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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. We need to be more ambitious. I had a meeting last week with the Fingal county manager, the mayor and the various directors of services. One of the issues that came up was their working with the three other Dublin local authorities to submit a joint bid to the Department under the scheme that exits for support for municipal e-charging systems and to do that on a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage may have a role but I think the key agency in this is the ESB because it delivers the electricity grid network. As the distribution company, it will have to innovate and invest in the network. That is a matter for my Department and the energy regulator. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities has to agree to whatever investment...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As I mentioned, two targets were set in the early part of the last decade. One was to meet our renewables targets and the second was to meet our climate emissions reduction targets. In the case of the latter, we are between 12 million and 13 million tonnes short of meeting our target. Achieving compliance only became an issue in recent years following the downturn and recession. By 2011,...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: That funding was allocated to the climate action fund in advance of the legislation amending the National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA, levy being passed. It was a historical fund which we had used for energy efficiency measures. These appropriations-in-aid are often technical transfers from the historical fund for climate efficiency to the climate action fund. That covered the projects...

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the House for the opportunity to introduce this Bill and for agreeing to take all Stages of the Bill today. This is an urgent Bill and I am seeking the support of the House to ensure its passage through the Oireachtas so that it can be enacted before 31 October this year. The sole purpose of the Bill is to provide a statutory basis for continuation of the powers of the railway...

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I will respond to some of the comments and questions. I thank Senators for their support for the Bill. Senator Dooley does not need to apologise for focusing on the local, be it in Crusheen, Ballycar or anywhere else because all politics is local and all safety is local. I assure the Senator that I will be looking at extending that line from Ennis up to Galway and not stopping at Athenry....

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: There is nothing in the current plans for rail in Limerick and that has to change.

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: That is not agreed Government policy yet but it is certainly my policy. I hope we can get support for that from all parties because this does not belong to any one party. In response to Senator Burke I again cite that section from Athenry to Claremorris. As I said when I was speaking in the Dáil on this Bill, the potential for freight connectivity is so important. In my mind the line...

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: One could apply that to so many of the restrictions that are in place but we must heed the health advice. I will see if there are any ways in which we can improve. One of the ways of addressing it might be to stagger starting times. It would be an alternative way, particularly in the case of emergency workers who need to get there. I was taken by Senator Conway's knowledge of the staff...

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: There are three Clare Senators here and I do not want to be unfair to the others. Certainly, that is the sort of project we should look at. I am more concerned about Senator Garvey's mother and how we get her across the gap in the platform.

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: It would take a lot to stop a Garvey making a jump.

Seanad: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020: Second Stage (23 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Accessibility is everything. I was on the Dublin Transportation Office advisory committee for a number of years and the then director, Mr. John Henry, was a superb engineer. He and others always said if we design for accessibility, we improve the service for everyone. A disability can be a parent with a buggy and two children trying to figure out how to keep them from falling into a hole...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in the nearly 540,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Fish stocking is primarily a matter for fishery owners.  Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has developed and published policy guidelines to which persons undertaking this activity are expected to comply. These guidelines are designed to ensure compatibility with obligations of EU and National legislation and the principles of International Organisations to which Ireland is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) publishes the Wild Salmon and Seatrout Statistics Report every year. This report contains details of catches by anglers and commercial fishermen.The data contained in these reports are taken from statutory logbook returns made by each licenced commercial and recreational fisherman. The data are validated, collated and analysed by IFI before the final...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Licences (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Management of salmon stocks is carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), with support from the Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS) which comprises of scientists from a range of organisations. Scientific and management assessments of each of the distinct stocks are carried out every year with IFI engaged in extensive stock monitoring which feeds into the scientific...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Prices (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Killarney was designated as a Low Smoke Zone in order to reduce air pollution and promote public health in the area.  Fine particulate matter is the pollutant of most concern from domestic solid fuel burning while the main health effects of air pollution are stroke, heart disease, lung cancer and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma.The Sustainable Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Consumer Rights (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 275 together. Telecommunications service providers are regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), which operates independently of my Department.  The telecommunications regulatory framework, which ComReg implements, requires each telecommunications services provider to establish and operate a code of practice, including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Communications Market Regulation (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Providing telecommunication 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. As Minister I do not have statutory authority to require commercial companies to provide specific services as described by the Deputy. The telecommunications framework does...