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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to the reply to Question No 142 of 20 September 2022. : My Department has engaged with relevant stakeholders, including representative organisations such as Family Carer’s Ireland, Age Action, the Alzheimer Society of Ireland, the Irish Wheelchair Association, Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Ireland, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland and public bodies such as the National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I engaged Mr. Dermot McCarthy, former Secretary General to the Government and the Department of the Taoiseach, to conduct an independent review into the circumstances requiring emergency measures to be introduced to secure electricity supply over the coming winters. Mr. McCarthy's engagement, along with the terms of reference for the review, were noted by Government at its meeting on 14 June...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In my previous response to the Deputy on 31st January 2023, I confirmed that request is currently being evaluated. In order to consider the request, a report was requested from NewERA on the pension increase proposal. This report is currently being prepared. Following completion of this report, a determination will be made by my Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: While full and final emissions data for 2022 is not yet available, recent reports of provisional data from the EPA have indicated that Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions increased by 4.7% in 2021 compared to 2020 and are now 1.1% above 2019 pre-COVID restriction levels. The recently published Climate Action Plan 2023 includes the EPA's latest emissions data, disaggregated for each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Tax Code (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices came into force in October 2022. This Council Regulation provides for a cap on market revenues of non-gas electricity generators and a temporary solidarity contribution on profits in the fossil fuel production and refining sectors. On 22...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department advises that the network infrastructure map required to be provided by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is functioning in full and is currently accessible, as described. In addition, Service Providers have access to a fully interactive map, which contains all information required to enable them to prepare for and place orders for all products available from NBI.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 131 together. Commercial salmon fishing licences are public licences which must be taken out annually under the provisions of the Fisheries Acts. Such licences are entirely permissive in nature, confer no rights on the licensee, are not the property of the holder nor can they be held on a permanent basis. In that context the issue of compensation does...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 127 and 130 together. The placement, operation and utilisation of fish counters as one of a number of indices used by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in its annual assessment of salmon returns is a technical and operational matter for IFI in which neither I nor my Department have any function. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has established a specific email...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 129 together. I recently enacted the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Regulations for 2023 which came into operation on 1 January last and set out, inter alia, the status of each of Ireland‘s more than 140 salmon rivers as open, open to catch and release or closed to harvest. These regulations are based on the annual management advice of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I take it that the question refers to the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) 2021 study entitled, Single-use beverage cups and their alternatives - Recommendations from Life Cycle Assessments, which has previously been cited by my Department in relation to the enactment of the Circular Economy Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (‘the Act’). This UNEP study is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: All relevant data is considered when introducing environmental reforms; and this includes the levy on disposable cups for hot drinks. Last year following the signing of the Circular Economy Act, I published the draft regulations, together with a comprehensive Regulatory Impact Assessment for public consultation. In 1999, my Department established the National Litter Pollution Monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention. I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 27th January 2023,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Sections 22 & 33 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 require that the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) prepare and submit to me in my role as Minister for approval, draft codes of practice for the purpose of setting standards for the operation of CCTV and other mobile recording devices in order to deter environmental pollution and to facilitate the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: While the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities my Department provide extensive policy, financial and legislative support. For example, my Department provided €750,000under the Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme for 2022, with a similar amount expected to be made available in 2023....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government – Our Shared Futureincludes a priority to deliver the DART+ programme. The DART+ programme comprises of five projects for the development of rail in the Greater Dublin Area (GDA), with DART+ Fleet and DART+ West being the most advanced. The Programme also includes DART+ South West, DART+ Coastal South and DART+ Coastal North projects. Collectively these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy, regarding the request for the number and details of compensation or redress schemes put in place by this Department since 1998, the Department is in the process of requesting material which is potentially relevant from its stored archives. The Department will revert with a final response as quickly as possible when this material has been received and evaluated.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, the Strategic Rail Reviewis being undertaken in cooperation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. It will inform the development of the railway sector on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades. The Reviewis considering the future of the rail network with regard to the following ambitions: improving sustainable connectivity between the major...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 145 and 146 together. 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 management and operation of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 2023)

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: Bus Services (14 Feb 2023)

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...