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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland’s climate is changing in terms of increases in average temperature, changes in precipitation patterns, and weather extremes. Ireland will need to adapt to diverse and wide-ranging impacts including flood risk and land drainage and management impacts. My Department leads on the National Adaptation Framework (NAF), developed under the Climate Action and Low Carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In February 2022, Government launched a package of supports to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. The key measures introduced include:a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme (NHEUS) providing increased grant levels for retrofits to a B2 BER standard.establishment of a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: COP28, the annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, will take place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November to 12 December 2023. Ireland’s delegation will include representation across several Government Departments and Agencies, while attendance by civil society is also being supported through the allocation of over-flow delegation badges. Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 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. Article 22(3) of the recast RED requires Member States to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of Renewable Energy Communities in their territories. In...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 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 allocation for the scheme. Increased awareness of the multiple benefits of retrofit and improvements to the Warmer Homes Scheme are driving increased levels of demand for the scheme with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: At the request of the District Heating Steering Group, a research project was initiated to assess the viability of retrofitting an existing communal heating system with a shallow geothermal energy source. An independent consultancy was commissioned by the SEAI to undertake this research. The report has now been finalised and contains recommendations in relation to heat network efficiency and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Postal Services (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: An Post is a commercial State body and has statutory responsibility for the State’s postal service and the post office network. The Government is committed to a sustainable An Post and post office network as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure throughout Ireland. The company is working to return to a stable financial footing after the combined impacts of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In December 2022, my Department published Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy which supports the ambition outlined in the National Digital Strategy and sets out a number of ambitious targets, including that:all Irish households and businesses will be covered by a Gigabit network no later than 2028;all populated areas will be covered by 5G no later than 2030, anddigital connectivity will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050, and a reduction in greenhouse emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. The introduction and adoption, in 2022, of economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral emissions ceilings has provided more urgent and sector-specific...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund is one of two new funds provided for by the Future Ireland Fund, Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill announced by the Minister for Finance as part of Budget 2024. The General Scheme for the Bill has been published by the Minister for Finance, who is leading on the development of this legislation in consultation with other relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: COP28, the annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, will take place in Dubai, from 30 November to 12 December. Mitigation of, and adaptation to, the impacts of climate change, climate finance for adaptation and mitigation, and Loss and Damage will be priorities for Ireland during the conference. While public finance remains key, other more innovative sources of finance must also be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Throughout this year, Ireland has been committed to delivering recommendations on a Loss and Damage fund that will serve the most vulnerable countries and communities. The Transitional Committee on Loss and Damage, on which Ireland was represented by the Department of Foreign Affairs, has met intensively since March. After a difficult process, there is now a text on the table that is to be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: COP28, the annual UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties, will take place in Dubai, from 30 November to 12 December. Ireland has worked intensively alongside our EU colleagues through active participation in EU expert groups in preparation for the COP28 negotiations. Through these expert groups, Ireland has fed into EU level negotiation priorities and will participate in several EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Air pollution is a significant issue across Europe, which is why Ireland is working closely with the Commission and other Member States to ensure that the most ambitious measures are introduced in the revised Clean Air for Europe Directive as committed to in the national Clean Air Strategy which was published in April this year and is available at . As outlined in the recent Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Solar energy is a fast accelerating source of renewable indigenous electricity in Ireland and is rapidly transforming Ireland’s energy system with approximately 700 MW of grid connected capacity and expected to reach 1 GW by year end. As well as its clear climate benefits, the Energy Security Package I launched this week earmarks the rapid programme of solar delivery underway,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Solar PV grant scheme under the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme came into operation in February 2022 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. At that time, SEAI assessed the possibility of continuing the previous domestic battery grant under the MSS but found that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 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 20,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low-income households vulnerable to energy poverty. Demand for the Scheme is very high with over 20,000 applications received over the period from January 2022 to end September 2023. The Scheme is delivering deeper and more complex upgrades in recent years, with the average cost of upgrades...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Accelerated Capital Allowance (ACA) for Energy Efficient Equipment (EEE) scheme is aimed at encouraging businesses to purchase equipment that is highly energy efficient by permitting the full cost of expenditure on eligible equipment from taxable profits to be deducted in the year of purchase. This differs from the standard treatment applicable to capital assets, whereby wear and tear can...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (16 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I have contacted Bord na Móna asking that they issue a reply to the Deputy's original query promptly.