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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy could provide those details I will certainly raise the case with the relevant Minister.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have details on either the legislative or the specific circumstances of that facility. If the Deputy forwards them on, we can see if an answer can be found to the question.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A good town centre first strategy requires us to look at buildings that can be repurposed. It does seem that the courthouse in Tralee would be a very good example and there would be no difficulty from the Government side to look at how we can make best use of the building.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am not aware of plans but if, as the Deputy says, the original proposal was from the Department of the environment, for which I have responsibility, I will go to my own Department to see if there is any mechanism or waiver system which we might be able to consider for such circumstances. They are very specific but the point the Deputy makes is a valid one.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Deputy is asking a direct question to the Minister for Education on that which she will be best placed to answer. On the broader point on investment in new school places, particularly in the move toward secondary, I recall that in the closing months of last year the Minister for public expenditure and reform, Deputy Donohoe, was at Cabinet agreeing on a significant...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the relevant Minister, I will happily take the example the Deputy has raised and ask An Post why this is the case. We do not want State buildings lying vacant. I absolutely accept the Deputy’s point. I will raise it directly with the company myself.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I have to be upfront and honest with the Deputy. There are so many different stations I would love to introduce but we do have a limited budget. I have a budget of €35 billion and I have €100 billion worth of projects ready to go. The first additional station in that region will be in Moyross in the next two years. I believe a station in Ballysimon could have major strategic...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (31 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: That is true but the reopening of Moyross and Ballysimon stations and of the Shannon-Foynes line, as well as the western rail corridor, are not funded in the existing NDP and do need to be funded. They will come first.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136, 137, 138 and 147 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is responsible for overseeing the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP), with ESB Networks (ESBN) delivering the electricity meter rollout on the ground. The first phase of the NSMP culminated in the activation of Smart Metering services in February 2021, which in turn enabled Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department in conjunction with the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform work to ensure that all pension increase requests are processed in a timely manner to ensure that there are minimal delays to the members of such pension schemes. Myself and my colleague, the Minister for Public Expenditure NDP Delivery and Reform, have consented to the 4% increase effective...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: COP28 concluded the first-ever Global Stocktake, assessing the collective progress towards achieving the purpose of the Paris Agreement and its long-term goals and providing direction for countries’ new climate plans (known as “nationally determined contributions,” or NDCs) which will be fully updated next in 2025. The Paris Agreement requires each Party to prepare,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 143 and 144 together. The Government's Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy describes an ‘Islanded’ data centre as a development that is not connected to the electricity grid and is powered mainly by on-site fossil fuel generation. Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) has advised my Department that it does not hold...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In June 2023, I launched a public consultation to help inform Ireland’s environmental response to disposable vaping devices. Disposable vaping devices present several challenges to our current waste collection and recycling system, and they can and should be recycled in a responsible manner. The public consultation closed on 11 August 2023. and a summary of responses was published in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has produced an information leaflet, A Guide to the Noise Regulations, on the legal remedies open to a person experiencing nuisance noise. The guide can be downloaded from the following link: www.gov.ie/en/service/make-a-noise-nuisance-complaint/. A National Protocol for Dealing with Noise Complaints for Local Authorities was developed as a cooperative project between my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: On the matters relating to the Conservation of Coarse Fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law No. 809 of 2006 referred to by the Deputy, I wish to advise that IFI in conjunction with my Department is carrying out a review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for 10 years or more and their continued application. It is anticipated that both...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The details of services and or consultancy availed of by my Department from the companies referenced in the details supplied in the past five years to date are set out below.This includes a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the particular company was engaged by my Department. Total Amount over last 5 years € Purpose 71,832 ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution, including dog fouling, lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. My...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Carbon removals from the atmosphere will be a critical element of climate action both at the national and international levels. Carbon removals can include both carbon capture through technologies that allow for the long-term geological storage of carbon (Carbon Capture and Storage, or CCS), and carbon sequestration into biomass and soil through land management, or ‘carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (30 Jan 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 152, 154 and 155 together. My Department funds a number of grant schemes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. This allows homeowners to choose the best home upgrade option to suit their particular needs. Contractors operating under any scheme supported by...