Results 181-200 of 382 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (19 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...Plan, covering the period 2017 – 2021, in response to the structural challenges faced by the postal sector. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (19 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ..., together. Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years.  We have committed €10 million from the Climate Action Fund (CAF) to promote the charging network and this has leveraged a further €10 million investment from ESB. This intervention alone will result in: - 90...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (17 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...the tourism sector. Those measures are supplemented by economy-wide business supports and social welfare measures. The total funding for the tourism sector will increase in 2021 by more than €59 million, or 36%, over the initial 2020 allocation in budget 2020, to €220.9 million. Combined with other measures such as the Covid restrictions support scheme, CRSS, and the rates...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Heritage Sites (17 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I hope I can do so. The key solace is, first, that we hope to get out of level 5. King John's Castle has been closed since the level 3 restrictions were introduced. Bunratty Castle and Folk Park has some limited outdoor activities but it also had to close once level 5 restrictions were introduced. Those restrictions, more than anything else, have been a significant factor in the closures...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (17 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...the period 2017 – 2021, in response to the structural challenges faced by the postal sector. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and the continued fulfilment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (12 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...with the relevant agencies concerned with a view to drawing down such supports. The amount of any funding sought by each airline would be a commercial matter for the airlines concerned.  Budget 2021 provides for €8.5 billion in funding for public services to address the challenges of COVID-19, and a Recovery Fund is also to be established to stimulate demand and employment, and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fuel Poverty (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...of opportunity... I could go on but what we are doing with the retrofitting programme is meeting the requirement in that section. I cite the fact, and this is from memory, that of the €270-odd million in funding the Government has committed next year to retrofitting is a budget commitment to this area that is huge and beyond compare. Some €70 million or so is going to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high speed broadband services.The NBP network will offer users a high speed broadband service with a minimum download speed of 500Mbps from the outset. This represents an increase from the 150Mbps committed to under the Contract. The deployment plan forecasts premises passed in all counties within the first 2 years and over...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 155, 217, 150 and 223 together. The importance of the post office network has been clearly demonstrated throughout the pandemic where we have seen a range of initiatives through our post offices which have helped support local communities, the elderly and vulnerable. The serious decline in the volume of mail and the impact of Covid on footfall...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695 schools.Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the NBP...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Data (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...Waste % 1.0% Landfill Gas % 0.4% Biogas % 0.2% Solar PV % 0.1% Total % 36.5% The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) in their Energy in Ireland – 2019 report have estimated that the share of electricity from renewable energy...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (5 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...enhanced cleaning regimes and social distancing measures across the network. The Government's new "Living with Covid" Plan sets out capacity guidance for public transport at each of the 5 risk levels identified in the new Plan. The Plan provides guidance for the public about using public transport at the different risk levels; including that wearing face coverings is mandatory,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Issues Affecting the Aviation Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...travellers restricting movements until then. Children under 6 are to be exempt from testing requirements. All arrivals must abide by provisions of the living with Covid plan, currently at level 5. A senior cross-departmental technical working group will report to the Government on 10 November with a plan to establish approved Covid-19 tests for international arrivals, taking into...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (3 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...and ecological concerns, safety and physical hazards, heritage, future uses and long-term site monitoring and management.  The overall estimated cost for the works included in the 2008 study was over €50m with works envisaged to take place on a phased basis. Since the publication of the feasibility study, the Department has prioritised recommendations that addressed the most...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2020
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (22 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: .... I am accompanied by Ms Patricia Cronin, assistant secretary with responsibility for governance and operations in the Department. The total provision for the Department in 2020 is €541.5 million, comprising €404.8 million capital, inclusive of €27.3 million in capital carryover from last year, and €136.7 million for current spending. Being before the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (21 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...place a Strategic Plan for the medium-long term future of the company. The Plan covers the period 2017 – 2021. In order to implement the Plan, the cost of which was estimated to be in the region of €150m, the Minister for Finance provided a loan of €30m to the company in December 2017 to support the renewal of the post office network (€15m) and the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Broadband Infrastructure (15 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...sort of way. As it happens, I met the Minister, Deputy Heather Humphreys, coming in here this evening and one of the items in her budget that I was very pleased to see agreed on Tuesday was €5 million for the provision of remote working centres within the centres of community where we could do exactly what the Deputy is suggesting, which is to try to create these working hub...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (8 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...associated actions will support job creation efforts and create new opportunities for Bord na Móna workers in the Midlands. A number of actions are already underway which will support job creation. This includes €20 million for a new energy efficiency retrofitting scheme in the Midlands, and €5 million for peatland rehabilitation outside of the Bord na...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...non-domestic heat users. The scheme has an annual budget cap, which is set with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.  The annual budget cap, which is currently set at €5 million, is the total in annual operation payments that can be made for all projects under the scheme. Projects can continue to be approved by SEAI until the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...innovative projects that contribute to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the wider Midlands region, and which have employment and enterprise potential. Funding of up to €11 million is available in 2020, financed by Government through an allocation of €6 million from carbon tax revenue and by an additional €5 million committed by ESB. My...