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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together. Earlier this year, Government announced an enhanced package of measures to support the uptake of home energy upgrades and include: - A new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard. - Establishment of a network of registered One Stop Shops...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (13 Jul 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 operation of public transport services. The query raised regarding publishing the results of a customer service satisfaction survey administered via the Dublin Bus website in 2022 is an operational matter for Dublin Bus. Accordingly, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, regional rail connectivity is one of the key issues for consideration as part of the ongoing All Island Strategic Rail Review. This includes the urban centres referred to by the Deputy The Review,which is being undertaken in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure (Northern Ireland), will inform the development of inter-urban/inter-regional rail on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Salary costs related to the Minister are absorbed by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Minister of State (MoS) Naughton is in receipt of a TD's salary which is paid by the Houses of the Oireachtas. As a Minister of State, MoS Naughton is paid an allowance of €40,464, which is paid by this Department. MoS Naughton voluntarily surrenders part of her salary in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As noted previously, Louth County Council is the statutory planning and road authority in its functional area. It is, therefore, a matter for Louth County Council to consider options regarding the development of the proposed Drogheda Northern Cross Route (PANCR) scheme. It should be noted that there is a limited budget available for projects under the Regional and Local Road Strategic...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Details of the total amount of Active Travel funding awarded to Wexford County Council for the years 2021 and 2022 can be found in the tables below. While the Deputy has clarified that he requires this information for the years 2020 - 2022 I can confirm that Sustainable Transport Measures Grants (STMG) were allocated to Local Authorities in Greater Dublin Area and Regional Cities only in 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport engages the services of the Public Appointments Service (PAS). PAS is the centralised provider of recruitment, assessment and selection services for the Irish Public and Civil Service. As the leading recruiter for the Civil and Public Service, PAS welcomes people from all communities to apply for career opportunities. PAS promotes diversity and inclusion...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (13 Jul 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 operation of public transport services. The query raised regarding overpaid cash fares to Dublin Bus in each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 is an operational matter for Dublin Bus. Accordingly, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The safety and security of both public transport passengers and staff, including arrangements to deal with anti-social behaviour, are important matters that, first and foremost, must be managed by every public transport company, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána where appropriate. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is also engaged with public transport operators regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jul 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. In light of the NTA's responsibility in this area, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: At present my Department has no offices which are open to the public. Any broadening of access to buildings would need to have regard to a number of relevant considerations, including security issues, to ensure that our staff and the public are safe. I have referred your question to the agencies under the aegis of my Department for direct reply. Please contact my private office if you do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of People with Disabilities (13 Jul 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 promoting the development of an accessible, integrated and sustainable public transport network. The NTA works with the relevant public transport operators, who have responsibility for day-to-day operational...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This year I have made €289m available to local authorities through the National Transport Authority (NTA) to progress the delivery of approximately 1,200 Active Travel projects throughout the country in addition to an investment of €60m in Greenways. The NTA has responsibility for the allocation of funding to specific projects and oversight of their development, in cooperation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In Budget 2022, €538m was secured to support Public Service Obligation (PSO) services, including over €200m to address COVID expenses (i.e. loss of fare revenue, cleaning costs). €9m of the €538m allocation has been provided as ongoing support for the licensed bus sector for the first six months of the year. While, over €15m was also allocated to support...

Green Hydrogen Strategy Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I apologise. I was at a Cabinet subcommittee. I will briefly add to what the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, has said. We are trained on developing this strategy. We agree with the Opposition that it is central to the development of our energy future. There is real potential for large-scale offshore wind energy and other renewable sources, which can use electrolysis to create green...

Green Hydrogen Strategy Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy Ó Murchú was true to his word and bang on the dot. I agree with Deputies O'Rourke and Ó Murchú that we need to take an all-island approach to this. We need to think bigger again and take a European approach. We will not make the decarbonisation to new energy system as an island alone. It will require co-operation with the United Kingdom and our continental...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 1: In page 8, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “ “Act of 2016” means the Road Traffic Act 2016.” I appreciate the second chance provided by Committee Stage to discuss this important legislation. I have a large number of amendments that are, by and large, technical in nature and I am happy to explain them all in turn. I do...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I appreciate that. They are mainly technical, but if any Deputy wants me to go into further detail, I will happily do so.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Amendments Nos. 1 and 54 are an example of this. In discussions with the insurance industry, it became clear that the requirement to notify the Department within five days - a tight timeline that was set out in the 2016 Act - of an inspection in which a vehicle was written off because it was deemed not roadworthy or had come to the end of its life should be amended to ten days. In these...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 2: In page 8, to delete line 16 and substitute the following: “ A1 A1 and AM ”. This is a technical amendment. We noticed a mistake in the text of the original Bill. Older vehicles have older licence categorisations. The amendment will amend the text so that the A1 categorisation for older vehicles relates to the modern...