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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: 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 operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Council's own resources supplemented by State road grants.   The National Development Plan (NDP), as it stands, provides for a gradual increase in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for vehicles and SPSV testing, is a matter for the independent regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Given the role of the NTA as regulator, I have referred your question to the Authority for direct reply to you. Please advise my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The European Green Deal is the European Commission’s overarching plan to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, while boosting the competitiveness of European industry and ensuring a just transition for the regions and workers affected. It includes a number of legislative proposals, new strategies and action plans, financing instruments and non-legislative...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2019 commits to work with other Member States and the European Commission to consider the creation of an alternative regulatory regime (such as an ETS-type system) for agricultural emissions. The aim of such a system would be to help address the challenge of meeting increasing food demand internationally, while at the same time, contributing to climate commitments,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I recently approved the 2021 allocation of funding to the Irish Environmental Network(IEN) from the Environment Fund. I will be providing funding of €1,764,000 for the IEN and its constituent members in 2021. This is an increase of €704,000 on the level of funding provided in 2020.  This funding is granted subject to the recipients complying with the provisions of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 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: Energy Efficiency (31 Mar 2021)

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 years.  Retrofitting has the ability to contribute to a number of important goals...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated in my reply of 13 January to a Parliamentary Question on this matter, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated in my reply of 10 March  to a Parliamentary Question on this matter, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published in September 2020, contained a range of additional actions designed to enhance existing waste enforcement activity. These include: - an enhanced role for the Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLAs); - the development of an Anti-Dumping Toolkit for Local Authorities; - the development of an illegal/unauthorised sites...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Cases (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department  has had no instances of litigation or the threat of litigation arising from the inclusion of social clauses in public procurement contracts in the period referenced.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I recognise how vital telecommunications services are to citizens for so many aspects of their daily lives, including remote working, studying and staying in touch with family members particularly during the Covid-19 crisis. While my Department has not commissioned any reports of the nature described in the question, the Government, through the National Broadband Plan in particular, is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 229 together. The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2/cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. A total of €221.5 million in capital funding has been provided for SEAI residential and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 - a 51% reduction over the decade - and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. On 23 March 2021, the Government approved the final text of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. Under this legislation, the first two carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In accordance with statutory requirements, the progress on implementation of the Eastern-Midlands Region Waste Management Plan 2015-2021 is currently being evaluated, along with the Southern Region & Connacht Ulster Region Waste Management Plans, with the evaluation report expected to be available in April. There have been some significant achievements by the three Regions over the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: A report prepared for my Department concluded that a Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles is considered to be the only feasible way to achieve the required levels of performance under the Single Use Plastics Directive- due to be transposed by 3 July 2021.The report estimates that the introduction of a DRS might result in a small increase in the costs of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: FreeTrade Ireland is an initiative supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and thus its operation is a matter for the EPA, which is itself an independent statutory body. I have no function in relation to the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are a matter for local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA compiles comparative statistics on local authority performance relating to its waste enforcement activity under the Recommended Criteria for Environmental Inspection (RMCEI) process. Its most recent report...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Litter Pollution Acts, 1997 to 2009, provide the statutory framework to combat littering and include provisions relating to dog fouling. Under the Acts, the primary management and enforcement response to littering (including dog fouling) rests with Local Authorities. It is a matter for each Local Authority to determine the most appropriate course of action to tackle litter pollution...