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Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I accept what Senator Boyhan said about the critical role played by the Opposition. I must go back and look at my own record. Opposition amendments are an important part of the legislative process and it is important that the Government is open to accepting them. The Senator's words will echo in my ears as we look at various amendments in the future. I thank all of the Senators for the...

Seanad: Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (5 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: They do an excellent job in this and other legislation. I have found them a pillar of good common sense. Public interest is what directs them and they, more than anyone else, deserve credit for the work that is done in this area. I look forward to returning to the Seanad with further legislation on the area of marine casualty investigation to follow through on the words that have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts through April,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts from April and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to the response to Question no. 317 of 26 April last. The Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) submitted a revised draft draft Western Lakes Management Plan to me earlier this year and I wrote to IFI to confirm my support for that draft last month. I understand that IFI now intends to conduct a public consultation on the draft plan. The draft plan sets out...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Midlands region is the first in Ireland to directly experience the negative impacts of the transition away from fossil fuels, with the ending of peat extraction for power generation, and Government has implemented financial measures to combat the negative effects of this transition in the region. Just transition funding has not been provided for the purposes of subsidising the importation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Midlands region is the first in Ireland to directly experience the negative impacts of the transition away from fossil fuels, with the ending of peat extraction for power generation, and Government has implemented financial measures to combat the negative effects of this transition in the region. Just transition funding has not been provided for the purposes of subsidising the importation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The phased introduction of the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) has already begun with the commencement of the MSS solar PV grant on 16 February last for domestic applicants who can apply for a capital grant up to a maximum of €2,400 from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) without any minimum BER requirement and homes built up to 2021 are now eligible. The SEAI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The application referred to in the question is under consideration by my Department. All applications for petroleum authorisations are assessed against a number of criteria in accordance with Section 9A(1) of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960 and Section 3 of the Licensing Terms for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration, Development and Production. This includes the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Excellence in Energy Efficiency Design (EXEED) programme was reviewed and relaunched in early 2021, with significant enhancement in both supporting deeper emissions reductions and more efficient processing and approvals cycles. Since its relaunch it has attracted significant interest, and a strong pipeline of projects has developed.    A key element of the 2021 review was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is mandated to produce annual national greenhouse gas inventories and projections to meet reporting obligations to the European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This evidence informs climate policy development by tracking progress against targets, highlighting national sectoral trends, and the main...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts from April and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers free energy upgrades for eligible homeowners in low-income households who are most at risk of energy poverty. It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since the start of the scheme in 2000, over 145,000 free upgrades have been supported by the scheme. In 2021, the average cost of the energy efficiency measures...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts from April and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: All projects supported under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme, onshore and offshore, are required to make mandatory contributions to Community Benefit Funds for the local communities at a rate of €2 for every MWh of energy generated. Owing to the larger scale of offshore wind developments, these contributions are expected to be significantly larger than those of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts from April and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The administration and management of applications under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to individual grant applications. The SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed promptly, in line with SEAI’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The electricity and gas retail markets in Ireland operate within a European Union regulatory regime wherein electricity and gas markets are commercial, liberalised, and competitive. Operating within this overall EU framework, responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets is solely a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which was assigned...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not seconded any employees to the university third level sector over the past two years. Secondments in my Department are managed in line with the DPER Secondment Policy for the Civil Service 2021 and guideline’s and procedures governing secondments between civil and public service organisations Secondments provide staff members with opportunities to broaden their...