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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: On 18 May 2022, the European Commission published a communication “Short-Term Energy Market Interventions and Long Term Improvements to the Electricity Market Design – a course for action”. The communication proposes further short-term measures in the gas and electricity sectors to tackle effectively the impact of sustained high energy prices on consumers and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier this year, Government announced a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. The measures address barriers to undertaking energy upgrades (retrofits) reported by homeowners and those working in the industry. They also reflect the step-change...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department provides support to local authority efforts to tackle litter on a number of fronts. A once off allocation of €5m was provided in 2021 to assist local authorities with the provision and upgrade of their litter infrastructure. A further €750,000 was provided under the Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme, which will again be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan:  The Renewable Fuel for Transport Policy (November 2021) sets out the pathway for increasing the supply and use of renewable fuels in transport. The Policy and the proposed measures contained in it apply to both imported and indigenous supply of fuels. The Policy supports the decarbonising transport actions under the Climate Action Plan 2021 and the envisaged increase in the share of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Work on revising the Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan is currently in progress by my Department. The Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan II will set out the pathway for the long-term sustainable development of Ireland's offshore renewable energy resources. It will provide an evidence base for the identification of areas most suitable for the sustainable development of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has established a cross-Departmental Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce to drive delivery and capture wider and longer term economic and business opportunities associated with the development of offshore renewables in Ireland. This will include the identification of supporting infrastructure development and supply chain opportunities as Ireland’s offshore wind industry is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050 and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030, compared to 2018 levels. As part of an enhanced governance framework to reach these targets, the Act also sets out the processes and timelines for settling the carbon budgets and sectoral...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2021 commits to the development of a support scheme for small-scale generators above 50kW to support the deployment of rooftop and ground-mounted solar PV in cohorts that are not as suited to other support measures, such as the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) and the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). This new scheme will enable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The State’s main tool for monitoring ambient air quality is the national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme, which is operated and maintained by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rather than by my Department. However, my Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and the number of monitoring stations has increased from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. The National Retrofit Plan, published as part of the Climate Action Plan identifies a range...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: A public consultation on the draft Clean Air Strategy ran from 7 March to 3 May.More than 100 submissions were received and these are now being reviewed, with a view to finalising and publishing the strategy later this year. The strategy will outline how we will enhance and protect the air we breathe, and set out a pathway, based on a comprehensive cross-Government programme of policies and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Staffing and recruitment within Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) are operational matters in which neither I nor my Department have any role.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Energy storage encompasses a broad range of technologies with distinct characteristics and capabilities, including speed of response and storage capacity, that provide a variety of critical services to the all-island power system. Maintaining security of supply while integrating greater levels of renewable generation will require a very high penetration of variable electricity on the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier this year, the Government approved a package of supports aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills and lower emissions. The supports included a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme which offers increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 159, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172 and 173 together. The Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘the Bill’) aims to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy by providing the necessary legislative basis for several key measures including the Circular Economy Strategy; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Energy poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, and the Waste Action Plan 2020-2025, A Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (September 2020) committed to a range of actions to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy. This included the adoption of a high-level whole-of-government Circular Economy Strategy. The Circular Economy Strategy (December 2021) provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. I continue to engage with my counterparts on the Energy Council of the European Union, which has focussed on energy security since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My Department also engages regularly with the EU via the Gas Coordination Group and Electricity Coordination Group. In addition, I participate in meetings of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Radon gas is recognised as a serious threat to public health and estimated to be responsible for approximately 350 cases of lung cancer annually in Ireland. In response to this issue, the Government established a National Radon Control Strategy (NRCS). The Strategy is now in its second phase covering the period 2019 to 2024.  Implementation of the Strategy is overseen by an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Questions relating to the management of Departmental offices for matters relating to health and safety, including radon, are dealt with by the Office of Public Works (OPW).