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

Eamon Ryan: The EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) Community and Enterprise Grants Scheme is the second call under the Local and Regional Economic Strategies Support Scheme (LRESSS), designed to assist Local Authorities and their communities previously reliant on peat production to modernise and diversify their local economies. The LRESSS is funded through Ireland's EU Just Transition Fund (JTF) Programme....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The area in question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map. The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband services. The Department defines high-speed broadband...

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

Eamon Ryan: The National Cyber Risk assessment report, published by the NCSC in 2023, examined the systemic cyber risks faced by the State's critical services from a range of threats such as espionage, hybrid and cyber-attacks posed by nation states, criminal actors and hacktivist groups. The report underscored the criticality of communication infrastructure, where disruption in this sector has the...

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

Eamon Ryan: The provision of climate finance to developing countries is an integral aspect of Ireland’s climate policy, foreign policy and development cooperation. In recent years, we have steadily increased our annual international climate-related expenditure. At COP26, held in Glasgow in November 2021, the Taoiseach announced that Ireland would provide at least €225 million in climate...

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

Eamon Ryan: In February 2022, Government launched a package of enhanced SEAI supports aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills and emissions. The range of schemes available allows homeowners to choose the best home upgrade option to suit their needs. Free upgrades are also...

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

Eamon Ryan: Significant progress has been made across Government towards the delivery of offshore renewable energy during the last three years. Over a relatively short period of time this Government has completely reimagined and implemented a new policy, legislative and regulatory system to deliver on our commitment to ORE. The Climate Action Plan 2024 commits to achieving at least 5GW of installed...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, the Government has put in place a package...

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 target that all premises in the State will have access to gigabit broadband by 2028 is on track and will be met through a combination of commercial...

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

Eamon Ryan: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table attached.

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

Eamon Ryan: The Domestic Solar PV grant scheme under the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. The scheme came into operation in February 2022 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. The scheme has gone from strength to strength since its launch, with over 10,000 applicants supported in 2022, at a cost of...

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

Eamon Ryan: The total funding allocation provided for climate related expenditure for my Department in 2024 is just under €675.7 million, an increase of 10%. A breakdown of all allocations for each Subhead is set out in the Table below. Measures and activities under those Subheads are currently underway. Programme 2024 Allocation €000 Change % 2023 €000 A.3 Environmental...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of schemes to support households and the community sector to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. SEAI administer these schemes on behalf of my Department. €437.2 million capital funding is allocated to SEAI residential and community energy upgrade schemes, including the Solar PV Scheme, for 2024. Of this, €380 million is funded from...

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: 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. These commitments will be delivered through a mixture of commercial and State funding. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract, signed on 19 November 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 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. The administration and management of grant applications under these schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. The specific data requested by the Deputy is not routinely supplied by SEAI to my Department. I have directed SEAI to...

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

Eamon Ryan: Enquires into the characteristic of the proposed electricity storage facility at Ballynanelagh, Knockraha, County Cork is a matter presently with the planning authorities and thus should be directed to the relevant local planning authority, Cork Country Council, in the first instance and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Environment thereafter. This is not a matter for the...

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

Eamon Ryan: Climate breakdown threatens the continued safe existence of humanity on our planet. As global warming continues, adaptation strategies that are currently viable options will become more costly and less effective, if they are possible at all. Without urgent action, threats to a stable climate will reach irreversible tipping points that will irreparably undermine our current social and economic...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112, 113 and 114 together. As the Deputy is aware, Inland Fisheries Ireland (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. The Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (23 Jul 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...