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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The voted funds that were allocated to Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in each of the years 2017 to 2022 is set out in the following table. YEAR PAY €000 PENSION €000 NON-PAY €000 CAPITAL €000 TOTAL €000 2022 16,499 3,238 7,990 2,786 30,513 ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: A public consultation on the draft Clean Air Strategy was undertaken during the period March to May of this year and over 100 submissions were received. The strategy is now being reviewed and updated to reflect both the outcome of the consultation process and policy developments which have occurred in the intervening period that impact on plans to improve the quality of our air. Given the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Dec 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 in February 2022. The second phase of the scheme, announced on 22nd...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 141 together. I refer to the reply to Question No. [62782/22] of 14 December 2022. The position remains unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Celtic Interconnector is a 575 km electricity interconnector that will connect the Irish and French electricity grids from East Cork to North-West France, and is being jointly developed by EirGrid and French Transmission System Operator, RTÉ (Réseau de Transport d’Électricité). With a capacity of 700MW, the interconnector will be in a position to provide...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2021 includes a commitment to review the policy position on the development of private networks/direct lines (Action 115). A consultation paper on policy options for private wires was due to be published in Q1 of this year. Unfortunately, the consultation was delayed. However, work on progressing this matter is ongoing within my Department and officials are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The roll-out of infrastructure for mobile telecommunications services in Ireland is primarily a matter for private mobile network operators, operating on a commercial basis. Capital investment in network infrastructure over the last 5 years was €3.5 billion for fixed and mobile services enhancing the availability of services, both voice and data, throughout Ireland, including in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The 2020 Programme for Government committed to a target of 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity in Ireland’s maritime area by 2030. This target was affirmed in the 2021 Climate Action Plan and is required to meet the target which will be contained in the updated 2023 Plan, that up to 80% of Ireland’s electricity will be sourced from renewables by 2030. In addition,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In response to the climate crisis and the current energy crisis, we must look to accelerate the delivery of renewable electricity, and the delivery of alternative fuels like green hydrogen and biomethane. As part of its decision on the Sectoral Emissions Ceilings, Government agreed to the introduction of an obligation on the heat sector to include renewable heat by 2024, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers a range of schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Latest data provided to my Department by the SEAI indicates that the total number of homes completed for all residential and community energy schemes (including Solar PV) to end of November is 22,880, a 69% increase on the same period...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s decision on Sectoral Emissions Ceilings means we must reduce electricity emissions to approximately 3 MtCO2eq per annum by 2030 for the electricity sector, the steepest decline of all sectors of the economy. The targets are particularly challenging because of increasing electricity demand, including demand from data centres, and also the electrification of heat and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (15 Dec 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, accountable to a Committee of the Oireachtas and not to me as Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Beyond Ireland’s 2030 offshore renewable energy targets, the Programme for Government further commits to developing a longer-term plan to take advantage of up to 30GW of offshore floating wind power in our deeper Atlantic waters, which would enable Ireland to become a major regional generator and exporter of offshore renewable energy. Work on a revised Offshore Renewable Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 162 together. With Ireland’s maritime area seven times the size of its landmass and our location at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, I am critically aware that the potential for offshore renewable energy in Ireland is enormous. Central to realising this potential, and to meeting our targets, is the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Hydrogen provides us with an incredible opportunity in Ireland. It provides the potential for long term storage of energy, the opportunity of dispatchable wind and solar power, the potential of chemical feedstocks, the potential of an export market and the opportunity to decarbonise some parts of high temperature processing. Ireland has one of the best offshore renewable energy resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050, and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, the Government approved sectoral emissions ceilings last July for both the first and second carbon budget periods, with the exception...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050, and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, a carbon budget programme proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council was adopted by the Oireachtas on 6 April 2022. On 28 July, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050, and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, the Government approved Sectoral Emission Ceilings for both the first and second carbon budget periods, with the exception the Land Use,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is one of the major Government policies to help deliver on Ireland’s target to increase the share of electricity generation from renewable sources to up to 80% and accelerate renewables to deliver on the electricity sectoral carbon budgets. While the primary policy objective of RESS is the delivery of renewable electricity in a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's most recent renewable energy projections are reported in the 2019 National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), available here: assets.gov.ie/94442/f3e50986-9fde-4d34-aa35-319af3bfac0c.pdf , which was prepared before the adoption of the current Programme for Government. Table 7 of the NECP details the planned trajectory of all renewable energy technologies, including onshore and...