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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport.  The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the provision of bus stops/shelters.  Noting the NTA's responsibility in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

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 stops/shelters.  In light of the Authority's responsibility in this area, I have forwarded the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including vehicle standards and age limits, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013.  I have, therefore, forwarded your correspondence to the NTA for consideration and direct reply. Please advise this office if you...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The process of converting a disused rail line into a greenway, depends largely on ownership of land along the rail line. If ownership of the land on the rail line is still with CIE, then a standard licence agreement applies. If the land is currently in private ownership, the Code of Best Practice applies. The Code of Best Practice which was published in December 2021, provides information...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding of public transport.  The operation, maintenance and renewal of the rail network and stations on the network including the former station at Ballisodare, County Sligo, is a matter for Iarnród Éireann in the first instance. In view of Iarnród Éireann's responsibility in this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport companies.  The issues raised by the Deputy in relation to the possible creation of an offshore renewable energy hub at Rosslare are an operational matter for the company and I have therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads 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 grants, where applicable.  The major cuts to funding for regional and local roads during the post 2008...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The National Sustainable Mobility Policy, which I published in April, sets out a strategic framework to 2030 for active travel and public transport. The aim of the policy is to make it easier for people across the country to choose walking, cycling and use public transport daily instead of having to travel by private car. The policy is accompanied by an action plan to 2025 which contains...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I very much appreciate the various contributions I heard during the debate. I will look back at the record to read the earlier contributions. To respond to Senator McDowell, we could easily lapse into despondency and ask why should we do anything because it is too late to address climate change. There is no doubt but that it will be a challenge beyond compare. What we need to do will...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Could we not start to pay them for other nature-based services? That is where the market is going. The food industry relies on exports. The big companies, such as the Kerry Group, are committing to science-based targets because they know if they are not following science-based targets, they will not get finance in five or ten years and they will find it very difficult to sell on an Origin...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Some 150,000 or 200,000 people work in the digital industry here. They want to see data centres as well as those jobs. We can design our data centres in a way that they are part of the solution. The energy use goes mainly on heat in data centres. By managing that heat, it can be used for district heating, leading to real efficiency.

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No. However, we can design it in Athenry where the backup power it has strengthens the grid and its demand-management capability gives us flexibility. Athenry is not too far from Moneypoint on the Shannon Estuary where all that offshore wind energy will come ashore and will be converted to hydrogen. When the wind is blowing the wind energy will run from Moneypoint up to Athenry or...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. I will tell the Senator the reason. It goes back to efficiency. We will get the workforce because the system before this was always stop-start, with building contractors working for six months and then stopped for six months, having to wait to find out whether there was more money. It is no wonder the industry did not scale up. Now that they know that they have €9 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Jun 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: Environmental Schemes (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The criteria and management of the register of auditors are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to the evaluation process for energy auditors.The SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed promptly, in line with the SEAI’s objective to deliver services to the highest...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The management of connections to the electricity grid is a matter for the system operators, EirGrid and ESB Networks, under rules determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which is an independent statutory body and solely accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas for the performance of its functions. The matters raised in the Question relate both to the statutory...