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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for SPSVs, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Accordingly, I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise for being inadvertently late. To answer Deputy Naughten and others, we have estimated that a €350 million charge from our Department's Vote to EirGrid this year is the likely expenditure. There may be some further cost but we will not know that until all the contractual arrangements are in place. We cannot be specific because contract negotiations are ongoing as we...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In response to Deputy O'Rourke, I expect it will be a single Supplementary Estimate that we will bring to the Dáil, and it will be to Vote 29 of the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. That capital is then provided to EirGrid to be able to place the orders and, in turn, for it to enter into contracts or to sell on the equipment to developers. The key thing is...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Priority is being given to renewables and that will make up 80% of our electricity generation capacity by the end of this decade. I am convinced of that. We have to do that to meet our climate targets but there is also the comparative competitive advantage that we have in renewables. We also know it requires backup that is open and flexible, particularly gas plant and combined cycle gas...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to respond on amendments Nos. 2, 7 and 22 together. Amendment No. 2 proposes the insertion of a paragraph (c) in section 3(1). As regards amendment No. 7, subsection (1) thereof suggests that a moratorium or pause be placed on data centres, while subsections (2), (3) and (4), along with amendment No. 22, relate to the implementation of risk analysis measures and reporting criteria....

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is true, I am told, but I also hear this when I talk to people in industry, that there is a significant level of connection for the large companies Deputies have mentioned. They provide a great deal of employment, accounting for approximately 50,000 jobs. Much of our tax base is also based on the operations of those companies. That revenue is significant in paying for our social...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is not true.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will go back to the various points made. In response to Deputy Whitmore, as I said earlier, we are in the middle of contracting and purchasing machines. The public would not welcome if the House were to set a price in the middle of negotiations and, therefore, we do not know what the final cost will be. The assessment from the CRU and others is lower than that quoted by the Deputy. I do...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That was actually completely separate because the generation did not relate to this Bill at all.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That was last October.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That was almost a year ago, long before this Bill or the contract arrangements in it were considered. I do not think it relates to this activity at all.

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is true we have been working with the CRU and EirGrid for some time now, going back to last September or beyond, recognising that we had a power shortage and had to close the gap. However, as for the cost to which the Deputy refers, the approach of using the purchase of open-cycle aeroderivative generation in the way we propose here was not considered until earlier this year, certainly...

EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: On the 15th February this year I signed the Regulations (SI 76 of 2022) that create an obligation on suppliers to offer the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff to new and existing micro-and small-scale generators so that they will receive payment for excess renewable electricity they export to the grid, reflective of the market value. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: All applications for petroleum authorisations submitted to my Department are considered under a robust assessment process. Applications are assessed against a number of criteria from a technical and financial perspective in accordance with Section 9A (1) of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act, 1960 and Section 3 of the 2007 Licensing Terms for Offshore Oil and Gas Exploration,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The information sought by the Deputy is available at www.stateboards.ieFurther information is also available on the Department’s website at  gov.ie - State Board Membership (www.gov.ie).

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rental Sector (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The management of connections to the electricity grid is a matter for EirGrid and ESB Networks under rules determined by the Commission for Regulation Utilities (CRU), which is an independent statutory body. This is an operational matter for the Management of ESB Networks and is therefore not a matter in which the Minister has a statutory function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flexible Work Practices (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Under Ag Obair Le Chéile – a comprehensive action plan for 2022 arising from our Statement of Strategy Le Chéile 23- my Department is committed to developing its organisational capacity and invest in staff to ensure they are equipped to meet future challenges. Embracing and implementing a Blended Working policy is part of my Department's key strategic actions and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Prices (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The 2021 Climate Action Plan (CAP21) committed to reducing emissions from the residential sector to between 3.5 - 4.5 Mt CO2eq. by 2030, from 7 Mt in 2018. As part of the achievement of this reduction, the CAP set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal or carbon equivalent and the installation of 400,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Priorities (28 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148, 150, 152 and 153 together. My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The administration and management of applications for retrofit projects under Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have...