Results 25,561-25,580 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Taxis and buses are identifiable. There is very good, disciplined use of bus lanes. If one started to break that by having vehicles that are not taxis or buses-----

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: -----or Ministers' cars, it would break the cohesion around our use of bus lanes. As Deputy Coveney stated earlier, these electric vehicles will look like ordinary cars. They will look no different except that they will not have an exhaust running out the back and they will be blessedly quiet. If one sees a car whizzing up in a bus lane, one does not know whether it is electric. We cannot...

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: That would do it. I was at the SEAI energy show and I was very encouraged. I believe a new economy is growing and more people are coming along. The Deputy is correct; several companies from Wicklow with which I was very impressed were present. The company to which the Deputy referred is from Delgany. This is the type of work we wish to see, involving small operations and creative people...

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The difference between Ireland and other countries is that we are considering this as a national infrastructure. I refer to the way I envisage it would work. In Schull, Goleen or half way between the two-----

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I am very familiar. Let us consider the Altar restaurant, which is half way between the two. The Deputy could stop there.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: We will get it open again. His mobile telephone could inform him that there is a space available and he could call in for a cup of coffee as well. The opportunity comes from this combination of communications infrastructure with the electricity grid. I envisage this developing quickly, in the same way mobile telephone applications have developed rapidly.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: It is there already, but it is here. It is actually happening here on the back of what we are doing. This is the economic benefit we have.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: As part of the detailed agreements, there is a mechanism within which the grant is paid via the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, through the dealership network. It is based on new cars rather than on conversions. The advantage of doing it in that way, and developing a charging system, is that those cars which are converted will have an infrastructure on which to operate.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that the use of electric transport by public fleets would be a good way of getting this system up and running. We have to take risks to get the public to buy vehicles and have faith and confidence in what we are doing.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Yes it is, in a number of different ways. Last year, we provided grants to a number of companies through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. Celtic Linen in County Wexford, for example, was given a grant for a ten-tonne electric vehicle, to be used to transport linen. We have working examples of how this system works - how charging happens, for example. We are doing it and we are...

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I am glad to say I do not have to think back to my days of athletic youth, as I was in Goleen for my Easter holidays just two weeks ago.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: There is a petrol station beside the lovely pub in the centre of the village.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I would love to provide for a plug to be located beside that pump. It could be done on a very simple basis. This new technology would allow me to get 80% of the power back over the course of 20 or 30 minutes. That would allow me to cover the more than 100 km between Goleen and Cork, where I could stop for a cup of coffee before continuing my journey.

Electric Vehicles. (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: This system will connect Goleen with the rest of the country. It is as important to me to get Goleen right as it is to get anywhere in Dublin right. That is what we are doing.

Written Answers — Postal Services: Postal Services (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: I have not changed my philosophy or my approach to the roll out of a national postcode system in Ireland. I continue to believe a smart economy requires that the underlying infrastructure supports enterprises based on knowledge and innovation. For this, an ability to collate and assess data spatially is a prerequisite. This is where postcodes play a key role and where they can deliver...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is giving high priority to supporting the development of Ireland's ocean energy potential. Not only will ocean energy contribute to Ireland's renewable energy targets, it has considerable potential for inward investment and enterprise activity in support of economic renewal. The research activities of the Hydraulics and Maritime Centre at University College Cork are a key...

Written Answers — Energy Prices: Energy Prices (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Irish gas market has been fully opened up to competition since July 2007. Experience in other markets has shown that there is a time lag between full market opening and the emergence of fully viable competition. The very small size of the Irish gas market by international standards, with some 640,000 customers, adds to the challenge of creating competition. Competition in the upper...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: The Smart Metering Programme is a central component of the Government's strategy to radically enhance management of energy demand, deliver smart networks and enable greater energy efficiency through the use of cutting-edge technology. The harnessing of renewable energy and the development of micro generation and electric vehicles, is creating an utterly different supply and demand energy...

Written Answers — Alternative Energy Projects: Alternative Energy Projects (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: In line with the Government's ambitious Ocean Energy Strategy, the Ocean Energy Development Unit (OEDU) was established in Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) in 2008 and full roll out of the Ocean Energy programme commenced last year. Expenditure on the Ocean Energy Programme was €1m in 2008 and €3.764m in 2009. €7.82m has been allocated to the Ocean Energy Programme for...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (27 Apr 2010)

Eamon Ryan: Currently around 96% of Ireland's gas needs are met by imports from the UK via the two subsea interconnectors with Scotland. This infrastructure also supplies the gas needs of Northern Ireland, through the Scotland Northern Ireland Pipeline, and the Isle of Man. The three interconnectors are operated by Gaslink, a subsidiary of Bord Gáis, on behalf of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Isle...