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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 Feb 2024)

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 statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the works at Kishogue train station. Noting the NTA's responsibility in this matter and the specific issues raised by the Deputy,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 2024)

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 statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (14 Feb 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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Feb 2024)

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 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (15 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day to day operations regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Feb 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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Feb 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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling services, including...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 Feb 2024)

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 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Planning Issues (15 Feb 2024)

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 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (15 Feb 2024)

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 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Active Travel (15 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. Funding is administered through the National Transport Authority (NTA), who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. Noting the role of the NTA in the matter, I have referred...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been introduced to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium/steel cans and to ensure we meet our ambitious EU targets under the Single Use Plastics Directive for the recycling of those containers. The Directive sets a 90% recycling target by 2029, with an interim target of 77% by 2025. While I fully expect those targets will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) performs the role of inventories and projections agency in respect of greenhouse gas emissions in Ireland and is responsible for preparing Ireland’s annual National Inventory Report (NIR) and periodic projections submissions in accordance with EU and international requirements. In relation to inventories and projections reporting, domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A national Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) has been introduced to encourage more people to recycle plastic bottles and aluminium/steel cans and to ensure we meet our ambitious EU targets for the recycling of those containers. The Single Use Plastics Directive sets a 90% recycling target by 2029, with an interim target of 77% by 2025. While I fully expect those targets will be achieved or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. In order to assist with the achievement of our retrofit targets, the Programme for Government, Climate Action Plan and the National Retrofit Plan committed to the introduction of a new residential retrofit low-cost loan scheme. The Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme was developed by my Department in conjunction with the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a range of energy supports administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), which schools can avail of. The Public Sector Schools Pathfinder Programme is a capital retrofit programme co-funded between SEAI and the Department of Education. It provides capital supports to improve energy efficiency and decarbonise school buildings. The selection of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister has no function in the matter raised by the Deputy. It should be noted that the Competition & Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) and the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) have powers to intervene in relation to any breaches of Competition Law including the Competition Act 2002. There are a number of statutory provisions including Section 57 of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government's July 2022 Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy describes and 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. GNI has advised my Department that is does not currently assign or classify data centres as between...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trade Data (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Online Levy Application (OLA) system is an application administered by my Department which allows oil companies to submit their monthly data for all petroleum products and renewable transport fuels, as specified under the National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007. Data on imports of jet kerosene is only available from 2012 onwards. The following table sets out the information requested by the...