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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The provisional results of the RESS 4 auction results were released on the 9th of September. RESS 4 marks a significant milestone for Ireland’s renewable energy development, securing over a 20% increase in the country’s renewable energy capacity, which achieved lower prices than previous two auctions with the average weighted bid price at €96.85 per MWh.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2024 commits to achieving at least 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030. The recently published Offshore Renewable Energy Technology Roadmap is an advisory report which has been prepared by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to inform strategic planning and policy development. The SEAI’s Technology Roadmap clearly states...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Water quality is a function of my colleague the Minister for Housing, Local Government & Heritage and also a function of local authorities. On matters relating to inland fisheries, I have been advised by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) - the statutory body tasked with the protection, management and conservation of the inland fisheries resource - that on Thursday August 29th , they...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Whilst the Government does not invest in battery storage capacity, my Department published the Electricity Storage Policy Framework for Ireland on 4th July this year, which expresses the Government’s support for Electricity Storage Systems. The Policy Framework addresses the role of grid-scale storage on the electricity network in the immediate and near term, outlining the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: A link to the report was contained in correspondence forwarded to my office as part of a question which was previously tabled. However, as previously advised, I have no official responsibility for the matters contained in the report. Any person who has concerns regarding environmental protection should raise them directly with the relevant local authority and the Environmental Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, as Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the provision of bus shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to Greenways. The planning, design, and construction of individual Greenways is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Noting the above position, I have referred your question, on this occasion, to TII for a direct reply....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (19 Sep 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 TFI Local Link and the Connecting...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (19 Sep 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: Road Projects (19 Sep 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The R498 Latteragh Upgrade scheme is one of the limited number of strategic regional and local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (19 Sep 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 Projects (19 Sep 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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Waste Management is a statutory function of the Local Government system in Ireland. Local authorities are responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. It is open to the Chief Executive of any local authority to exercise their executive function in relation to waste collection to re-enter the waste collection market as direct service...

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

Eamon Ryan: In Budget 2024, Government continued to build on measures to provide support to households and businesses, being especially mindful of the fact that the rising cost of living hit hardest on those with lower incomes. Budget 2024 introduced a third Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme which over 2.2 million households have benefitted from - worth €450 in total per household....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 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 a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Medically Vulnerable scheme is a targeted scheme for the installation of solar photovoltaic (PV) panels for customers/households who are registered on the life support category of the Priority Services Register. These homes have a dependence on electrically powered equipment, including medical equipment, life protecting devices and assistive technologies for example dialysis machines,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 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 a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to the replies to Questions Nos. 165 and 166 of 21 May 2024. The position remains unchanged.

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

Eamon Ryan: The details supplied reference a manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-ion batteries have a variety of uses and can fall into any of the following categories: mobile phone, sensor and radio communication device batteries, such as those referred to, light means of transport batteries (batteries used in wheeled vehicle, like an electric scooter), electric vehicle batteries and...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 102 together. 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 approximately €26,500 in 2024. These deeper upgrades mean that more lower income homeowners are...