Results 31,021-31,040 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 97 together. The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is Ireland’s flagship support scheme for grid-scale renewable electricity generators and a key measure in supporting Ireland's ambitious renewable electricity targets under the Climate Action Plan. The Climate Action Plan 2024 provides that an estimated investment of €23 billion...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (24 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. The Climate Action Plan includes 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. This represents one of the most ambitious retrofit programmes worldwide and is...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (24 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the EV charging network over the coming years and reaching climate targets. Reaching our 2025 targets for public charging will be facilitated by a mix of public funds and private sector investment and will feature a mix of different charging types, such as AC type on-street charging and DC type...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (24 Oct 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 , including tolls, is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day to day...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (24 Oct 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, including the Jack Lynch Tunnel, is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (24 Oct 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. Of these grants, the vast majority (approximately 90%) are targeted at the maintenance and...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (24 Oct 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 responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (24 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: Correspondence received by my Department from members of the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme between the 2nd of September 2024 and the 7th of October 2024 remains under consideration by my officials. I would like to confirm that no correspondence received in relation to the Scheme has been deleted. The content of all the correspondence received was uploaded onto the Department's central...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (24 Oct 2024)
Eamon Ryan: The initial Freedom of Information (FoI) request relating to the CIÉ 1951 Pension Scheme was received into my Department on the 14th of October 2024. I can confirm that my Department is processing this request in line with the requirements of the FoI Act, 2014. I can further confirm that an acknowledgment issued to the initial requestor advising them of this on the 18th of October....
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (24 Oct 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...
- An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: To respond to Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, our Department will be looking at the roads allocation for both national and regional roads now. It will have to be agreed with Transport Infrastructure Ireland. That will be developed and agreed with TII before the end of the year. I absolutely agree that we need to maintain maintenance funding for roads because, once a road falls below a certain...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is reading something into the planning amendment that is not the case. There is no intention in it to open the door to changing the position with regard to either fracked gas or the development of commercial LNG facilities in this country. It was purely made for technical reasons, namely to ensure the legislation would be in line with other legislation so there would not be legal...
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: That is true.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I am pleased to present the public service performance report for 2023 for the Department of Transport. The report contains high-level metrics on the delivery of investment and services in each of the five expenditure programmes published in the 2023 Revised Estimates. Looking at 2023 in its context, since 2020 there have been key shifts in investment into new policy areas, aligning with...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I accept what Deputy O'Rourke says. I do not have detailed information about the particular project. We have something like 1,000 projects on the go at any time. They are not all of that scale, which is a significant project with a €6 million budget. I accept the concern and frustration the Deputy has reflected if there has been a significant overrun in terms of time and budget. I...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I accept that. There is significant oversight. The Department has oversight of the NTA, which is the approving authority. We do regular overviews of the broad range of projects going through. The NTA has specific oversight with the local authority at the project level. It is important to be able to measure success and accountability. I will make two other relevant points. One of the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Performance Report 2023: Department of Transport (6 Nov 2024)
Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputy and I wish him well too.