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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Directive (EU) 2022/2555 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2022 on measures for a high common level of cybersecurity across the Union, amending Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 and Directive (EU) 2018/1972, and repealing Directive (EU) 2016/1148, also known as the NIS 2 Directive was agreed last December and published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 133 to 136, inclusive, and 166 together. The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low-income households vulnerable to energy poverty. The budget allocation for the Scheme this year is €148.5 million (full details of the annual capital allocations and expenditure under the Scheme since 2020...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 137 and 138 together. The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings by the end of 2030. In February 2022, the Government approved a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 159 together. The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) was approved by Government on 21 December 2021, to support Ireland’s ambitious targets for micro-generation installation under the Climate Action Plan 21. The MSS provides supports to both domestic and non-domestic applicants, in the form of grants for Solar PV installations, which are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 to 142, inclusive, together. The Climate Action Fund (CAF) does not receive a Voted allocation. It receives income from multiple sources as set out below. Increases in revenues paid into the CAF are dependent on external factors. For example, income from the NORA Levy would require either an increase in the levy rate or an increase in oil use across the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I have no function in relation to the matter referred to in the Question. An Bord Pleanála is an independent statutory body under the remit of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146, 148, 150 to 152, inclusive, 156 and 164 together. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not the Minister. CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector, following enactment if the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Local authorities are 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 providers if they so choose, either alongside existing permitted service providers or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 149, 153, 155, 157, 158 and 165 together. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) was established under the Sustainable Energy Act of 2002. The Authority is a body corporate with functions and responsibilities as set out under Section 6 of the Act, which include inter alia promoting and assisting; • environmentally and economically...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to households vulnerable to energy poverty. This year's budget of €148.5 million is the highest ever. Increased awareness of the multiple benefits of retrofit and improvements to the Warmer Homes Scheme is driving increased levels of demand for the scheme with over 23,000 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a BER B2/cost-optimal and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, last year the Government approved a package of significantly...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Staff (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Local government has a key role to play in implementing measures to meet Ireland’s national climate targets. Local Authorities are well-placed to respond to climate change and build momentum as the most direct connection that citizens and local communities have with Government. Section 16 of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 requires, inter alia, each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the arrangements for and cost of connecting to the electricity network, including for community energy projects, is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). The management of connections to the electricity grid are matters for ESB Networks and EirGrid, under rules determined by the CRU. Grid connection costs are a major challenge for communities...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Irish Environmental Network (IEN) is an independent umbrella organisation whose members are nationally active Irish Environmental NGOs. The group represents on a broad range of environmental issues relating to climate change. I have included in the table below, the total funding allocated by my Department to the IEN for 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023 . Funding for the organisation has risen...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, last year, the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Properties (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not own any properties. All our accommodation needs are provided by the OPW.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In 2020, after the adoption of the Single Use Plastics Directive (which imposed a 90% separate collection rate for plastic beverage bottles by 2029), my Department commissioned Eunomia to analyse options for improving the capture rate of beverage containers in Ireland. Eunomia’s report was published in October 2020. As well as looking at alternative options, this report looks at the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 and 178 together. The leak at the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo (MSSS) facility at Sellafield was formally reported to the UK Environment Agency in November 2019. Since then, this matter has been reported on by the UK’s Environment Agency (EA) at the bi-annual meetings of the UK-Ireland Contact Group on Radiological Matters, and at its most...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Priorities (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently defining its priorities for 2024 through a structured Business Planning process. It is expected that this process will be completed in the coming weeks with delivery plans finalised early next year. The Government Legislation Programme, which will set out my Department’s legislative priorities, is also currently being prepared and will be published on Gov.ie,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Improving access to renewable energy sharing is one of a number of measures being considered as part of EU reforms to European electricity market design (EMD). To achieve a just energy transition to a fossil-free and resilient energy system that meets the EU's climate targets, the new EMD seeks to provide better protection for consumers, more stability for companies, and increased green...