Results 341-360 of 1,351 for cork speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (2 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in our cities, including BusConnects Cork. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a direct reply. Please contact my private office if you do not receive a reply within...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan. In light of the NTA's responsibilities for the rollout of services under the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan, including in Cork South West, I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (2 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Cork Metropolitan Area Transport Strategy 2040 was developed by the National Transport Authority (NTA) in collaboration with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), Cork City Council and Cork County Council.   Noting the NTA's role in the development of the strategy, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a direct reply in relation to progress on its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (2 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...higher proportion of their overall allocation in the year 2022 and in March last year local authorities were notified of their CIS allocations for both 2022 and 2023. The 2023 funding allocation for Cork County Council is consistent with this approach. It should be noted that exchequer funding for regional and local roads is intended to supplement realistic contributions from...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Mar 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ..., integrated and sustainable public transport network.   In light of the NTA's responsibilities for progressively making transport accessible, including the bus fleets servicing Bantry, Co. Cork, I have forwarded your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within ten working days.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: There are 81,507 premises located in County Cork that will be passed by National Broadband Ireland with high-speed gigabit fibre broadband as part of the State Intervention under the National Broadband Plan. I am advised by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) that, as of 17 February 2023, over 129,400 premises can order or pre-order a high-speed broadband connection across 26 counties, with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ....gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention. Further details are available on specific areas within County Cork through the NBI website which provides a facility for any premises within the intervention area to register their interest in being provided with deployment updates through its website www.nbi.ie...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (28 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including BusConnects Cork. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a direct reply. Please contact my private office if you do not receive a reply within 10 days.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (28 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...charge points at major transport hubs nationwide. Officials from my Department have engaged with Irish Rail and Bus Éireann on this matter. Since 2020, charge points have been installed in Dublin (Heuston), Cork (Kent) and Limerick (Colbert) train stations as well as at Dublin and Cork airports. Further funding was made available in 2022 to support the installation of 150 KW...

Seanad: Rail Network: Statements (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...projects are already in train, if Senators will excuse the pun. These include the DART+ programme in Dublin, the metropolitan rail network in Dublin and major developments in metropolitan rail in Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick. We should refer to the national planning framework that states we may need more balanced regional development, compact development and low-carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ....gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention. Further details are available on specific areas within County Cork through the NBI website which provides a facility for any premises within the intervention area to register their interest in being provided with deployment updates through its website...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Limited - Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG) Ongoing University College Dublin (Energy Institute) - Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG) June 2023 University College Cork (MaREI Institute) - Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (23 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...National Transport Authority (NTA) Active Travel resourcing programme in 2021. As such, these positions are not funded by the NTA. 3 Local Authorities employ ATOs which are funded by the NTA; - Cork City: one Active Travel Officer currently being recruited - Dublin City: two Walking and Cycling Officers currently being recruited - Kerry: one Active Travel Officer already in place. Of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (22 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...new intercity railcars will enter service in 2023. Delivery of these carriages commenced in September 2022 and all units will have arrived by the end of Quarter 1 2023. Another significant area of investment is the Cork Area Commuter Rail Programme, which represents the largest investment in the rail network in Cork undertaken by the State. The programme comprises a number of separate but...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...not seen public transport numbers return to where they were pre Covid. Ireland is the exception. There are loads of examples where public transport has taken off here. Yesterday somebody told me about Cork metropolitan rail and the other day I talked to this committee about the situation in Navan where the figures are spectacular for the number of people using the local bus service....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I am very familiar with west Cork. I am also familiar with my own constituency. We will probably have a bigger challenge in Dublin Bay South than in west Cork because in truth, for the terraced houses in Donnybrook, Ringsend or Harold's Cross, there will be a much bigger challenge because there are no driveways. For the apartments and so on it is a bigger challenge, whereas in rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...Use it now" and "Charge it now". Some 80% of charging at the moment is done at home. We want to keep that as much as possible, but we also want to look at anyone who is doing a longer trip. West Cork is a destination as well. In the likes of peninsulas such as Beara, Mizen Head and Sheep's Head, there is a real problem because we are finding that tourists and others can get down there,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I can and will do that. As I said, I have visited Cork County Council and I gave that message to them. In the end, we cannot run the active travel programme completely centrally because there is local knowledge of where the routes are, where the demand is and where the safe routes to school need to go, etc. It has to come from both management and councillors. The funding is there, but it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...that grid will require an incredible effort in the next five years. It is a key project. With regard to offshore, the Deputy mentioned ports. I visited Rosslare Port last Friday. I will go to Cork next week. I was in Shannon and Foynes two months ago. Big, deep-water ports such as those are going to be critical for deployment of offshore wind but also, similar to Dublin, going back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (16 Feb 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...and other jetties - for example, Shannon Airport has a jetty out into the port. I spoke to the Minister, Deputy Coveney, only yesterday and we said the potential for us to do something similar in Cork would be opportune. We have to think strategically about our ports as real centres of our economic development, our climate response and our energy security. It is a European-scale project...