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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 72 to 77, inclusive, and 91 together. The Questions refer to premises which are 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Waste management services in Ireland are provided by many individual operators, all of whom are subject to waste permit or licencing requirements and compliance with all other applicable environmental and other relevant legislation. My role as Minister is to set the overall policy and regulatory framework within which statutory authorities regulate and service...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 142,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme, leaving the occupants better able to afford to heat their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Article 28 of the European Communities (Waste Directive) Regulations, S.I. No. 126 of 2011, sets out the grounds by which a material which is recovered or recycled from waste can be deemed to be no longer a waste. As the designated competent authority, decisions regarding applications for end-of-waste status are the responsibility of the EPA and accordingly, questions in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out that, as Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, it does not make sense to develop LNG terminals that import fracked gas. The Programme for Government is clear that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and commits to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. This policy statement is being developed by my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the NBP providing high speed broadband in every county in advance of the roll out of the fibre to the home network. As of December, some 241 BCP sites have been installed by NBI and will be connected with high speed publicly accessible broadband through a service provider contract managed by the Department of Rural and Community...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Alternative Energy Projects (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The development of offshore renewable energy in our marine area will contribute towards the achievement of our 2030 and 2050 climate goals, while also having the potential to establish a valuable export market with tangible benefits to local marine users, neighboring coastal communities and Irish companies.  The Programme for government commits to producing a plan setting out a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to increasing the carbon tax by the amount of €7.50 per tonne per annum to reach €100 per tonne by 2030, and to using a portion of the additional revenue generated to provide targeted social welfare increases and other initiatives to prevent fuel poverty amongst low-income families.Research commissioned by my Department and published by the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the terms of an agreement with the Department in April 2018 the gum industry committed to spending €10.2m up to 2020 on awareness raising activities relating to the disposal of their products. No funding is provided to my Department by the gum industry to assist in the removal of waste gum products. In the Waste Action Plan for a Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers a range of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties.  Partial grants are available for individuals that can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency retrofits for people at risk of energy poverty.  Since 2000,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Economic and Social Council (NESC) published a report, “Energy Transition Pathways and the COVID-19 Pandemic: An analysis of the ‘green recovery’ responses in Denmark and Ireland”, in November. I note the report’s observation that Ireland and Denmark have embraced the energy transition as a way to diversify their energy supply, and as an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In line with the Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan 2019, this Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. There are currently circa 650 standard public charge points and over 100 fast charge stations in Ireland (the majority of which are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 101 together. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract 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 over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department engaged QUADRA Ltd as consultants to assist in the preparation of a Covid 19 Response Plan for the Department as required under the Return to Work Safely Protocol which was developed by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA), the Health Services Executive (HSE) and the Department of Health. QUADRA Ltd also provided advice specifically in relation to revised COVID19 compliant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The 2009 EU Effort Sharing Decision established binding annual greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for Member States for the period 2013 to 2020. For the year 2020 itself, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their value in 2005. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s latest projections, our 2020 emissions could be 2% to 4% below 2005...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 106 and 107 together. The Programme for Government provides that a reliable supply of safe, secure and clean energy is essential in order to deliver a phase-out of fossil fuels. The Government is committed to the rapid decarbonisation of the energy sector and will take the necessary action to deliver at least 70% renewable electricity...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 and 120 together. The development of offshore renewable energy in our marine area will contribute towards the achievement of our 2030 and 2050 climate goals, while also having the potential to establish a valuable export market with tangible benefits to local marine users, neighbouring coastal communities and Irish companies. The Programme for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract 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 over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695 schools.Noting that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109, 112 and 114 together. As of December over 153,000 premises across all counties have been surveyed by National Broadband Ireland (NBI)  which is ahead of the full year survey target of 120,000 that had been projected by the company. Nationally, NBI has construction underway on the first 19,237 premises, covering townlands in Carrigaline,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (13 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 110, 113 and 115 together. As of 21 December 2020, over 153,000 premises across all counties have been surveyed by National Broadband Ireland (NBI)  which is ahead of the full year survey target of 120,000 that had been projected by the company. There are 13,859 premises in Kildare that are within the intervention area for the National...