Acting Director IRCG 1  Assistant Secretary General, Management Board Assistant Director* 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61, 71, 73 and 74 together. My Department, through the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF), currently transfer data daily to An Garda Síochána’s (AGS) Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system. This dataset contains details of untaxed and untested vehicles (private and commercial) only. The data extracts to AGS and other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to thank the Deputy for her question in relation to Cork Airport.  I am aware of the challenges that Cork Airport and indeed that all of our airports are currently facing and will continue to face over the coming months as the country adjusts to the new reality of living alongside Covid-19.   As the Deputy is aware, Cork Airport is an autonomous...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: 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, including the provision of bus shelters.   Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: While this is an operational matter for the RSA, it is my understanding that only those who are frontline healthcare workers will be deemed eligible for an urgent test slot. It must be borne in mind that, due to social distancing guidelines, fewer daily tests will be conducted by each driver tester. As a result, while there will be some availability for urgent tests, the RSA's capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme.  Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the  maintenance, improvement and upgrading of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As recommended by the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery, the Government has already implemented a wide range of supports for the aviation sector. Chief among these include extending the wage subsidy scheme out to April 2021, alleviation of commercial rates, tax claw back, and the provision of liquidity support which is available to the sector through the Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government includes a comitment to the development of an integrated national greenways strategy. This has the potential to transform modal shift, improve air quality and public health.This commitment to cycling will enable us to achieve the huge ambition of developing an integratednational network of greenways to be used by commuters, leisure cyclists and tourists. We will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, a commitment to consolidate existing Road Traffic legislation was included in Programme for Government agreed by the three Government parties in June of this year. I must emphasise that such a project is not simply a matter of re-enacting all current legislation into a single instrument. Consolidation is a significant and complex undertaking, necessitating the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The most recent speed limit guidelines were issued in March 2015 following a review by a speed limit review working group.  Local Authorities (in conjunction with TII in respect of National Roads) are able to amend and set Speed Limits as appropriate and in accordance with the Speed Limit Guidelines for different sections of the road network as required and adopt bye-laws under a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The tabular table below provides the data requested by the Deputy.  Year  Number of Drivers with Court Disqualification Number of Driving Licences Surrendered Number of Drivers with Penalty Points Disqualification Number of Driving Licences Surrendered 2018 9,824 1,052 1,526  560 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: It is an offence for a learner driver to drive on a motorway.  There has been no recent amendment of the law in this regard. Section 43 of the Roads Act 1993 empowers the Minister to prescribe in regulations who may have access to motorways.  Regulation 7(2)(a) of Roads Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 119 of 1994), made under the 1993 Act powers, specifies that a driver of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The details for the number of learner drivers disqualified having exceeded the maximum of seven penalty points in 2018, 2019 and to date 2020 and the number who subsequently surrendered their permit in each of the years is provided in the tabular table below. Year  Number of Learner Drivers Disqualified Number of Learner Permits Surrendered...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Vehicle and Driver File (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently working with An Garda Síochána to enable its handheld devices access real-time driver and vehicle data. Access to this data is subject to legal and data protection provision approval. Such data transfers will not however be able to determine the drivers that are insured to drive a particular vehicle. This element is subject to the creation of a Motor...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: In July 2018  the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEA) launched a pilot scheme to help domestic customers who install rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment on their homes.  The grant is available to homes built and occupied before 2011 and details of eligibility criteria and how to apply are set out on the SEAI website. As of end August 2020 there were 3,691...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, 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 local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (16 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware the Government announced a stimulus package in July of this year and as part of that package I was delighted to announce additional funding to support active travel.  All local authorities were invited to apply for this funding. In addition, local authorities funded under my Department’s regional and local road maintenance and renewal grant...