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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: If Cork County Council wants to take Kealkill as an example, I would very much support and encourage that and use it as a test case. As I said, if we saw that working in Kealkill, we could apply the lessons in Belgooly or other places that are very similar.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Deputy Flaherty for raising this issue. 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. These services have proved essential since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic and given the restrictions imposed nationally. Having local facilities such as...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Based on the Deputy's earlier contribution, my understanding is that the local authority is looking at supporting ducting to connect the Eir network and that the local exchange is fibre-enabled. In a sense, this looks like a public-private partnership, in that Eir is a private company coming together with the library and the hub, which is on a former commercial premises. Supporting the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Motion (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I move: That, pursuant to Standing Order 187, it be an instruction to the Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action, in relation to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021, that it has power to make amendments to the Bill which are outside the scope of the existing provisions of the Bill, in relation to amendments to: Part II of the Petroleum and Other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Peatlands are considered “Managed Wetlands” and are currently reported in Ireland’s national greenhouse gas emission inventory submissions to the EU and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. While no specific targets for emissions and removals from land use currently exist, this will change with the application of a new EU land-use accounting system,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Just Transition Fund is designed to support the most affected regions in EU Member States to meet the challenges associated with achieving the EU's climate targets for 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. The Just Transition Fund will invest in specific projects that will contribute to alleviating the impact of the transition by financing the diversification and modernisation of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Industry (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 66 and 67 together. The commitment in the Programme for Government to ending the issuing of new licences for the exploration and extraction of oil and natural gas has been implemented by my Department and it will be given statutory effect by the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021. I do not intend to review or revisit this policy....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of SEAI 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 been provided this year for SEAI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Programme for Government (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government provides for the development of a Solar Energy Strategy for rooftop and ground-based photovoltaics (PV) to ensure that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power. A number of steps as part of our overall approach to solar energy are under way. The development of grid scale solar energy has been sharply accelerated in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Celtic Interconnector is a proposed 700 MW electricity interconnector between Brittany and Cork, promoted and developed by the Irish electricity Transmission System Operator, EirGrid, and its French counterpart, Reseau de Transporte d’Électricite (RTÉ). Upon scheduled completion in 2026, the Celtic Interconnector will result in the return of direct electricity...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In their Annual Review 2020, the Climate Change Advisory Council recommends that the Government should support efforts to ensure consistency between reporting and accounting rules and the objectives of the Paris Agreement and to engage constructively in the negotiations on the proposed revision of the EU’s 2030 effort-sharing targets. In addition, the review recommended that in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill sets out our national economy-wide climate targets for 2030 and 2050, and the process for setting carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings. It does not specify economy-wide or sectoral carbon budgets, and does not present options in relation to decarbonisation. Once the Climate Change Advisory Council proposes carbons...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government recognises that the next ten years are critical if we are to address the climate and biodiversity crisis which threatens our safe future on this planet, and 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. While this will be challenging,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (2 Jun 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 Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Sector (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for vehicles, is a matter for the statutory 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 the portion of your question regarding age limits to the Authority for direct reply to you....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 84 together. The National policy framework for alternative fuels infrastructure for transport in Ireland 2017-2030 acknowledges the lack of hydrogen refuelling infrastructure capability in Ireland coupled with low numbers of compatible vehicles appropriate for use in the Irish Market. The Climate Action Plan 2019, currently being reviewed for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport.  However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issues raised are matters for the National Transport Authority (NTA) in conjunction with the individual transport operators and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Both the National Transport Authority (NTA) and my Department have been engaging directly with commercial bus operators throughout the Covid-19 Emergency. The public transport system in Ireland has played an essential service role over the course of the pandemic, especially in carrying essential workers and others making necessary journeys.  In...

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

Eamon Ryan: Peatlands are considered Managed Wetlands and are currently reported in Ireland’s national greenhouse gas emission inventory submissions to the EU and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry Regulation (LULUCF) requires each Member State to ensure that accounted CO₂ emissions from land use are entirely compensated by an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Management of each of Ireland’s more than 140 salmon rivers, including the Maine, derives from the individual conservation needs of the rivers as each has a genetically unique stock of salmon. The annual management advice of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IF) is supported by the annual assessment of individual stocks by, and scientific advice of, the Technical Expert Group on Salmon...