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

Eamon Ryan: The administration and management of applications under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) grant schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to individual grant applications. The SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed promptly, in line with...

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

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which is an independent Regulator, and was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent legislation. The key benefit of micro-generation is the money you save on...

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 tables below:Minister Alex White 2014-2016: Name   Start Date End Date Madeline Mulrennan 14/07/2014 7/05/2016 Bernard Harbour 13/10/2014 19/03/2016 Minister Dennis Naughten 2016-2018: Name   Start Date ...

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

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the State Agency whose remit is provide scientific and management to advice to me, as Minister, on legislative measures to preserve each of the individual salmon stocks around the country.  Annual legislation is enacted based on the conservation imperative that exploitation is only permitted, by the most appropriate method, where there is a sufficient...

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

Eamon Ryan: The National Heat Study, published by the SEAI in February 2022, is a comprehensive analysis of the options for reaching net zero emissions from the heating sector by 2050 and contains detailed analysis which will now facilitate the development of options, policies, and measures to decarbonise the heating and cooling sectors to 2050. The Study considered a number of potential decarbonisation...

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

Eamon Ryan: I refer the Deputy to a previous reply in relation to this matter, in response to Parliamentary Question 48164 answered on 4 October 2022. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. The National Transport Authority (NTA) in turn works with local authorities to determine funding for specific projects and oversees their development including the relevant design works. In 2022, €289 million was allocated to the National Transport Authority (NTA) to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Oct 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 operations of public transport. The issue of the reliability of specific train services is first and foremost an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the company...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 Oct 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 responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the provision of bus stops/shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 Oct 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 operations of public transport. The issues raised by the Deputy regarding the number of instances of Irish Rail bridges and level crossing gates in Dublin being struck by vehicles, as well the number of acts of vandalism on Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department takes the security of it’s Information Technology and email systems very seriously. It would not be appropriate to disclose information which might assist criminals to identify potential vulnerabilities in Departmental cybersecurity arrangements and for that reason I will not elaborate further on operational security matters. I can confirm that our technical staff...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity Policy (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department currently stores a low proportion of data in the cloud. We have an agreed Cloud Computing policy in place since September 2021 which has established a cloud first strategy in the development of all new systems in line with the Government’s Cloud Computing Advice Note of October 2019. Those systems that have moved to the cloud have proved successful and my Department...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 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 Staff (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: On the commencement of every Dáil, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform issues guidelines setting out the arrangements for the staffing of Ministerial Offices. The appointment of Special Advisers is subject to section 11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. From July 2020 costs of special adviser(s) to the Minister for Transport were absorbed by the Department of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (18 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: Public Transport (18 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: Rail Network (18 Oct 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 in the Greater Dublin Area which includes, in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), MetroLink. The current arrangements for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (18 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 230, 231, 232 and 234 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for the policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. In 2021, approximately €313 million was allocated through the National Transport Authority (NTA) to local authorities to fund walking and cycling around the country. The NTA works with the local...