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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (10 Nov 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: Grant Payments (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of SEAI grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. COVID-19 has unfortunately negatively impacted activity under SEAI retrofit schemes, particularly between January to mid-April 2021, when all schemes were paused in line with Government guidelines. Every effort has been made to maximise...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. The Just Transition Fund will continue to support projects across the wider Midlands region, (including east Galway,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which legislates for and underpins the carbon budget process, provides for the special economic and social role of our agriculture sector and also the distinct characteristics of biogenic methane. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C increased...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Climate change remains a trans-boundary challenge that can only be addressed through committed ambition and effective multilateral cooperation at the international level. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris in 2015. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding multilateral agreement adopted by 196 countries with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to expanding and incentivising micro-generation, including solar PV, to allow electricity users, including community groups, to generate their own electricity for their own use and to sell excess electricity to the grid. The Climate Action Plan 2021 reaffirms the Government's commitment to delivering a micro-generation policy framework.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department's spend on advertising in each of the last ten years and to date in 2021 is set out in the following table. Year Cost 2011 €34,017 2012 €31,440 2013 €33,757 2014 €39,905 2015 €27,679 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Nov 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The cost of developing commercial electricity generation plant is borne by project developers, within an open competitive market. There are no Exchequer funds allocated for this purpose. Renewable electricity projects such as onshore wind and solar can currently benefit from participation in the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). The RESS, and similar previous support...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: There are currently no grants available for domestic wind turbine installations. However, an upcoming Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff represents the first phase of a comprehensive enabling framework for micro- and small-scale generators in Ireland, including for micro-wind turbines, allowing them to receive remuneration from their electricity supplier for all excess renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Budget 2022 has allocated €202 million for SEAI residential and community retrofit schemes and a further €10 million for the Solar PV scheme next year. Of this amount, €109 million will be used to provide free energy efficiency upgrades to households that are in, or at risk of, energy poverty. The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 and 204 together. My Department funds a number of grant schemes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Since 2000, over 450,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes, representing...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Energy poverty or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home and the cost of the energy they use in their home and is defined as an inability to heat or power a home to an adequate degree. Analysis carried out in 2016 for the Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty found that 28% of households in Ireland could be in energy poverty i.e. would need to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the all-island Integrated Single Electricity Market (I-SEM) and increasing security of electricity supply in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It is also a critically important element in EirGrid’s recently published ‘Shaping Our Electricity Future’ roadmap for the delivery of our...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and 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 operation, management and upgrading of individual national...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Climate Action Plan, we need to increase the number of EVs on our roads to nearly one million by 2030. Preparations are underway to establish an Office of Low Emission Vehicles. This Office will play an important role in our transition to zero emission vehicles. It will co-ordinate measures to support the uptake of EVs and the rollout of charge point  infrastructure. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 211 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport.  The National Transport Authority (NTA) has, in co-operation with the local authorities, developed the Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy. The Deputy will be aware that consultation is currently ongoing in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government committed that €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 circa 1,000 kilometres of improved walking and cycling infrastructure by 2025 as well as additional investment in Greenways.  This year we have seen a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is firmly committed to encouraging the use of walking, cycling and other active travel methods, and this has been signalled by almost tripling the budget for Active Travel in 2021. This year, and each successive year up to 2025 at least, we will see approximately €360 million per annum, 20% of our total transport budget, invested in Ireland’s walking and cycling...