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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I would expect so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (29 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: There are many people currently in the Citywest Hotel where we have such a facility and where people can isolate safely. It is very busy, unfortunately, because of the rate of incidence in the community. It will be mandatory to quarantine at home and the gardaí will have the ability to follow up and check if people are where they have said they will be for their period of isolation....

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (1 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Senator Wall for raising this matter. It is very appropriate on Lá Fhéile Bríde when he says we have to look after our beautiful island within the wider world. As noted in Ireland's Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy published last September, the national trend in illegal dumping has been generally positive in recent years. Certainly, the level of large-scale...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Illegal Dumping (1 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I fully agree with the Senator that this is an issue. I have seen it in my constituency and I am involved in groups that carry out clean-ups of the River Dodder. One of the most frustrating aspects we see upriver is where significant illegal dumping is happening. The councils often install CCTV cameras but the frustration is that it has proven difficult for them to apply punitive measures,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 38 together. Under Article 7 of the European Union’s Energy Efficiency Directive, Member States are required to make a specified amount of energy savings that meet certain criteria defined by the Directive. Ireland established an Energy Efficiency Obligation Scheme (EEOS) in 2014 in order to achieve a portion of these savings. An...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 40 together. I propose to take Questiosn Nos 39 and 40 together. The Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty was published in 2016. The Strategy set out several actions to alleviate the burden of energy poverty on the most vulnerable in society. The focus of the strategy was on high impact actions which aimed to make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 77 together.  41 and 77 together. The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance of good reliable broadband to ensure that citizens across Ireland can avail of remote working, education and other essential online facilities. The Programme for Government commits to seek to accelerate the roll out of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department engages with NBI on an ongoing basis across all aspects of the project including the impact of Covid-19 on delivery of the project. Despite the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, NBI has made steady progress on delivery of the new high speed fibre broadband network under the National Broadband Plan. I am advised by NBI that, as of 22 January 2021, over...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Just Transition Fund will be used to alleviate the socio-economic impacts of the low carbon transition in the most affected regions across the EU by, for example, supporting the re-skilling of workers, helping SMEs to create new economic opportunities, and diversification of economic activity.  Ireland has secured an allocation of €77 million from the EU Just...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Remote Working (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty, published in 2016, sets out a number of actions to alleviate the burden of energy poverty on the most vulnerable in society.  Research undertaken by the ESRI shows that the proportion of households in or at risk of energy poverty has reduced from 28% to 17.4% over the lifetime of the strategy.  Research also shows that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, manages the National Postcode System, Eircode, on behalf of the State. Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing building addresses, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Feb 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. The deployment...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 Feb 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: Environmental Policy (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to “extend the Smoky Coal ban to new towns and over the term of government move towards a full nationwide ban”. However, the provision of additional data from our enhanced National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme and Environmental Protection Agency funded research projects also indicates the extent to which other solid...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, manages the National Postcode System, Eircode, on behalf of the State. Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested in the Question is set out in the table below. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 €’000 Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a range of SEAI administered grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The SEAI retrofit schemes offer partial grants for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency improvements for people at risk of energy poverty.  Guidelines for each scheme is available...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. Given the nature of some SEAI programmes, whereby homeowners do not make an application directly but instead apply through a project co-ordinator, the data requested by the Deputy is only available through a manual analysis of files for each historical project and project co-ordinator.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan was subject to an EU State Aid decision. Over the period of the NBP procurement process, I am informed that there was regular dialogue involving my Department and DG Competition, culminating in the submission in late 2019 of a formal State Aid notification by Ireland and of the formal approval by the EU Commission. In 2020, I understand that DG Competition wrote to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Feb 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. The deployment plan...