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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day to day operations regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. Funding is administered through the National Transport Authority (NTA), who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. The Deputy will be aware that the Programme for Government...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (13 Jun 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 national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (13 Jun 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (13 Jun 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, the setting of tolls is a statutory function of Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII). In the twelve month period used to calculate maximum tolls for 2023, inflation was obviously a significant issue and that was at the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fuel Quality (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The regulations establishing a minimum 5.5% ethanol in petrol placed upon the market by renewable transport fuel obligation account holders were made on 1 April 2023. In making the regulations consideration was given to the responses received through a statutory consultation on the draft regulations, the impact on fuel prices, and other economic and environmental impacts. The policy and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of an integrated, accessible, sustainable public transport network. The NTA also has statutory responsibility for securing the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Data Protection (13 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: “My Department takes the issue of data protection and the safety of personal information of members of the general public very seriously. My officials comply with GDPR and other Data Protection legislation in all aspects of their work. If staff are availing of remote working arrangements, they must adhere to my Department’s Blended Working Policy, which references guidance on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Pollution (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, I have no function or responsibility in respect of this matter. The EPA is an independent public body established under the Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and is entirely independent in the exercise of its functions.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. Premises in the AMBER area will be provided with high-speed broadband through the State led Intervention. The BLUE...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: There are 14 bodies under the aegis of my Department, the details of which are set out in the table below, along with the contact details for Members of the Oireachtas for each of the relevant bodies. Name of Body Contact details for Members of the Oireachtas An Post Angus.Laverty@anpost.ie Bord na Mona oireachtas@bnm.ie...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has developed a number of schemes to support production of renewable electricity in Ireland which are open to community participation. These schemes include the grid scale, auction based Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) - of which the third onshore auction is to be held in 2023, and the Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS), for smaller installations, up to 50 kW in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department and the agencies under our aegis are committed to providing an efficient, timely, professional, and courteous service to all our customers. My officials have contacted the deputy directly and provided her with a table which lists the email addresses at which members of the Oireachtas can contact the agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Jun 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 statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area, including the provision of bus stops and bus shelters. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Jun 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is continuously exploring ways to encourage the uptake of cycling as a mode of transport and it is evident that the popularity of e-bikes is rising. Our National Sustainable Mobility Policy examines the different behavioural change measures that can be explored to promote modal shift away from private car use and towards zero-emission transport modes such as walking, cycling and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (1 Jun 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 statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area in the first instance, including the DART+ Programme and its constituent projects, which includes DART+ Coastal North....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not the Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector, following enactment if the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and subsequent legislation. While CRU is financed by means of a levy on regulated entities, it must...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 9, 10, 13, 14, 15 and 16 together. I propose to take the above PQs together as the requested data is interrelated. The data provided below relates exclusively to the Domestic Solar PV scheme. The Microgeneration Support Scheme (MSS) was approved by Government on 21 December 2021, to support Ireland’s ambitious targets for micro-generation installations,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 12 together. With approximately 4,400 MW of onshore wind generation capacity at the end of 2022, Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita. In order to build on this success and increase wind and solar generation on the grid, my Department is delivering a regular programme of auctions under the Renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: There is both EU and domestic law available at the links below in relation to this matter. The relevant EU legislation is – Directive 2019/944 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 June 2019 on common rules for the internal market for electricity and amending Directive 2012/27/EU (recast) Specifically Article 35 of the Directive relates to unbundling of DSOs ...