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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Just Transition Fund is a key pillar of the Government's just transition plan for the midlands. Up to €11 million will be available in 2020 for projects focusing on retraining workers, proposals to generate sustainable employment in green enterprise in the region, and supporting communities to transition to a low carbon economy. This is financed through an Exchequer allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out our ambition to more than halve our carbon emissions over the course of the decade. The action we take in the coming years will be critical in order to address the climate crisis, which threatens our safe future on this planet. As Minister for Climate Action, I will lead on delivering our shared commitment to achieve an average 7% per annum reduction...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Proposed Legislation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to prioritising the development of micro-generation, letting people sell excess power back to the grid by June 2021. The measures set out below will assist in delivering this commitment. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published a Roadmap for the Clean Energy Package’s Electricity and Renewables Directives in March this year,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 34 and 35 together. Providing telecommunication services, including mobile phone and broadband services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communication Regulation (ComReg), as independent Regulator. I do not have statutory authority to require commercial companies to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Tax Code (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to legislating to hypothecate all additional carbon tax revenue into a Climate Action Fund raising an estimated €9.5 billion over the next ten years. This Fund will be utilised over that period to: 1. Ensure that the increases in the carbon tax are progressive by spending €3 billion on targeted social welfare and other initiatives to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Section 57 of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 requires that I lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas every six months a report detailing all exploration activities, including petroleum exploration authorisations granted during the period of the report. The last such report laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas was in respect of the six-month period ending 30 June...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bituminous Fuel Ban (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: From 1 September 2020, the ban on the sale, marketing, distribution and burning of bituminous coal or “The Smoky Coal Ban”, as it is commonly known, is being extended to include the following towns: - Ashbourne, County Meath - Ballina, County Mayo - Castlebar, County Mayo - Cavan town, County Cavan - Cobh, County Cork - Enniscorthy, County Wexford - Killarney, County...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently working to finalise Ireland’s first National Clean Air Strategy which is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. Tackling the sources and causes of air pollution is a significant cross-Governmental challenge, as it involves emissions from transport, industry, agriculture, shipping and the use of solid fuels in homes. Given the wide range of pollutant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Commissioner (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to publishing a Just Transition Plan, to frame the work of a permanent Commission for Just Transition. The plan will identify and prepare for the challenges that will arise in a number of sectors and regions, recognising that there will be a variety of different transitions, and that it is clear that there will be no simple one-size fits all approach. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the recent publication of Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions projections, 2019-2040 by the Environmental Protection Agency. For the year 2020, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their value in 2005. The EPA projections indicate our 2020 emissions could be 2-4% below 2005 levels, and it is clear that Ireland will miss its 2020 target, and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The contract to deliver the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention was signed in November last with National Broadband Ireland (NBI). The NBP network will offer those premises, a high speed broadband service with a minimum download speed of 150Mbps from the outset. By the end of next year, NBI plans to pass in the region of 115,000 premises, with 70,000 - 100,000 passed each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: According to the Environmental Protection Agency ’s (EPA’s) National Inventory Report 2020, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduced by about 1% between 2016 and 2018. The EPA projections, 2019-2040, published earlier this month indicate our 2020 emissions could be 2-4% below 2005 levels, and it is clear that Ireland will miss its 2020 target, and will need to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Council (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As set out under the Programme for Government, the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019 is being drafted as a priority, and will be published within the first 100 days of this Government. The amending legislation will establish the Climate Action Council (CAC) as a successor to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). The new CAC will have a strengthened role in advising on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Trading Online Voucher Scheme is managed by my Department and delivered nationwide in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Enterprise Ireland, the 31 Local Enterprise Offices and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The Scheme offers skills training, mentoring and a grant of up to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, my role with regard to waste management is to provide a comprehensive legislative and waste policy framework through which the relevant environmental regulatory bodies, including local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, operate. In this context I will soon be bringing forward an ambitious new waste policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, which is located within my Department, is the primary cyber security authority in the State, and has a number of roles, including leading on cyber security incident response and on the resilience and security of critical infrastructure. The National Cyber Security Centre had 21 staff in 2018, 23 in 2019 and has 24 to date in 2020, with a further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The enactment of the proposed Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill is a commitment in the Programme for Government. The proposed Bill will establish a multi-person Media Commission, including an Online Safety Commissioner, dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, establish regulatory frameworks for online safety and the regulation of audiovisual media services, and transpose...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Regulations (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations 2018 (S. I. No 549 of 2018) transpose EU Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. The Directive aims to provide a common framework to avoid, prevent or reduce, on a prioritised basis, the harmful effects of exposure to environmental noise, including noise emitted by means of transport,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Communities Programme (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Communities Scheme funds community-based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area. It is applicable to homes, community facilities and businesses. The budget for the Scheme this year was increased to €22 million - with €4 million of this allocation for a new ‘homes only’ aggregation strand. Successful...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: In the Programme for Government we have committed to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 (a 51% reduction over the decade) and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The Climate Action Plan commits to reaching a 70% share of renewable electricity by 2030, a reduction of 50-55% of emissions relative to pre-NDP 2030 projections. The...