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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I am sure he will be following me all the way to ministerial office at some stage. The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. State grants, where applicable, are intended to supplement the funding allocated to the maintenance and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right that I know this particular road well. I am also very familiar with Hillcrest Road, which the Deputy mentioned, and the travails of its residents over the years as a result of the inordinate traffic volumes on what is a narrow residential road. The Department engaged with the council in July last year and came back strongly with the position that funding for this scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 and 59 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November. The NBP network will offer users a high speed broadband service with a minimum download speed of 500Mbps from the outset. This represents an increase from the 150Mbps committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: 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 and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 year. These targets are expected to achieve the Climate Action Plan target of reducing the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 53 to 55, inclusive, together. The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat, was developed to financially support the adoption of renewable heating systems by commercial, industrial, agricultural, district heating and other non-domestic heat users. The scheme is operated by the SEAI and the eligibility criteria that apply to projects are set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Question refers to a premises which is located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led Intervention, the contract for which was signed in November last with National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the State Agency responsible for issuing licences for recreational and commercial salmon and sea trout fishing. There is no specific “foreshore fishing licence” among the categories of fishing licence issued by IFI. Angling licences are normally valid for all rivers on a national basis or in the case of district licences relate to all of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Agrifood Sector (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: This report published by the World Wildlife Fund, the United Nations Environment Programme,the non-profit 'EAT' and Climate Focus highlights the role that national food systems can play in helping countries meet their climate goals. These climate goals are submitted via Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Coast Guard Service (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The management structure of the Irish Coast Guard (IRCG) is set out below, in tabular format: Grade Number Reports to Director, IRCG* 1 Assistant Secretary General, Management Board Acting Director IRCG 1  Assistant Secretary General, Management Board Assistant Director* 2 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 61, 71, 73 and 74 together. My Department, through the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF), currently transfer data daily to An Garda Síochána’s (AGS) Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system. This dataset contains details of untaxed and untested vehicles (private and commercial) only. The data extracts to AGS and other...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I would like to thank the Deputy for her question in relation to Cork Airport.  I am aware of the challenges that Cork Airport and indeed that all of our airports are currently facing and will continue to face over the coming months as the country adjusts to the new reality of living alongside Covid-19.   As the Deputy is aware, Cork Airport is an autonomous...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Services (17 Sep 2020)

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 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: Driver Test (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: While this is an operational matter for the RSA, it is my understanding that only those who are frontline healthcare workers will be deemed eligible for an urgent test slot. It must be borne in mind that, due to social distancing guidelines, fewer daily tests will be conducted by each driver tester. As a result, while there will be some availability for urgent tests, the RSA's capacity...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, 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  maintenance, improvement and upgrading of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Policy (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As recommended by the Taskforce for Aviation Recovery, the Government has already implemented a wide range of supports for the aviation sector. Chief among these include extending the wage subsidy scheme out to April 2021, alleviation of commercial rates, tax claw back, and the provision of liquidity support which is available to the sector through the Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, 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 issue raised is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government includes a comitment to the development of an integrated national greenways strategy. This has the potential to transform modal shift, improve air quality and public health.This commitment to cycling will enable us to achieve the huge ambition of developing an integratednational network of greenways to be used by commuters, leisure cyclists and tourists. We will...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, a commitment to consolidate existing Road Traffic legislation was included in Programme for Government agreed by the three Government parties in June of this year. I must emphasise that such a project is not simply a matter of re-enacting all current legislation into a single instrument. Consolidation is a significant and complex undertaking, necessitating the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The most recent speed limit guidelines were issued in March 2015 following a review by a speed limit review working group.  Local Authorities (in conjunction with TII in respect of National Roads) are able to amend and set Speed Limits as appropriate and in accordance with the Speed Limit Guidelines for different sections of the road network as required and adopt bye-laws under a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (17 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The tabular table below provides the data requested by the Deputy.  Year  Number of Drivers with Court Disqualification Number of Driving Licences Surrendered Number of Drivers with Penalty Points Disqualification Number of Driving Licences Surrendered 2018 9,824 1,052 1,526  560 ...