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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: For this transition we need traceability and auditing and accounting systems that are transparent on energy flows, financial flows and material flows. That is a big task but that is what we need. The new digital technologies available to us, including AI and others, should give us that capability. It should not exclude any country or any sectors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, all emissions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Senator Higgins asked a second question about Beyond Oil and Gas. At the UN General Assembly in New York this year, I was asked to chair the latest meeting of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. There is no diminution whatsoever in our status in that regard because that misinformed view that there is some promotion of commercial LNG facilities is totally untrue and not the case. There was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I do not think I mentioned untruth. I am not sure what the Senator is referring to. To be clear, the wording of that technical amendment was to ensure that there were not inconsistencies across other laws and so on. It in no way implies that the State will seek, approve or support the development of a commercial gas facility. We need to reduce our gas across so many different areas. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will finish on the other issue. I agree, and think I said in my earlier response, that the target of public financing should be on areas like enhancing electricity grids and enhancing administrative and regulatory capacity. Our job is not necessarily to fund or finance energy companies. There are certain instances such as climate mitigation, with a small farmer or even at a more local...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I agree that they need to be strong. They need to be strong, more than anything else, on the accounting and reporting regimes, so there is real transparency. There will be crossover across these various strands in mitigation, adaptation and Article 6. As one of the ministerial pairs, I look forward to those negotiations as they get to the closing stages.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications on COP29 (22 Oct 2024)

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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (22 Oct 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Climate Action Plan 2023, Government has set an ambitious target of having an 80% share of electricity generation capacity coming from renewable sources by 2030. In order to build on this success and increase wind and solar generation on the grid, my Department is delivering a regular programme of auctions under the Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS). The RESS...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) supports delivery of our Climate Action Plan target of meeting 80% of electricity demand from renewable energy sources by 2030. In 2023, my Department staged our first offshore wind auction under the RESS, known as ORESS 1. Of the six participants in the auction, four were successful and were awarded supports under the RESS. These four...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Directives (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Single Use Plastics Directive, which came into effect in Ireland in July 2021, banned a range of single use plastic products, where more sustainable alternatives are easily available and affordable. This ban includes single use beverage cups and food containers made from expanded polystyrene. Polystyrene used for insulation is not covered by the Single Use Plastics Directive nor...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Waste Management is statutorily a local authority function. Generally, household waste collections are carried out by private waste companies operating in a competitive market, in accordance with the requirements of their waste collection permits as issued by the National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO). There has been no increase in the Waste Recovery Levy rate which remains...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Communities Energy Grant Scheme is part of the Government's National Retrofit Programme. The primary objective of the scheme is to support and maximise the number of home energy upgrades delivered. Non-domestic projects are also supported to encourage broader community engagement and mobilisation. Other objectives include: Building capacity working with project co-ordinators on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 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 supports 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 Domestic installations....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government committed to the development of a Solar Energy Strategy for rooftop and ground-based photovoltaics to ensure that a greater share of our electricity needs is met through solar power. The Renewable Energy Support Scheme (RESS) Community Enabling Framework was launched in 2022. It provides a range of supports, including grant funding of potentially up to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to supporting the development of sustainable energy infrastructure. Under Climate Action Plan Update 2024, Ireland has set a target of 80% of electricity demand from renewable sources by 2030, including 8 GW of solar and 9 GW of onshore wind. Ireland now has over 1 GW of solar and over 5 GW of onshore wind energy generation, with significant further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland uses the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) model for dealing with End-of-Life Vehicles (ELVs) and batteries waste streams. This means producers are responsible for financing the collection and environmentally-sound waste management of their products at end of life. Currently, management of waste car batteries, including EV batteries, is arranged through a partnership between the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Motor Fuels (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 126 and 140 together. I understand that the Questions refer to liquid fuels in the context of heating. The Climate Action Plan includes a range of measures to address the use of fossil fuel in heating systems in buildings, and the National Heat Study contains the detailed analysis that is informing the development of options, policies and measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (22 Oct 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Preliminary details of expenditure allocations for 2025 are provided at programme level in the Budget Estimates for Public Service, these allocations will be finalised and published at subhead level, before the end of the year, in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025. Overall capital ceilings out to 2030 are set out in the NDP but a breakdown of expenditure by sector has not yet...