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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy details the measures that will be adopted to achieve optimum results in reducing packaging waste. By 2030 all packaging on the Irish market must be reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030. To incentivise this the financial contributions paid by producers will be graduated to ensure the design and use of packaging that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Waste Management Act, 1996 (amended) a statutory obligation is placed on local authorities to identify and risk-assess sites at which waste disposal activities were historically carried out in their respective areas and which may now present an environmental threat. A list of these sites was attached to the Regional Waste Management Plans 2015-2021 and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Funding (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Total funding provided to each of the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years under the Local Authority Waste Enforcement Measures Grant Scheme is set out in the table hereunder:  

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Communities Energy Grant (CEG) Scheme which is funded by my Department and operated by the SEAI, makes grant funding available for community-based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area.  The guidelines for the scheme indicate that it is designed to support cross-sectoral, partnership approaches that deliver energy savings to a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The area 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 Department...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The SEAI Community Energy Grant Programme call opened in November 2020.  To date SEAI has approved 39 project applications incorporating 538 buildings and 619 homes across the country.  The grant value of these offerings is €35 million and the total value of the investment is €100 million. The evaluation process and scheme scoring criteria is outlined in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy details the measures that will be adopted to achieve optimum results in the management of plastic waste. These include commitments to: increase plastics recycling rates to 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030; - require that, also by 2030, all packaging, including plastic packaging, placed on the Irish market must be reusable or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The most recent report on Hazardous Waste statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is for 2019 and is available at www.epa.ie. The Agency reported a figure of  580,977 tonnes of hazardous waste generated in 2019, which was up 54,580 tonnes on the 2018 figure.  65% of Ireland’s hazardous waste was exported for treatment in other European countries in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department administers a very diverse and complex brief.  Its remit includes oversight of very complex policy areas and direct procurement of major services where protection of the State’s interest must be paramount.  This situation necessarily requires my Department to procure specialist external professional advice in legal areas to enable it to discharge its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. As previously indicated in relation to the appraisal of possible measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. In relation to the appraisal of possible measures to manage traffic in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of an integrated, accessible public transport network. In light of the NTA's responsibilities in this matter, I have forwarded your...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Individual applications for PSV licences are operational matters for An Garda Síochána. The Minister for Transport has no role in these matters and cannot intervene in or comment on individual applications.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Investigations (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm to the Deputy that one member of staff has had access to files and email restricted as part of a disciplinary process in the period from 1 January 2018 to date in my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 187 together. I would like to thank the Deputies for this and their previous questions in relation to the appointment of a Chair to the Board of Shannon Group. I want to assure the Deputies that I am fully aware of the importance of filling this important position. My Department is working with the Public Appointments Service to progress the process...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The continued operation of public transport services has been a priority throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is working closely with all transport operators to ensure that public transport services continue to operate in a safe manner during the crisis. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy, in the first instance please note that the makeup of the Department has varied over the course of the years 2000 to 2020. In 2002 the transfer of National Roads functions to the then Department of Public Enterprise resulted in a change of name to Department of Transport. In 201, the transfer in of Tourism and Sport functions resulted in a change of name to Department of Transport,...

Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Right to Vote at 16) Bill 2021: First Stage (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I thank all the Deputies who have contributed to this debate and for the approach they took in doing so. I did not hear anyone who was fundamentally opposed to the Bill or to what we are looking to do. What I heard reflects what is out there among the people of Ireland, namely a desire for us all to contribute and to be helped in doing so without anyone pointing the finger. Deputy Harkin...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: That is a good question. There is a second key characteristic to this. That is that we will see connection with our neighbours. It is part of a wider international system. The scale of change that is coming is that there will be a connection to solar power from the south, nuclear power in France and hydroelectric power in Scandinavia and the Alps. The new technology and the innovations...