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Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Committees are critically important. The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action more than any other committee -----

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----or agency has had huge impact on the development of climate policy in this country over the past five years. If we can do that in the same way in the next five years we will meet these challenging budgets and targets. When Deputy Fitzmaurice says that we will not go offshore until 2032 that is not good enough and those timelines are too long.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: What we are going to have to do, not only to meet our climate targets but also to respond to this energy crisis, which stems from our reliance on fossil fuels, is to accelerate sustainable mobility, the retrofitting of our buildings and projects offshore so the energy starts to come onshore in 2026 and 2027 rather than 2032. Everything we are going to do in the remaining three years of this...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The benefit for us as a country is we are not paying for expensive-----

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----imported fossil gas.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I want to finish. I wanted to get to every Deputy and I am fearful I might have left one out. I think Deputy Fitzmaurice had the last word. These budgets set the ambition. Returning to what Deputy Paul Murphy asked: are the budgets in line with the science? We set up the CCAC with the best climate scientists in our country. They are the ones who set this incredibly challenging leap...

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----it as an opportunity for economic advantage in order to protect our incomes and deliver social justice and a just transition at the same time.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is what these carbon budgets allow us to do.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I oppose the amendment.

Carbon Budget: Motion (6 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: New regulations on solid fuels are due to take effect from 1 September next. They are required, as each year, some 1,300 people die prematurely in Ireland due to air pollution from solid fuel burning. It is estimated that there are over 16,200 life years lost, while many people also experience a poor quality of life due to the associated short-term and long-term health impacts of this form of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 162 together. The Government recently approved a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. The key measures include: - a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not currently have any staff who are presently absent from work on full pay due to suspension or workplace disputes. The information requested in relation to the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each agency.  The Department will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 (or cost optimal equivalent), and to install 400,000 heat pumps to replace existing heating systems by 2030. The review of the National Development Plan (NDP) resulted in an unprecedented financial commitment to support achievement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The National Residential Retrofit Plan is one important measure contained in the 2021 Climate Action Plan (CAP21) aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the built environment. Other measures announced as part of CAP21 include strengthening the building regulations, supporting the roll-out of district heating, the development of low carbon construction materials and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The 2021 Climate Action Plan (CAP21) sets out a range of emissions reductions for each sector that together will contribute towards achieving the 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reduction target set out in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act, 2021. The range of emissions reductions for the built environment published in CAP21 is 44% - 56%...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme was launched in 2017 as a time bound pilot to investigate the challenges and opportunities of deep retrofit in Ireland. Under the scheme 50% grant funding was available for homes that carried out retrofit to an A rating and replaced fossil fuel heating systems with heat pumps and renewables, with 95% support available for people at risk of energy poverty. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers free energy upgrades for eligible homeowners in low-income households who are most at risk of energy poverty.  It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  Since the start of the scheme in 2000, over 145,000 free upgrades have been supported by the scheme.  In 2021, the average cost of the energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The most recent balance of the Environment Fund, reflecting the position at 28 February 2022, is €6.17m.Final accounts for 2021 have been prepared for submission to the Comptroller and Auditor General in accordance with Section 74(6) of the Waste Management Act (amended) 1996. The previous year’s annual accounts for the Environment Fund are published at the following...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (5 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Per- and poly-fluoroalkylated substances (PFAS) are a family of chemicals used 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, fire-fighting foam as well as food packaging. Approximately 4,700 PFAS have been identified to date. PFAS are a significant concern in the EU and...