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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Climate, Energy, Communications and Transport, Tourism and Sport, I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) 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 the councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) 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 Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the Council. The 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Capital Programme (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Sports Capital Programme (SCP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The most recent (2018) round of the SCP attracted a record 2,337 applications. Allocations were announced in January, May and November of last year with a total of over...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Organisations (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Sport Ireland, which is funded by my Department, is the statutory body with responsibility for the promotion, development and co-ordination of sport. This includes the promotion of volunteering and participation in sport. They also publish on a bi-annual basis statistical data on active and social participation in sport in the Irish Sports Monitor (ISM). The 2019 mid-year results from the ISM...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Marine Casualty Investigations Board (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is examining the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment in relation to the Marine Casualty Investigation Board (MCIB) and recently received legal advice on possible next steps, including the likely amendment of the relevant legislation. Any such proposals will provide a basis for early engagement with the European Commission in order to ensure that the Court findings...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. While the majority of public transport in Ireland is provided by the publicly-subvented bus and rail services funded through National Transport Authority's (NTA) public service obligation (PSO) programme, the public transport system also includes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy raises an important issue for Irish licensed travel agents and tour operators, many of which are small, local high street businesses. Under the EU Package Travel Directive, travel agents and tour operators are required to provide their customers with a full cash refund when a holiday is cancelled due to exceptional circumstances, which of course Covid is. However, the travel...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Rural Broadband Scheme (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms, along with 695 schools where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The NBP State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI)...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Transport energy demand reduction through active travel, remote working and increased public transport in addition to electrification of transport will be key to reducing our transport emissions. The programme for Government commits to a fundamental change in the nature of transport in Ireland. It includes a range of measures across cycling and walking, greenways, transport infrastructure,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: A total of €38,761,099 in Vote funding was provided by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to the Environmental Protection Agency during 2019.The breakdown of this funding is as follows: Total Current €24,831,099 Pay €16,796,000 Pension €3,643,213  ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 97 together. The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets for the number and depth of residential retrofits to be completed by 2030. The targets are to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2/cost optimal equivalent and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan set out that all public buildings should reach a Building Energy Rating (BER) level of B by 2030. A study, funded by the European Commission's Structure Reform Support Service, is currently underway to inform the policies and measures that will be necessary to achieve this target. This study is examining how best to implement a comprehensive building...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies Data (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The following table provides a breakdown of the 2020 Vote allocations for the agencies under the aegis of my Department: State Body / Agency Allocation € 000’s Digital Hub Development Agency 795 Raidió Teilifís Éireann* 209,622 TG4* 37,233 Sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The North South Interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the Single Electricity Market and increasing security of electricity supply across the island of Ireland. It will also help us to move towards 70% renewable electricity. A resilient and well connected energy infra structure is vital for Ireland’s economic well-being and the ability to respond to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Wild Salmon and Seatrout Tagging Scheme regulations, which are made every year to take account of stock changes require anglers to record salmon and sea trout that are caught and whether they are retained and released and to return these records to IFI.  The commercial salmon fishery does not operate on a catch and release basis. However, where the annual commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the Government’s plan to rollout high speed broadband to the 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises including almost 100,000 businesses and farms, along with 695 schools where commercial operators will not commit to deliver the service. The NBP State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. These are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since 2000, over 400,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes.  This has resulted in warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes that are easier to heat and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 103 and 104 together. I propose to answer Question numbers 103 and 104 together. The Electric Vehicle (EV) Purchase Grant Scheme, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), currently provides up to €5,000 in grant support for the private purchase of a new electric car and up to €3,800 for the commercial purchase...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (28 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105, 106, 107 and 108 together. I propose to take Questions Nos 105,106,107 and 108 together. 5G Mobile Networks are in their early stages of rollout globally, and will offer both improved services to customers and likely give rise to a variety of new use cases for telecommunications services. Importantly, the software based nature of...