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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: On the Narrow Water Bridge, this project will be led by the Department of the Taoiseach within the shared island initiative. The Deputy will see that there was draft funding within that. It is not within my Department's Estimate. My view is that the real potential development here, on both the Cooley Peninsula and on the Mournes on the other side, is particularly the development of cycling...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: No problem at all. I know what it is like.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is tricky to speak in advance of the NDP being published on Monday. There still are ongoing negotiations regarding the final arrangements in that. However, the broad agreement I have had with the Ministers, Deputies Michael McGrath and Donohoe, the party leaders and Cabinet and Government in general is that we seek to deliver all the major public transport projects that are in planning...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will add to that, because it is best to be honest with people. There is also then a tendering process and that takes time. Within that, depending on the structure used, the overall budget allocation has to work. Some projects will be over two decades and that helps in managing the budget. Some projects, and the metro may be an example, can involve a PPP element whereby some of the cost...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is similar analysis. I have always felt that the option of a spur from the heavy rail line along the east coast was not the optimal option because it would restrict capacity on that line. That would restrict commuter traffic from Drogheda, Balbriggan and so on. There are alternative options. The Finglas Luas could be extended to the airport. Rather than building a tunnelled solution,...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We are not but one looks at it all when making a public procurement decision. The following is a rough, broad and outline analysis. A light rail option might accommodate 10,000 passengers per hour at full capacity with trams running every 90 seconds and so on. The difference with the metro option is that it is a continuous, segregated, driverless system, which could accommodate 20,000...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: It is. It is a broad strategic approach which informs our policy.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: This project is probably further advanced. The use of NIFTI is more often at the strategic assessment phase. I do not see a significant change. We are at a more advanced stage. We have been looking at this for 25 years, as I said.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has funded its Education and Outreach Programme via Dormant Accounts Funding. IFI advised my Department of a decision of its Board not to apply for Dormant Accounts Funding for 2022 in order to focus on the core functions of protection, management and conservation the  inland fisheries resource. The administration and management of the programme and...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 to 92, inclusive, together. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is an environmental policy model in which a producer's responsibility is extended beyond the consumer stage of a product's life cycle. There are a number of these schemes operating in Ireland and they have proved very successful in enabling us meet domestic and EU recycling...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: RTÉ is an independent national public service broadcaster whose remit and obligations are set out in the Broadcasting Act 2009, and, as such, the Minister has no role in it day-to-day operations.  Section 98 provides that “subject to the requirements of this Act, a corporation shall be independent in the pursuance of its objects.” As such it is for RTÉ to note...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI) has operational independence under Section 24 of the Broadcasting Act 2009 which states that “subject to this Act, the Authority and each statutory committee shall be independent in the performance of their functions.” As such it is for the BAI to note the recommendations in the report and implement them in its own decision making.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Appointments to State Boards (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The community commitments in the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) seek to support sustainable community energy projects and ensure that local communities benefit from all RESS projects. An RESS Communities Steering Board has been established by my Department to advise on the policy and implementation of the community features of RESS. The representatives from the academic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 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 lower income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 or cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. This year, some €221.5 million in capital funding has been provided for SEAI residential and community retrofit programmes, including the Solar PV...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 or cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. A new National Retrofit Plan will be published in quarter 4 of this year. The plan is designed to address barriers to energy efficiency investments in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date, over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme.  In the first six months of 2021, the average value of the energy efficiency measures provided per household was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 104, 105 and 107 to 112, inclusive, together. The Programme for Government commits to achieving an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. In order to ensure alignment to these commitments, last year I approved changes to the Excellence in Energy Efficiency Design...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: There is a wide range of capital supports funded by my Department and administered by the SEAI that enable all businesses to reduce their carbon emissions and improve their energy efficiency: - EXEED Certified grant scheme supports organisations with the costs of embedding energy efficient design in their assets, to reduce lifecycle impact with lower energy use and carbon emissions. -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Salmon Management in Ireland is carried out by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). Since 2007, Atlantic salmon in Ireland are managed on an individual catchment basis, and strictly in line with annual scientific advice, in more than 140 rivers each of which has a generically unique population. IFI advise that independent scientific assessment is carried out every year based on fish counters,...