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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for tyres was introduced in 2017 and is operated by Repak ELT. Under the scheme, any tyres which have incurred the ‘Visible Environmental Charge’ are collected free of charge by Repak ELT through registered waste collectors.In 2018, my department provided €700,000 towards the removal of farm stockpiled tyres which predated...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 together. I propose to take Question Nos. 205  and 206  together. The Questions refer to premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. I will shortly publish a new Sustainable Mobility Policy which will set out a strategic framework to 2030 for active travel and public transport to support our requirement to achieve a 51% reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 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 including decisions in relation to BusConnects changes and also for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (8 Feb 2022)

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 Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Feb 2022)

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 local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (8 Feb 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 responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including cycling and walking infrastructure. Details of decisions made in relation to individual projects are matters for the NTA and, accordingly, I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Deputy, I wish to confirm that my Department has not engaged consultants relating to Covid-19 in the period 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022. I have referred your question to the agencies under the aegis of my Department for direct reply. Please contact my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 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 day to day operations of public transport services. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel and public transport infrastructure. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the management of public bike schemes. Details regarding the investment in, operation of and expansion of, existing and proposed bike schemes fall under the remit of the National Transport...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 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 day-to-day operations of public transport services. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the collection and publication of statistics relating to public transport. Therefore, I have forwarded the Deputy’s question,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the 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 issue raised in relation to the number of carriages on the 06.05am Drogheda to Dublin Pearse train is an operational matter for Iarnród Éireann and I have forwarded the Deputy's question...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Travel (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The government is in the process of finalising the programme to mark St Patrick’s Day around the world. This will include a programme of visits by ministers that will be approved by the government early this month, and which will be made public immediately afterwards.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the procurement of the national PSO bus fleet. The NTA acts as the purchasing body for the PSO bus/coach fleet as operated by various companies (including the State owned companies and privately owned companies) in accordance with the public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 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, including the BusConnects programme. The NTA previously published details of all costs associated with BusConnects over the period 2018 to 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (8 Feb 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 day-to-day 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: CIÉ has prepared and submitted draft Statutory Instruments (SIs) to give effect to the proposed changes to the Regular Wages Scheme (RWS). These changes involve significant amendments which are necessary to address the Minimum Funding Standard requirements under the Pensions Act. These changes have been agreed by the trustees of the Scheme, the employees and the CIÉ Group following...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Feb 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 day-to-day 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: A collaborative approach has been taken by my Department in developing the forthcoming Sustainable Mobility Policy through public consultation and extensive stakeholder engagement. A roundtable forum was held in 2018 which allowed for an initial exchange of views between stakeholders on a variety of issues relevant to the sustainable mobility sector including potential challenges and...