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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm to the Deputy the number of staff, by grade, on a career break of more than five years and more than six years, at the end of August 2023 and August 2024 in my Department was zero. I can confirm to the Deputy the number of staff vacancies, by grade, in my Department at the end of August 2023 and August 2024 in the tables below. Vacancies as of end of August 2023 ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Staff (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 114 and 116 together. I can confirm to the Deputy that I am satisfied that the provisions of the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform Circular 4/2013 are being properly implemented by my Department and that I am satisfied that civil servants whose career breaks are coming to an end are being notified of appropriate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Air Pollution Act 1987 (Solid Fuels) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 529 of 2022), which took effect from 31 October 2022, introduced minimum quality standards that apply to all solid fuels distributed throughout the State. This is to ensure that the most polluting fuels can no longer be made available on the Irish market and to assist the public in transitioning to less polluting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The mapping...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) was approved by Government on 21 December 2021, to support Ireland’s ambitious targets for micro-generation installations, under the Climate Action Plan. The MSS provides support to both domestic and non-domestic applicants, in the form of grants for Solar PV installations, up to a maximum of €2,100 in 2024 for household installations,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The premises in question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map which is available on my Department's website:www.gov.ie/en/publication/5634d-national-broadband-p lan-map/ The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the Warmer Homes Scheme on behalf of my Department. Delivering free energy upgrades to low-income households in or at risk of energy poverty is a top priority for the Government. Since 2000 over 161,190 homes have been upgraded under this scheme. In recent years, the scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. Local Authority Executives are statutorily responsible for municipal waste collection and waste management planning within their functional areas. It is open to the Chief Executive of any local authority to exercise their executive function in relation to waste collection to re-enter the waste collection market as direct service...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, approves any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post. In accordance with the act and the relevant Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, An Post must...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I can confirm to the Deputy that my Department has been unable to locate any documentation that corresponds with the person's details he has provided. If the Deputy, or the named person, wish to contact my Department's HR team directly and provide them with more biographical detail, my Department may be in a position to broaden the search of the pension records.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As recently set out to the Deputy in my reply to Question 139 of 22 October 2024, the purpose of Waterford Fisheries District, (River Barrow) angling limitation during salmon spawning run Bye-Law No. 1011, 2024 is to prevent anglers catching pre-spawned salmon stocks during their migration to spawning grounds through the River Barrow system or returning kelts - during the months of January,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In 2018, IFI launched the IFI Environmental Assessment Process (EAP) which aimed to facilitate fisheries development and conservation projects while ensuring that IFI had due regard for the environment and relevant environmental legislation. This process established the screening mechanisms for the environmental assessment of projects and set out the appropriate IFI procedures to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department applies the principles set out in the Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA) Guidelines issued by the Department of the Taoiseach where appropriate. Paragraph 1.1 of those Guidelines refer to the applicability of RIAs to, inter alia, proposals for primary legislation involving changes to the regulatory framework and significant Statutory Instruments. There is no reference to any...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The Question...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As set out in the Government’s ‘Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas' the government does not support the importation of fracked gas. Ireland is committed to halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and becoming carbon neutral by 2050. In future, most of our energy needs will be met by renewable energy which will be the anchor of our energy security. The sole...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department completed a study in 2022 with CEPA on energy security (Technical Analysis of the Security of Energy Supply of Ireland’s Electricity and Natural Gas Systems). The Final Energy security review titled “Energy Security in Ireland to 2030” recommended an additional entry point for gas in the form of a Floating Regasification and Storage Unit (FRSU) to satisfy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Waste Management Act, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to illegal dumping lies with the local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate awareness, enforcement and clean-up actions in relation to illegal dumping taking account of local circumstances. My Department provides significant support to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 and 134 together. Ireland’s Long-Term Renovation Strategy, submitted to the European Commission in 2020, sets a target to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes by end-2030. The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan published in 2021, subsequently set targets to install 45,000 heat pumps existing dwellings by 2025, and 400,000 by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The administration and management of applications for retrofit projects under Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. However, SEAI has confirmed that it is currently actively engaged with the homeowner in question. SEAI has also confirmed that the company in question is not a registered One Stop Shop and operated under the Deep Retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 Nov 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 and 138 together. Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband...