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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 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, including BusConnects Dublin. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters of public transport operators, including those related to the operation of commercial bus services, their fare structures, or the acceptance of free travel passes. Further, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has no direct...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 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, including BusConnects Dublin. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 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: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am fully committed to strengthening our public transport offerings and progressively making them accessible for all, especially for disabled people/persons with disabilities, reduced mobility and older people. However, I must emphasise to the Deputy that specialised non-public (closed) door-to-door services do not fall under my aegis. The type of dedicated,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Dec 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 the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

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

Eamon Ryan: I have met regularly with the National Transport Authority (NTA) since taking office. Please see as follows a copy of my diary since my appointment as Minister for Transport: Subject Date NTA 6th Nov 2020 NTA CEO & Chair 16th Dec 2020 NTA 30th April 2021 NTA / Connecting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Dec 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 of these services in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (13 Dec 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 operation of public transport. The issue of the number of staff working in individual departments of the Company on a day-to-day basis is first and foremost an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann, and I have therefore...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Dec 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 issue raised by the deputy in relation to the number of passengers who have used Dublin Bus Route 40D in both directions in the years 2021 and to date in 2022 is an operational matter for Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (13 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, 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. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. Since August, a series of global...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Green Schools Programme in Ireland is one of the most successful in the international Foundation for Environmental Education network and operates in over 94% of schools nationwide. It promotes climate literacy in a fun and interactive way, engaging children from a young age, as well as providing participants with practical tools to make changes in their daily lives and involve them in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Data (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not paid any fines to the European Commission in respect of infringements for failures to transpose EU law since the commencement of the 33rd Dail.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers free energy upgrades for eligible homeowners in low-income households who are most at risk of energy poverty. It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since the start of the scheme in 2000, over 145,000 free upgrades have been supported by the scheme. The support available under the scheme is significant, with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (14 Dec 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 Legal Cases (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Although no legal cases have been brought against Ireland under the Energy Charter Treaty, significant concerns remain about the compatibility of the Energy Charter Treaty with the Paris Climate Agreement and about the ECT’s dispute resolution mechanism, which allows investors to sue States, who are party to the ECT, for failing to protect energy investments, in particular fossil fuel...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The operation and funding of pension schemes for employees in Bodies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each Body. The respective responsibilities of the Department and the State Bodies are set out in the Remuneration and Superannuation Protocol of the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies and in Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER)...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: While Ireland does not have a specific voluntary national carbon credit trading system, we participate in the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS). The Commission have recently published proposals for the first EU-wide voluntary framework to reliably certify high-quality carbon removals. The proposal will boost innovative carbon removal technologies, sustainable carbon farming solutions, and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (14 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is one of the flagship Government policies to help deliver on the ambition in the Climate Action Plan 2021 of up to 80% renewable electricity by 2030. The RESS supports communities in a variety of ways including through a separate category for community projects and a mandatory community benefit fund for every project supported in the scheme....