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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Jun 2023)

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 national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of TFI Local Link services, and the development of the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. The roll-out of services under 'Connecting Ireland' began...

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

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, the setting of tolls is a statutory function of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). In the twelve month period used to calculate maximum tolls for 2023, inflation was obviously a significant issue and that was at the...

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

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 raised in relation to the steps that Iarnród Éireann will take to ensure that older people with no credit cards or computer skills will still be able to pay cash for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (14 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. In both of those areas there have been significant developments since this Government came into office, with last year's publication of a new Sustainable Mobility Policy and its five-year action plan providing strong policy support to the continued expansion and enhancement of bus...

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

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 and bus shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the...

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

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, the setting of tolls is a statutory function of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). As such, there is no formal consultative role for me as Minister in relation to tolls. The "maximum toll" for each tolled scheme is set...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In order to address data protection concerns, Sections 22 and 33 of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 require that separate Codes of Practice for the operation of CCTV schemes under both the Litter Pollution Act and the Waste Management Act and a further Code of Practice for the use of “mobile recording devices” under the Waste Management Act are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The national Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme is operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and as a consequence the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 113 today. The expansion will be complete when the remaining stations are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to ensuring vulnerable people are protected during the cost-of-living crisis. Energy suppliers are required by their license conditions to adhere to rules in their dealings with customers as outlined in the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities Supplier Handbook. These rules are in place to ensure that all customers experience a high standard of protection...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The EPA’s latest GHG emissions projections highlight the challenge Ireland faces in meeting its highly ambitious climate objectives and legally-binding emissions targets. While the EPA’s projections show that emissions are expected to decrease in almost all sectors over the next two decades, it is clear that we still have considerable work to do. The recent EPA report has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland’s strategic approach to the Circular Economy is currently set out in the Whole-of-Government Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2023. Section 7 of the Circular Economy Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (‘the Act’) provides a statutory basis for future iterations of the Strategy, and also requires that such iterations include sectoral targets aimed at promoting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The appropriate regulation of District Heating is critical to ensure clarity in relation to the rights and obligations of consumers, and to provide market certainty to operators. It also allows for currently unregulated group heating schemes, which are generally smaller than district heating schemes and single building or housing scheme focussed, to be brought into the regulatory framework. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector has been designed as an overhead, alternating-current interconnector integrating the Irish and Northern Irish electricity grids. In this form, it is a critical infrastructure project for the island of Ireland. It will be the backbone of a fit for purpose electricity system that will ensure energy security, allow more renewables to be used on the island, reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 2023 sets out Ireland’s response to the climate crisis, detailing the roadmap of policies, measures and actions that we will deliver in support of meeting Ireland's climate commitments and emission reduction targets. The plan implements the Carbon Budgets and Sectoral Emissions Ceilings agreed by the Government and sets out a roadmap for systemic change to reduce...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The electricity and gas retail markets in Ireland operate within a European Union regulatory regime wherein electricity and gas markets are commercial and liberalised. Operating within this overall EU framework, responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets, is solely a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which was assigned responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The EPA’s latest GHG emissions projections highlight the challenge Ireland faces in meeting its highly ambitious climate objectives and legally-binding emissions targets. While the EPA’s projections do show that emissions are expected to decrease in almost all sectors over the next two decades, it is clear that we still have considerable work to do. The EPA report has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is responsible for regional economic development and oversees the development and implementation of nine Regional Enterprise Plans (REPs). The development of renewable energy is central to achieving our climate ambitions, protecting energy security and delivering long term sustainable economic development in Ireland. Under the Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices came into force in October 2022. This Regulation seeks to address windfall gains in the energy sector through a temporary solidarity contribution based on taxable profits in the fossil fuel production and refining sector and a cap on market revenues of specific generation technologies in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 2021 included a Public Sector Climate Action Mandate which was approved by Government in July 2022. As part of the preparation of Climate Action Plan 2023, the Mandate was reviewed and updated. The 2023 Mandate was approved by Government in May 2023. The Mandate helps public sector bodies to lead by example on climate action by highlighting the priority climate action...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (15 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which is accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not to me as Minister; has responsibility for the operation of the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG). In December 2021, the CRU published a Decision on an interim enabling framework for the CEG which outlines the arrangements for its implementation, including eligibility criteria and...