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

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy will be aware, while the majority of public transport in Ireland is provided by the publicly-subvented bus and rail services funded through National Transport Authority's (NTA) public service obligation (PSO) programme, the public transport system also includes non-subvented bus services provided on a commercial basis by bus and coach businesses of varying size. Any decision...

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

Eamon Ryan: A substantial amount of work was undertaken by TII in selecting the preferred station location at St. Stephen's Green, including extensive public consultation and subsequent redesign and relocation. A public consultation took place from 22 March to 11 May 2018 along the full length of the route and almost 8,000 submissions were received and considered by Transport Infrastructure Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (13 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to transport measures. In recent years we have seen a significant increase in Active Travel spending around the country which is aimed primarily at encouraging modal shift away from private cars and towards walking and cycling, ultimately resulting in an easing of traffic congestion among other...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day to day operations regarding...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. €289 million was allocated to the National Transport Authority (NTA) in 2022 to fund walking and cycling around the country. The NTA works with the local authorities to determine funding for specific projects and oversees their development. Noting the NTA's role in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Environmental Impact Assessments (13 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has undertaken a significant amount of work to decide the preferred route for MetroLink and the concerns and considerations of residents along the route have played an important role in this. A public consultation took place from 22 March to 11 May 2018 along the full length of the route and almost 8,000 submissions were received and considered by TII. A...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 7 and 8 together.I propose to take Questions Nos 6, 7 and 8 together The management of each of Ireland’s more than 140 salmon rivers including the calculation of the salmon catchment numbers/exploitation rates per river along with the installation of fish counters are operational matters for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in which neither I nor my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9 and 10 together. I propose to take Questions Nos 9 and 10 together In December of each year a suite of secondary legislation – including the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations (WSSTTSRs) – is made by my Department to set out the fisheries management regime for the following year.  The legislation is based on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2023 (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 20 and 21 together.Government is acutely aware of the impact that the recent increases in global energy prices is having on households and throughout 2022 introduced a €2.4 billion package of supports and as part of Budget 2023 has introduced a package of once off measures worth €2.5 billion. This includes a new Electricity Cost Emergency...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 25 together.There are circa 340,000 pay-as-you-go (pre-pay) meters out of a total of 2.2 million electricity meters. An estimated 250,000 of these are where households requested this for various reasons (i.e. rental accommodation; holiday homes; or where a customer prefers to pay in advance for more certainty). There are about...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 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: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The unprecedented increase in international wholesale gas prices have continued as result of the volatility in the international gas market driven by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the on-going war. These gas increases feed directly through to retail electricity prices as the wholesale price of electricity correlates strongly with the price of gas. Natural gas futures prices for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The 2020 Digital Europe Agenda (DEA) defines high-speed broadband as speeds above 30 Mbps. The purpose of the NBP is to promote the deployment of a Next Generation Access network (‘NGA’) comprising access segments and where necessary related backhaul segments in areas of the country where there is no broadband network in place capable of delivering reliably download speeds of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Government is acutely aware of the impact that the recent increases in global energy prices is having on households and throughout 2022 introduced a €2.4 billion package of supports and as part of Budget 2023 has introduced a package of once off measures worth €2.5 billion. This includes a new Electricity Cost Emergency Benefit Scheme through which €550.47 (exclusive of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together.27 and 28  together,The Climate Action Plan set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector from 7 Mt CO2 eq. in 2018 to between 3.5-4.5 Mt CO2 eq. in 2030. Recognising that the achievement of this target will require a step-change in the pace and scale of delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 commits Ireland to reach a legally binding target of net-zero emissions no later than 2050, and a cut of 51% by 2030 (compared to 2018 levels). The Climate Action Plan set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector from 7 Mt CO2 eq. in 2018 to between 3.5-4.5 Mt CO2 eq. in 2030. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There are currently two staff members from my Department assigned to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on a full-time basis to provide support in providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union. They are serving at Higher Executive Officer...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including vehicle age limits for SPSVs , is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Acts 2013 and 2016. As such, the NTA has powers to make regulations in relation to the age limits of SPSVs. Regulations made by the NTA in 2010...