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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan and the National Retrofit Plan identify the important contribution the retrofit of buildings needs to make in delivering on our national and international climate goals. My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Enhancements to these schemes were announced last week with the launch...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the establishment of the new National Home...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes by end-2030. This represents approximately 30% of the housing stock and is among the most ambitious retrofit programmes worldwide. Recognising that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) manage a number of residential and community energy upgrade grant support schemes on behalf of my Department. These schemes have terms and conditions in place to ensure the transparent administration of public monies. Achieving this requires that the processes and systems are clear and efficient and operate in a manner which is clear and fair...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. These new measures include: - The establishment of the new National Home...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the introduction of a special enhanced grant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the establishment of the new National Home Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. In line with commitments in the Retrofit Plan, the Government recently approved a package of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the introduction of a special enhanced grant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Per- and poly-fluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are a family of chemicals popular for their water repellent and heat resistant characteristics and can be found in many everyday products, such as outdoor clothing, non-stick coatings on cookware as well as fire-fighting foam. Approximately 4,700 PFAS have been identified to date. PFAS are a significant concern in the EU and globally as they...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Annual Transition Statement (ATS), established under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015, served an important function in providing an overview of climate change mitigation and adaptation policy measures adopted to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the effects of climate change in order to enable the achievement of Ireland's National Transition Objective....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: A research network on fuel poverty chaired by the Economic and Social Research Institute was established in 2021. The group consists of representatives from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, the Department of Social Protection, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and the Central Statistics Office. There have been two meetings of the network to date,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery of Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the establishment of the new National Home...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022 will establish a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices. This scheme is in addition to the Government’s long-standing measures to address energy poverty and the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Reviews (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2021 sets out the commitment to carry out a review of the supply of renewable transport fuels in Ireland, such as biofuels, advanced biofuels, e-fuels, synthetic fuels, green hydrogen and biogas. My Department is currently finalising the proposal for this research study. The study will examine the availability and sustainability of biofuels and renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Each local authority is responsible, in conjunction with Transport Infrastructure Ireland in the case of national roads, for the management of roads, including traffic management measures, within its administrative area. The National Transport Authority is responsible for overall transport strategy in the Greater Dublin Area and liaises with local authorities in that regard, including South...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has no role in providing financial compensation to the fishing sector. The Marine Survey Office of my Department does not become involved with the financial arrangements for individual vessels in order to maintain the necessary separation of commercial and safety considerations. Such matters are within the remit of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), so...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 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 provision of bus stops/shelters. It is my understanding that specific information has been supplied recently by the NTA to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Costs (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As 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, nor decisions on fares. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has the statutory responsibility for the regulation of fares in relation to public passenger transport services and also has statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, funding of €164million is allocated to the Cork Commuter Rail project through the National Recovery & Resilience Plan (NRRP) as agreed by the EU Commission. This investment measure proposes an acceleration of investment in Cork to support the longer-term objective to provide electrified rail services in the Cork metropolitan area, as set out in the...