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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (24 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The NTA's Next Generation Ticketing (NGT) Project is an upgraded ticketing system to facilitate a variety of payment methods, including through mobile phones, thus reducing delays at bus stops associated with cash payment. It is to be complemented by an integrated and simplified fare structure. Fundamental to the vision for NGT is to transition to an ‘Account Based Ticketing’...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (24 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is committed to maximising the safety of all road users, including cyclists, through the provision of safe, and where possible segregated, walking and cycling infrastructure. Almost €350 million was invested in Active Travel projects in both rural and urban settings in 2023 alone, with almost €950 million invested since 2020. It is important that these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: BusConnects Dublin is a transformative programme of investment in the existing bus system, providing better bus services to more people. It is the biggest ever investment in our bus system in the history of the State. In some cases customers may have to interchange between two routes to get to their destination. However, given that the new services will be more frequent, the waiting time...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (24 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 86 and 87 together. It is proposed to answer PQ 3248/24 and 3266/24 together. My Department currently has a headcount of 647 (as of 22 January 2024). Following the publication of the Civil Service Blended Working Framework on 31 March 2022, my Department developed its own Blended Working Policy, which came into effect on 1 July 2022. This Policy facilitates...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Jan 2024)

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. Further, Bus Éireann's Expressway services, including route 51, is a commercial bus service and responsibility for the operation of the service is a matter for the company. I have, therefore, referred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Sign Language (24 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Transport is fully committed to accessibility in its communications. Closed captioning and subtitling are used in almost all the Department’s social media video output, the majority of which is produced in house by the Department itself. My department also avails of accessibility functions such as autogenerated captions provided by social media platforms when...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As part of Budget 2024 Government approved a new tranche of Electricity Credits which over 2.2 million households will benefit from -- worth €450 in total per household. Three payments of €150 (including VAT) are being made between December 2023 and April 2024. The payments are being applied to domestic electricity accounts, including those with Pay As You Go meters,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In recent years, the Warmer Homes Scheme has delivered a greater volume of deeper and more complex upgrades. This is reflected in the average cost of upgrades which have seen an almost tenfold increase from €2,600 in 2015 to just under €25,000 in 2023. These deeper upgrades mean that more lower income homeowners are benefitting significantly from warmer, healthier and more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As required under the legislation, the three draft Codes of Practice allowing for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant use of CCTV technology under both the Waste Management Act and the Litter Pollution Act and for the use of mobile recording devices under the Waste Management Act were submitted to me in my role as Minister by the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA)...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In December 2022, my Department published Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy which supports the ambition outlined in the National Digital Strategy and sets out a number of ambitious targets, including that: all Irish households and businesses will be covered by a Gigabit network no later than 2028; all populated areas will be covered by 5G no later than 2030, and digital...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is being introduced to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium cans and to ensure we meet our ambitious EU targets for the recycling of those containers under EU Single Use Plastics and Packaging legislation. The DRS Regulations place a legal obligation on all retailers who sell in-scope beverages to register with Re-turn, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Local Authorities have a key role to play in addressing climate breakdown to meet Ireland’s national climate targets, and they have been given an expanded mandate to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the statutory requirement to prepare Local Authority Climate Action Plans (LA CAPs). The LA CAPs must be consistent with the most recently approved National Climate Action Plan and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Sulphur hexafluoride is a synthetic gas which has been used in sealed systems in in the electricity transmission network for several decades. Its use, including in wind turbines, serves to control, protect and isolate electrical equipment. Emissions of sulphur hexafluoride to the atmosphere are controlled in the EU under the F-Gas Regulation. With a view to enhancing controls, the F-Gas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 108 together. 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 myself as Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (25 Jan 2024)

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 myself 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: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In December 2022, my Department published Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy which supports the ambition outlined in the National Digital Strategy and sets out a number of ambitious targets, including that:all Irish households andbusinesses will be covered by a Gigabit network no later than 2028all populated areas will becovered by 5G no later than 2030, anddigital connectivity will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is being introduced to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium cans and to ensure we meet our ambitious EU targets for the recycling of those containers under EU Single Use Plastics and Packaging legislation. The DRS Regulations place a legal obligation on all retailers who sell in-scope beverages to register with Re-turn, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 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: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A new plan-led approach to offshore renewable energy (ORE) was adopted by Government and approved by the Oireachtas in May 2023. Central to this plan-led approach is the requirement that all post Phase One offshore wind developments in Ireland must be situated in marine areas identified for this purpose that are located within Designated Maritime Area Plans, or DMAPs. As adopted by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (25 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (WAPCE), Ireland’s National Waste Policy for the period 2020 to 2025, sets out an overall policy and regulatory approach to support the development of adequate and appropriate treatment capacity at indigenous facilities to ensure that the full circularity and resource potential of materials is captured in Ireland. This policy and regulatory...