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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved the publication of legislation to establish the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Scheme under which a payment of €100 will be credited to around 2.1 million domestic electricity accounts up to a maximum of €215 million. The scheme is due to become operational by the end of quarter one. With the support of the Department of Housing, Local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Jan 2022)

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. It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  Since the scheme started, over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades.  The average cost of the energy efficiency measures provided per household...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department undertakes regular and ongoing consultation with the general public on a broad range of policy matter. The consultation papers are published on the Department's website. Data on use of polling or other methods as part of our broad rage of public engagements and consultation  is not held centrally. The data is being compiled and will be forwarded...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland administers the grant scheme to assist homeowners to install solar PV panels. The scheme was launched in July 2018. The table below outlines the applications received and financial supports under the scheme, as of 31st December 2021. The 2022 Exchequer allocation is €14 million. Year No. of applications ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Jan 2022)

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 operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)

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 operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm to the Deputy that track relaying on the Ballybrophy line is provided for within this year's Infrastructure Manager Multi-Annual Contract (IMMAC) work programme. As the Deputy is aware, last year 7.5miles of track was relayed on the line, leaving a total of 12 miles outstanding. This year's work programme planned an additional 4miles to be relayed by the end of the year;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: While as Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport, I am not involved in the operations of public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (27 Jan 2022)

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 operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not commissioned any polling of the general public related to possible or existing policies within the remit of my Department for the period 1 January 2021 to date.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (27 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including in co-operation with Iarnród Éireann, the DART rail network. Noting the NTA's responsibility...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Jan 2022)

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 new National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to be here. Our officials were here yesterday for a good productive session. I hope I can add to that and look forward to our wider discussion on the National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland, or NIFTI as it is commonly called. It is the Department's new framework for supporting the consideration and prioritisation of future investment in the national land transport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I think it is true that it takes too long. O'Devaney Gardens is one example. That is in the housing area but it has taken 17 years. The metro has taken 23 years, at least, from when I saw it as a fairly advanced project. BusConnects in my constituency in Dublin has been five years in consultation. We need to speed up the delivery of projects because the public get rightly angry at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: With the Chairman's permission, I will discuss Limerick as an example. If I understand Deputy Ó Murchú correctly, there is to a certain extent an element of competition between local authorities and cities. I will give Limerick as example. I opened The Irish Times a few months ago and read a full-page advertisement stating that Limerick was going green. It was great; I was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No.