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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not facilitated any briefings from the organisations listed during the period indicated. The information requested regarding the agencies under the aegis of my Department is an operational matter for each Agency. I will request the relevant bodies to reply directly to the Deputy with the information requested in respect of their organisation.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The national air quality monitoring stations are operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme. My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years and, as a consequence, the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 114 today. The expansion will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Forestry Sector (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: There is no contradiction between the replies of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and myself as cited by the Deputy. Both responses, on the basis of the information provided, were correct at the time they were made. The first response was issued in August 2022 and was in relation to the planting of native trees in special protection areas (SPAs) under the previous forestry...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The independent review by Mr Dermot McCarthy into the circumstances requiring emergency measures to be introduced to secure electricity supply has been received and is under consideration by my Department. An initial draft of the report was received in November 2022, and a final version submitted to my Department in January 2023. Given the progress on related work programmes to address...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS) delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to homeowners who receive certain welfare payments, which make them vulnerable to energy poverty. Delivering free energy upgrades to these households as quickly as possible is a top priority for my Department and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). There are a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (25 Oct 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. The scheme came into operation in February 2022 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. Since 2018, the SEAI has supported the installation of Solar PV systems for over 29,456 homes, with demand for the domestic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Domestic Solar PV grant scheme under the Government's Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The grant is available to applicants who own 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 42 to 44, inclusive, together. Through the Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Schemes I and II, payments of €176.22 (exclusive of VAT) and €550.47 (exclusive of VAT) respectively, were paid to domestic electricity accounts between January 2022 and April 2023. In relation to the first scheme, €379,347,208.02 was transferred to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Parks and Wildlife Service within the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has the primary responsibility for nature conservation, wildlife protection and the presentation and preservation of our National Parks and Nature Reserves. My Department is responsible for setting the policy and legislative framework within which the key environmental regulators, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Consultations (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: To date, my Department has not received any briefings on any issue from the above organisations. I have asked the aegis bodies to respond directly to you on this matter and if you do not hear from them within 10 days you should contact my office.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. In both of those areas there have been significant developments since this Government came into office, with last year's publication of a new Sustainable Mobility Policy and its five-year action plan providing strong policy support to the continued expansion and enhancement of bus...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Oct 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 and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 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 in our cities, including the provision of bus and Park and Ride facilities. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the proposed station at Woodbrook. Noting the NTA's responsibility in this matter and the specific issues raised by the Deputy, I have referred the Deputy's questions to the NTA for a more...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 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 question raised by the deputy in relation to the reason the public toilets in the Bus Éireann station in Tralee have been closed for a number of weeks is an operational matter for Bus...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Department is continuously exploring ways to encourage the uptake of cycling as a mode of transport. The popularity of e-bikes is growing and they serve to encourage an even wider demographic of potential cyclists to choose an active mode of transport over the private car. I was pleased to see the thresholds for the Cycle to Work scheme increased by the Minister for Finance in Budget...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (25 Oct 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 planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I have attached the 2020 and 2021 Climate Action Fund financial statements. The financial statements for 2022 have been submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General and will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas once the audit is complete. The 2022 income and expenditure for the Climate Action Fund is set out in the following table. 2022 Climate Action Fund Income and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Oct 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 2028all populated areas will be covered by 5G no later than 2030, anddigital connectivity will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Oct 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 2028all populated areas will be covered by 5G no later than 2030, anddigital connectivity will be...