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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 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 independent Transport Regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 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...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputies for raising these important matters and allowing us time to discuss them. I appreciate their concern, which is all of our concern. There is no monopoly in the House or within any party when it comes to care for our people. We all share that. The unprecedented rise in prices and what that may do to leave people in a position where they cannot pay their electricity...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputy for raising this important topic. I will set out the policy position and outline the views of stakeholders on the issue. I will then discuss the proposed consultation. The current legislative framework does not for the most part allow for privately-owned power lines. The ESB is the sole distribution asset owner and ESB Networks is the sole distribution system operator...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The consultation is due to conclude at the very latest early next year but the officials hope it can be concluded before the end of this year. I will be very keen to see a rapid conclusion. It will not come to a decision but it will elucidate the various views. This is a complex issue. It has been looked at for many years. It has been stalled by concerns about possible unintended...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There is no national waiver scheme for household waste collection. The waste management market in Ireland is now serviced by private companies, where prices charged are matters between those companies and their customers, subject to compliance with all applicable environmental and other relevant legislation, including contract and consumer legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: A large proportion of the data held by my Department is currently stored on equipment owned and controlled by my Department.  Data is stored on external cloud services where there are good business reasons for doing so, principally to allow easier sharing of that data with other parties.   In 2020, my Department purchased Microsoft 365 licenses to allow cloud collaboration for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested by the deputy is outlined in the table below: Name Position Current Salary Scale Paul Kenny Policy Adviser to Minister Ryan Principal Officer PPC - Point 5 John McDonald Policy Adviser to Minister Ryan Principal Officer PPC - Point 3 Edel Hackett ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, approves any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post. The operation of the schemes is a matter between the management of An Post, staff representatives and the trustees of the schemes....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 181 together.I propose to answer question no’s 180 and 181 together. Transposition of Directive (EU) 2019/944 into Irish law is complete. Article 2(15) is transposed via Regulation 2(1) of SI 20/2022. No financial penalties have been imposed. Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/944 is principally a matter for the Commission for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 and 183 together.182 and No. 183 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: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme has delivered 3,068 home energy upgrades to the end of September 2022. Upgrades under the scheme can involve shallow, deep or deep heat works. To date this year, approximately 29% of homes under the Scheme have received heating upgrades with SEAI advising that 861 boilers and 21 heat pumps were installed under the Warmer Homes Scheme.Data in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The phased introduction of the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) has already begun with the commencement of the MSS domestic solar PV grant on 16 February last and the extension of capital grants for non-domestic installations up to 6 kWe in September. Grant levels for both are up to a maximum of €2,400 and are available through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI)....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186, 187, 188 and 189 together. In February this year, Government approved the establishment of the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (NHEUS) Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard.  This Scheme introduces a new, highly customer centric, way to undertake home upgrades. Following...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There is no single register for the number of households that have installed Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels. Solar PV panels are installed under a number of scenarios. Firstly, Solar PV is installed on new homes, as one of the measures to achieve compliance with Part L of the Building Regulations. These panels are not eligible for Government supports. Secondly, Solar PV panels are installed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I refer the Deputy to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 47 of 8 September 2022which notes that neither my Department nor DPER is legally permitted to grant pre-approval for a pension increase. An Post, which is an independent commercial semi-state body, has accordingly undertaken to submit that request in 2023 with the appropriate financial and actuarial reports required for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Single Electricity Market (SEM) is the wholesale electricity market for the island of Ireland. The SEM is regulated by the SEM Committee. The SEM Committee comprises the two energy regulators, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and Northern Ireland’s Utility Regulator and an independent member.The operation and administration of the Single Electricity Market is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As a condition of petroleum authorisations, the holders of such authorisations are required to carry out technical work programmes in order to evaluate the prospectivity of the licenced area and to report the results of work programmes to the Geoscience Regulation Office of my Department. The holders of the exploration authorisations in the Slyne Basin, in nearby areas of the Mayo coast...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is targeting support for 380MW of installed micro-generation capacity by 2030, including over 60,000 small microgeneration connections less than 6 KW and 10,000 connections between 6 kW and 50 kW. The first phase of the scheme, consisting of a Domestic solar PV grant, commenced on the 16th February 2022. The second phase of the scheme, announced on...