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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The results of Ireland’s first offshore wind auction, ORESS 1, earlier this year were hugely positive, both in terms of the volume procured, over 3GW, and the average price secured, at €86.05 per megawatt hour, which is one of the lowest prices paid by an emerging offshore wind market in the world. The capacity procured in ORESS 1 will go a long way to ensuring that we achieve...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: United Nations (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I was in New York from 18to 22September to attend the opening of the 78thsession of the United Nations General Assembly, with the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. While in New York, I attended several high-level events at the United Nations, including a Ministerial level meeting on funding for Loss and Damage, the SDG Leaders’ Dialogue, the Climate Ambition Summit, the UN Security Council...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low-income households vulnerable to energy poverty. Increased awareness of the multiple benefits of retrofit and improvements to the Warmer Homes Scheme are driving increased levels of demand for the scheme. This can be seen in application numbers with almost 20,000 applications...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Currently my department has a public consultation open for submissions on Private Wires. Publication of this consultation represents the first step towards a final policy, which will be delivered in 2024, and completes an important action of Climate Action Plan 2023. The aim of this consultation is to gather the views of the public, stakeholders and interested parties alike, to consolidate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the opportunity to outline the position on these matters, but I should point out that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and his Department are responsible for this policy area. The Climate Action Plan 2023 provides a detailed plan for taking decisive action to achieve a 51% reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 and setting us on a path to reach...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not me as Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The findings of the recent analysis carried out by Corporate Accountability, suggesting that there appears to be ‘fundamental failings’ undermining leading voluntary carbon offsetting schemes is disappointing and concerning. Voluntary carbon offsetting schemes can play an important role globally in tackling climate change. To be effective, it is essential that such carbon...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland’s strategic approach to the Circular Economy is currently set out in the Whole-of-Government Circular Economy Strategy 2022-2023.Section 7 of the Circular Economy Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022 (‘the Act’) provides a statutory basis for future iterations of the Strategy. The Act requires that such iterations include sectoral targets aimed at promoting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to the reply to Question No. 38 of 20thSeptember 2023. The position is unchanged.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: District heating should be distinguished from group or communal heating. District Heating schemes are large-scale systems that are supplied by one or several centralised or decentralised heat sources and serve multiple buildings and multiple customers. Group, or communal, heating schemes, such as Carlinn Hall, are smaller-scale systems that typically supply single buildings or complexes. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Celtic Interconnector is a proposed 700 MW electricity interconnector between Brittany and East Cork, promoted and developed by the Irish electricity Transmission System Operator, EirGrid, and its French counterpart, Reseau de Transporte d’Électricite (RTÉ). Upon scheduled completion in 2026, it will represent Ireland’s largest electricity interconnector. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Question Heading (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The core driver of high retail energy prices are high wholesale energy prices. Ireland is a price taker on international energy markets; the rise in wholesale gas prices since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the strong correlation between gas and electricity prices has therefore had a direct impact on the cost of electricity here. Due to high gas storage levels, warmer than normal winter...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The State provides a range of supports, including through the social welfare system, the health system and the taxation system, to support people based upon their individual circumstances. Specifically in relation to energy bills and support through my Department and agencies, as part of Budget 2023 Government introduced a package of measures worth €2.5 billion, which included a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. In February 2022, Government announced an enhanced package of measures to support the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is working with the Department of Finance, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, the Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland, the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund to develop a residential retrofit loan guarantee scheme, which will be backed by a counter guarantee provided by the EIB Group. The roll-out of the loan scheme is a key action of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which is accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not to me as Minister, has responsibility for the operation of the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG). In December 2021, the CRU published a Decision on an interim enabling framework for the CEG which outlines the arrangements for its implementation, including eligibility criteria and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In February 2022, Government launched a package of enhanced SEAI supports aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills and emissions.The range of schemes available allows homeowners to choose the best home upgrade option to suit their needs. Free upgrades are also...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Invasive Species Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 140 and 141 together. My officials have liaised with Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) on the matter highlighted by the Deputy. IFI has informed me that one common carp (Cyprinus Carpio) was recorded in July 2023 in Lough Corrib during stock management operations. IFI have confirmed that no additional common carp have been recorded in fish stock surveys of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving our national targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. The Retrofit programme is being funded by the unprecedented National Development Plan financial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low-income households vulnerable to energy poverty. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the scheme on behalf of my Department. Delivering free energy upgrades to low-income households as quickly as possible is a top priority for my Department and the SEAI. There are a...