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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 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 over €25,800 in 2024. 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: Waste Management (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Management (Prohibition of Waste Disposal by Burning) Regulations 2009 make it an offence to dispose of waste by uncontrolled burning. Article 5 of the Regulations provided an exemption for the disposal of uncontaminated wood, trees, tree trimmings, leaves, brush, or other similar waste generated by agricultural practices by burning. Such burning was only to be done as a final...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) is an extended producer responsibility (EPR) scheme, whereby producers are given responsibility for the collection and disposal of their products in line with existing successful EPRs for other consumer products such Batteries, Waste Electronic and Electrical Equipment (WEEE) and Tyres. As with the other EPRs, it is the responsibility of producers to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Energy Poverty Action Plan 2022 set out the range of measures implemented, as well as key longer-term measures, to ensure that those least able to afford increased energy costs were supported and protected to adequately heat and power their homes over winter 2022/23. The implementation of the Action Plan has been monitored by a cross-departmental Steering Group, chaired by my Department....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (27 Jun 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: Data Centres (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Data centres are central to Ireland’s economic and digital future and the Government is supportive of sustainable data centre developments as set out in the July 2022 Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy. The Strategy also states that data centres that are not connected to the electricity grid and are powered mainly by on-site fossil...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity sector 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 the Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) manage a number of residential and community energy upgrade grant support schemes on behalf of my Department. Grant support of up to €6,500 is available to install heat pumps under the Better Energy Home Scheme, and up to €10,500 under the National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme or the Community Energy Grant Scheme. SEAI has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 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 over €25,800 in 2024. 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: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Small-Scale Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (SRESS) will enable community projects, larger businesses, farms, and public buildings to maximise their participation in the energy transition. The first phase of SRESS was launched in July 2023. This sees both SRESS and the Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) providing grant support to larger businesses, farms, public buildings, and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) will see €60.5 million from the Climate Action Fund (CAF) invested in community climate action projects and initiatives, as well as capacity building, over a number of years. This Programme aims to support and empower communities to shape and build low carbon, sustainable communities in a coherent way. The Community Climate Action Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit, by 2030, the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and install 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems. The National Retrofit Plan estimates that, between 2019 and 2025, almost 185,000 home energy upgrades will be delivered with over 83,000 to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is currently rolling out a high speed and future-proofed broadband network. The intervention area covers over 1.1 million...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: During 2023, my Department held a public consultation on private wires. The consultation ran from 18th August until 27th October 2023 and during this time over 120 submissions were received. Work in respect of the consultation submissions is currently ongoing within my Department, with a report on submission responses now expected for publication during the summer. This report will include...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In March 2023, Government approved that Ireland’s first forward spatial plan for offshore renewable energy (ORE) would be established off the South Coast of Ireland. This was further approved with the support of both houses of the Oireachtas in May 2023. A draft forward spatial plan, known as the South Coast Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) for ORE, was published on 3 May this...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. National Broadband Ireland (NBI) is currently rolling out a high speed and future-proofed broadband network. The intervention area covers over 1.1 million...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Change Advisory Council was established under section 8 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. The Advisory Council is independent in the performance of its functions, and is tasked with advising and making recommendations to the Minister and Government including but not limited to the national mitigation plan, preparation of the national adaptation framework,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Security (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The threat posed by the proliferation and misuse of commercially available cyber intrusion capabilities, upon national security; human rights and fundamental freedoms; and a free, open, peaceful, stable, and secure cyberspace, is widely recognised. This is a threat that must be approached multilaterally and also via multi-stakeholder methods, with participation of international...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The Question refers to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The 'Programme for Government: Our Shared Future' committed to ‘undertake a national land use review, including farmland, forests, and peatlands, so that optimal land use options inform all relevant Government decisions. The review will balance environmental, social, and economic considerations and involve a process of evaluation of the ecological characteristics of the land. It will...