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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: NBI has a dedicated email address, reps@nbi.ie, which can be used by Oireachtas members for specific queries. The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The premises referred to in the Question is located in the BLUE area on the NBP High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. BLUE areas are not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as commercial operators are already providing high speed broadband or have indicated future plans to do so. My...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The County and City Management Association (CCMA) and the Data Protection Commission are both independent bodies and neither I nor my Department are in a position to comment on the scheduling of meetings between the two. My Department has asked to be kept abreast of the working group discussions and, in particular, of any outcomes, This could inform work on a commitment in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jan 2021)

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 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. I appreciate people's frustration when they are living so close to a fibre...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The recruitment of staff is a day to day operational matter for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), working within the funds voted by the Oireachtas, including salary funding, and the Employment Control Framework (ECF) as regards permanent staff numbers determined by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. My Department has not been advised of any plans by IFI to recruit additional staff...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners, communities, commercial and public sector bodies to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. These are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The SEAI residential retrofit schemes offer partial grants for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (21 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. The following tables present public funding in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (21 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, over 400,000 homeowners have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers a number 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. €221.5 million in capital funding has...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Warmth and Wellbeing pilot scheme aims to objectively measure and validate the health and wellbeing impacts of improving the living conditions of vulnerable people living in energy poverty with chronic respiratory conditions. The scheme is a collaboration between my Department and the Department of Health and is jointly administered by the Health Service Executive and the Sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Flood Risk Management (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI) has been advised by Met Eireann - Ireland's National Meteorological Service - that international best practice supports the use of longer reference periods to most accurately capture long-term climate variability. A minimum length of 20 years is generally recommended - for example, the upcoming report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers a number 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, over 400,000 homeowners...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie , shows the areas which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. Commercial areas defined as BLUE on the NBP map are not included in the State intervention area...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Consultancy Contracts (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 to 35, inclusive, together. At the outset I think it useful to clarify the various roles and responsibilities in relation to the production of the two reports referred to by the Deputy. In line with a decision of the previous Government, Iarnród Éireann commissioned EY economic consultants to undertake a financial and economic appraisal...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has developed a comprehensive and detailed set of standards by which all vehicles operating in the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry must comply. These standards are explained in NTA’s (available at nationaltransport.ie) and include minimum specifications for age, size, accessibility and comfort. The primary aim of these requirements is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Government has put in place several key policies and provided generous incentives to encourage the transition from conventional fossil fuel vehicles towards lower emitting fuels and technologies including electric vehicles (EVs). EVs are a prominent mitigation measure in the Climate Action Planand Ireland has set an ambitious target of 936,000 EVs on our roads by 2030. My Department has...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 55 together. Statistics on passengers arriving into Ireland through State Airports by country of departure are compiled on a weekly basis. To note also these are based on last leg of the journey and last point of Departure rather than where a passenger may have originated. Details on passengers would not be gathered by the State Airports. Statistics on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, there are two principal programmes supporting the development of greenways. Firstly there is the programme administered directly by my Department under the Strategy for the Future Development of National and Regional Greenways. This programme typically supports greenways focussed on leisure and tourism albeit my intention is to ensure the better integration of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 to 44, inclusive, together. As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The planning and implementation of the proposed A5 upgrade project is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland authorities. Following the quashing of the decision to proceed with the A5 Western Transport Corridor scheme in November 2018, the Department for Infrastructure has been progressing the necessary work to enable a fresh decision to be taken. A Public Inquiry concluded on 13th March...