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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I know, but others have. This is complicated because there is a real issue. We have more than enough oil, gas and coal to burn this planet, in particular oil and gas. We have to stop exploring for new oil and gas. I was arguing that, not just within COP28, and it was not greenwashing. Yes, it did not go as far as I would like to see, but there was significant progress in tripling...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am happy to help shape it. Deputy Murphy is absolutely right that the world is in a perilous position when it comes to climate. Stefan Rahmstorf spoke the other day about the interconnected nature of the various tipping points we risk going over if we do not adhere to the Paris climate agreement. Even that is a probability risk we set. We know now it is not a political wishlist. It is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: That has to stop. That has to end. Included in that, going back to the financing issue, and again citing the IEA, because I am particularly involved with it at the moment, we know that by the end of this decade half of the money currently going into fossil fuels has to divest from fossil and go into clean. Those industries have to change. In a similar way, of the $4.5 trillion per annum...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Government approved and published the Energy Security in Ireland to 2030 report late last year. Its supporting annexes and work programmes of 28 actions are included. The comprehensive report concludes that Ireland’s future energy will be secure by moving from a fossil fuel-based energy system to an electricity-led system, maximising our renewable energy potential, flexibility and,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: First, we need security for people. I hope the Deputy would agree that what has happened in recent years, including the Nord Stream gas pipelines being blown up and the Baltic gas interconnector into Finland being broken by an anchor being deliberately dragged across it, presents a risk, low risk as it may be. If it were to arise, the risk to our people is immense because while we would...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I wish to correct what the Deputy said. It is untrue. It will not be used to provide backup when the wind is not blowing. He is right that there is not an example, as Not Here Not Anywhere has said, because all the other energy terminals built in Europe were built to increase supply and that is not the case here. It is exceptional. We are different. We do not offer oil and gas licences....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: With approximately 4.8 GW of onshore wind, Ireland is a world leader in levels of installed wind energy capacity per capita as well as in the integration of variable renewable electricity onto the grid. According to provisional figures published by SEAI for the electricity generation mix for 2023, renewable generation, including wind, increased by over 9% compared with 2022 figures. Rapidly...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We have to break those logjams and the job of the political system, which the Deputy would be aware of, particularly at ministerial level in our Department, is to break the logjam and to ensure our administrative system is able to deliver on the scale of ambition we have. The Deputy cited three things, one of which was onshore wind guidelines. We have to deliver those this year. It has...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The reform, the upgrading and the modernisation of our planning laws is probably the number one piece of Government legislation. It is, because it affects every aspect of our society. I will make a couple points on that. First, it is very complicated because the new Bill is 700 pages. The Deputy will be on the committee the Bill goes to, or rather he will not as it will go to Steven...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputy. The warmer homes scheme targets support to those most in need and living in the least efficient homes so that the resources available can have the greatest impact. To that end, eligibility for the scheme is linked to a number of Department of Social Protection payments. Homeowners can check their eligibility for the scheme through a recently launched online application...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will give detail with regard to who is eligible. The eligibility payments are for those in receipt of fuel allowance, jobseeker's allowance for more than six months, working family payment, one-parent family payment, domiciliary care allowance, carer's allowance where the recipient is living with the person they are caring for, and disability allowance for more than six months, or where...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Functions (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Very briefly, our Department has a key role in supporting the EPA and in funding its ambient air quality monitoring programme. I hear what the Deputy is saying about the north side of Cork not getting the requisite number compared to the south side, and I accept this is a critical issue. On the Deputy's behalf, I will look at what can be done to try to enhance monitoring. Given what we...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: There are no plans to establish an Ombudsman for the Post Office network. An Post is a commercial State body with a mandate to act commercially. The operation of the post office network and the terms under which Postmasters contract with An Post is a matter between the Postmasters and An Post and any negotiations are a matter for both parties directly and I, as Minister, have no function.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 123 and 124 together. I have been advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) that the Central Fisheries Board and subsequently IFI have been licensing the State-owned fishing rights on a stretch of the River Ilen which adjoins folio CK41565, in West Cork, to a local club - River Ilen Anglers’ Association - for over thirty years. IFI has established a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Awaiting reply from Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The primary focus for my Department is to encourage both householders and commercial premises to minimise the volume of waste they produce in the first place, and then to maximise the volume of recyclable and organic material which is diverted away from the residual waste bin through improved waste segregation practices. In terms of organic waste the recent expansion of household brown bin...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: It is expected that the plan will be launched in February 2024.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published in 2020, reconfirms the link between the circular economy and climate action and mandates a whole-of-government approach to ensure a successful transition to a circular economy. The Whole-of-Government Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2023, published in December 2021, sets out an overall policy approach to achieving a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being compiled by my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Awaiting reply from Department.