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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (13 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Telecommunications service providers are regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), which operates independently of my Department.  The telecommunications regulatory framework, which ComReg implements, requires each telecommunications services provider to establish and operate a code of practice, including requirements for complaint handling and means of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: With the Government’s commitment of increasing the electricity it generates from renewables by up to 80 per cent by 2030, a coordinated programme of investment in grid-scale renewable electricity generation and storage will be essential to ensure security of supply.I am acutely aware of the critical role of energy storage in supporting a green energy system through appropriate market...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Directive 2003/54/EC formed part of the EU’s Second Energy Package and was repealed by Directive 2009/72/EC, which in turn was recast by Directive (EU) 2019/944 (Electricity Directive) as part of the EU’s Clean Energy Package. The issue of the classification or reclassification of electricity generation facilities arises in various contexts, and, as such, there are a number...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Properties (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not own or manage any property in Blanchardstown Village in Dublin 15.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 88 and 89 together. I can confirm that I have received representations from a significant number of individual air traffic controllers concerning workplace issues within the Irish Aviation Authority. My Department has sought and received briefing on the issues raised from the IAA Executive and the independent Aviation Regulator who is charged with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government committed that approximately €360 million in cross-Government funding will be spent on walking and cycling per annum over the lifetime of the Government. This investment will help support the delivery of around 1,000 kilometres of improved walking and cycling infrastructure by 2025 as well as additional investment in Greenways. I was delighted to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (14 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport nationally. It also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including the management of the Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 Oct 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 is a matter for decision by the local authority. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Chair. At the start of my opening statement, I was drawn to recollect that a former Member of the Houses, Senator Jim Dooge, was seminally involved in the establishment of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, the structures of which we will be discussing today. He was one of the founding fathers of modern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Climate change is such a global matter that we believe we need to think big but we have to bring it back home. The Deputy spoke about rural areas and I was thinking about rural areas I know. I was thinking we could bring it back to the Mizen Peninsula, including Goleen and Schull. I could speak to my colleague, Ms Griffin, as she comes from Schull and would have a direct interest in it....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I know the area well. There is also the question of the land there. There is tension in the debate around climate change and those bachelor farmers - they are not all bachelor farmers - with bullocks on the side of a hill often get all the blame. These suckler farmers are seen as the worst offenders when it comes to climate change but they are not. We will need cattle grazing some of that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I will ask Ms Griffin to come in on the loss and damage issue from the Department's perspective. Senator Higgins is right that we need to strive for 1.5°C keeping it alive, which is the slogan of this conference. In all these targets, we are looking at probabilities. I think net zero by 2050 gives us a 50% chance of keeping the global average temperature increase below 1.5°C....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. Everything is done to minimise the risk and reduce the probabilities. With regard to climate finance, the Senator is right that the $100 billion pledge goes back over ten years to the COP. I hope it will be possible to get the developed world and Annex I countries to make the contribution and build trust. We will do everything we can to support that. There was a World Resources...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree. My recollection of that programme for Government commitment is that it is climate finance doubling within the ODA budget, not taking from other areas of overseas assistance, be it fighting hunger, education or the other range of initiatives we do. That is why I mention our Department and the Departments of Finance and Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is not just coming from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Within that diverse contribution, they have a critical role and the UK presidency is conscious of that and is looking to include a lot of youth participation in both mainstream and sideline events----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding the comment about the opinion poll, it is true and interesting. It is not unusual. Over the years, typically if people are asked in opinion polls about the issues they are concerned about and the environment is included, it would be lucky to come in at the bottom of the list. People are understandably more concerned about how to get to the end of the month rather than the end of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding the impact of climate change, it seems that Ireland will be wetter and stormier in the north and west in particular. We could also have drier conditions in the south and east. We could have flooding and drought problems. Critical to the work the Government must do is the land use plan we committed to in the programme for Government. This involves looking not just at how we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Senator that those who question why we should do this when other countries, some of them larger than Ireland, are not doing it miss the understanding that this new economy, in which Europe, the US and China are investing, is a better economy. Those who want to opt out and stick with the old system risk missing out in terms of the jobs and much more secure economic...