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

Eamon Ryan: SEAI publishes detailed annual data on a one-year retrospective basis, so data for 2023 will not be available until September 2024. However, I can provide the Deputy with the following tabular breakdown of the final electricity demand from business and domestic sectors from 2019 to 2022, provided by SEAI: - Historic GWh per Sector: Sector 2019 2020 2021 2022...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) has, to date, provided offers to over 100 businesses to support the conversion to renewable heating. These offers combine to over €40m of support in both tariffs and grants. 37 of these projects have been completed and are in receipt of regular tariff payments or of grant payments. Another 12 projects, which have recently applied for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Domestic Solar PV grant scheme under the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) and is open to houses built prior to 2021. The scheme came into operation in February 2022 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. As part of the transition between schemes, the minimum BER C3 requirement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is the legal framework for the development of clean energy across all sectors of the EU economy, supporting cooperation between EU countries towards this goal. The most recently revised RED enters into force on 23 November 2023. Article 22(3) of the recast RED requires Member States to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Office of Public Works (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland has recently experienced several severe weather events which have caused significant damage to the regional and local road network. Prompt restoration of our roads and bridges is essential to maintain social/economic connectivity as well as enabling safer journeys. It is important to highlight, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local road network is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on these roads are funded from local authorities’ own resources and are supplemented by State road grants. There are an estimated 75,000 bridges on the Regional and Local Road network...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicles (SPSVs) industry is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Acts 2013-2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the sector. As your question relates to a specific company, I have referred it to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise my...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, for decisions in relation to the routes of these services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to cycling and public transport infrastructure, including the provision of funding to the National Transport Authority (NTA) for bike-sharing schemes like the Regional Bikes Scheme in Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway. However, matters related to the day-to-day operations, management or expansion of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the CIÉ Group is actively engaged in introducing changes to their pension schemes aimed at rectifying the significant deficit in order to meet the statutory Minimum Funding Standard (MFS) required by the Pensions Authority. The changes also aim to sustain the pension schemes into the long-term. As of end December 2022, the Balance Sheet deficit for the two...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the national provision of bus stops and bus shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (23 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation, management and upgrading national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is continuing to work on the finalisation of draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), which are fundamental to the future operation of CCTV schemes aimed at assisting waste enforcement and anti-litter efforts, including the monitoring of illegal dumping and dog fouling. The LGMA circulated draft Codes of Practice and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Observations show that Ireland’s climate is changing in terms of increases in average temperature, changes in precipitation patterns, and weather extremes. Climate change is expected to have diverse and wide-ranging impacts on Ireland’s environment, society, and economic development, including on the built environment; managed and natural ecosystems; water resources;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: All staff in my Department participate in mandatory cyber security awareness training annually on an ongoing basis through auto-enrolment. Additionally, new joiners are automatically enrolled and targeted to complete their training on joining. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is under the remit of my Department. Staff recruited to the NCSC have specialist technical qualification...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has comprehensive arrangements in place to support ICT security and receives regular advice on these matters from the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the National Cyber Security Centre. For operational and security reasons, my Department cannot disclose the details of these arrangements.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Contracts (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has comprehensive arrangements in place to support ICT security and receives regular advice on these matters from the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the National Cyber Security Centre. For operational and security reasons, my Department cannot disclose the details of these arrangements.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has plans in place to address a ransomware attack and restore my Department's IT systems. For operational and security reasons, my Department cannot disclose the details of these plans.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Pursuant to Action EL/23/3 of the Climate Action Plan 2023 and in order to deliver on the national renewable electricity targets of 9 GW of onshore wind and 8 GW of solar by 2030, a roadmap is currently being developed jointly by the Regional Assemblies to assist with developing a Regional Renewable Electricity Strategy (RRES) for each region so as to help streamline the process, enabling a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (21 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: For now, my plans to introduce a deposit return scheme are focused on plastic beverage bottles and aluminium drinks cans only. The scheme will go-live in February 2024. In the hot drinks sector, many retailers have already introduced voluntary deposit return schemes for coffee cups. This is an encouraging industry-led response to the creation of this unnecessary waste stream. I am...