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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (17 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The All of Government Climate Action Plan, which I launched in June this year, sets out a range of actions to support the delivery of charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. These actions include: - introducing a capital support that will be provided to Local Authorities for the development of on-street public chargers; - commencing the ESB Electric Vehicle High Power Charging...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicle Grants (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: There is currently a generous range of supports available to incentivise the uptake of electric vehicles. A grant of up to €5,000 is provided to support the purchase of new electric vehicles. In order to qualify for the purchase grant, the electric vehicle must be classified as M1 (passenger vehicle) or N1 (light commercial vehicle) and meet certain requirements including criteria...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: Since mid-2017, a range of charging options have been operated, which encourage householders to reduce and separate their waste, and provides flexibility to waste collectors to develop various service-price offerings that suit different household circumstances. Mandatory per kilogramme "pay by weight" charging was not introduced. ​A Price Monitoring Group (PMG) was established in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating Compliance (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1468 and 1504 together. The Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme is a time bound pilot which aims to investigate the challenges and opportunities of deep retrofit in Ireland. Having been initiated in 2017, the pilot predates the Climate Action Plan. The scheme was intended to run for three years and, as such, closed for applications on 19 July, which was in line with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating Compliance (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1469, 1470, 1511 and 1512 together. The Deep Retrofit Pilot Scheme was launched in 2017 as a time bound pilot to investigate the challenges and opportunities of deep retrofit in Ireland. The scheme was intended to run for three years and closed for applications on 19 July in line with the published Application Guidelines. The scheme is funded by my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Safety (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: Between 1973 and 1992, the Nuclear Energy Board (NEB) was the organisation in Ireland responsible for matters relating to ionising radiation, including any radiation measurements taken in the aftermath of the Chernobyl incident. Those functions are now the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the retention of specific records and their publication is solely a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: This Government is committed to leading the way in reducing single use plastics and is working both at a national and European level to tackle this matter. The Government’s recent Climate Action Plan will step up ambition in this area and contains a specific action to scope a number of possible environmental levies including on single use plastics, as part of a review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1473 and 1474 together. The consultation/assessment process for both Projects NSAD-17-003 (Erriff Bank Protection) and Project SCF-17-0005 (Carrowniskey) included the following elements - A screening for Appropriate Assessment for the proposed works; - the submission of screening to the National Parks and Wildlife Service; and, - consultation with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: A screening for appropriate assessment was carried out in relation to the proposed works included in project reference no. SCF-17-0026 (Crolly River). This assessment concluded that there would be no significant impact on the Natura Sites in the vicinity of the works. I can provide a copy of this assessment to the Deputy for his information. This assessment cost €2,398.50 including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) prepares inventories of past, and projections of future, greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland on an annual basis. Inventories and projections are compiled by the EPA according to international standards to meet EU and UN reporting obligations and to inform national policy development. The EU Effort Sharing Regulation, which entered into force on 9...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Climate Action Plan sets out, for the first time, how Ireland can reach its 2030 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and also puts Ireland on the right trajectory towards net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The plan confirms that afforestation will have a key role to play in delivering emissions reductions and helping Ireland to achieve its 2030 targets. It commits, under Action...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The South Dublin County Council Tallaght District Heating Scheme project is one of the seven successful projects under the first call for applications from the Climate Action fund. The Climate Action Fund is overseen by an Advisory Board which is chaired by my Department and includes representatives from the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government; the Department of Transport,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Advisers Data (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: This information is published by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on their website.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Licences (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1480 to 1483, inclusive, together. It is the policy of my Department not to issue Prospecting Licences (PL) within the boundaries of National Parks as published by the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). My Department has redrawn the boundaries of existing Prospecting Licences so that they do not overlap with National Parks’ boundaries. As...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1484, 1506 and 1507 together. The existing Bye-law No. 806 of 2006 provides for persons to take and kill up to 4 coarse fish per day. These provisions apply throughout the State. There is no reference in secondary legislation related to inland fisheries to “Statutory Instrument 906”. However, I assume the Deputy is referring to Bye-law...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1485 and 1518 together. The following table provides data on new vehicles licensed for the first time over the last ten years in Ireland which is available from the Central Statistics Office. The data shown include the total number of new vehicles, the number of new battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and the number of new plug-in hybrid electric vehicles...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Heat Incentive (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Support Scheme for Renewable Heat has been developed to financially support the adoption of renewable heating systems by commercial, industrial, agricultural, district heating and other non-domestic heat users not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System. The first phase of the scheme, an installation grant for heat pumps, opened for applications in September 2018. Following EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Warmth & Wellbeing Scheme is a joint policy initiative between my Department and the Department of Health under the Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty and the Healthy Ireland Framework. The main aim of the Scheme is to validate, in an Irish context, the strong international evidence that making homes warmer, drier and more energy efficient can have a positive...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme Waiting Times (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme provides energy efficiency upgrades to the homes of people living in or at risk of energy poverty. These upgrades are provided free of charge to the homeowner. The Scheme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department. The initial Warmer Homes Scheme budget allocation for 2019 was €24 million....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Television Licence Fee Collection (6 Sep 2019)

Richard Bruton: The Broadcasting Act 2009 provides for both civil and criminal enforcement powers to tackle TV licence fee evasion. The legislation is being amended to provide for a public procurement process for licence fee collection. A tender will issue as soon as the enabling legislation has been enacted. It is intended that the successful bidder will have a fixed term contract of 5 years which will...