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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together. Salmon stocks in each of Ireland’s more than 140 salmon rivers are assessed annually by the independent Technical Expert Group on Salmon (TEGOS) based on each rivers conservation limit (CL) - the number of adult spawning salmon required to ensure a healthy stock above safe biological limits. These assessments support Inland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Waste Collection Permit Office (NWCPO) processes waste collection permit applications and review applications for all local authorities. It maintains the Waste Collection Permit register, revokes Waste Collection Permits as appropriate, and provides data reports to relevant stakeholders- including enforcement authorities where required. Questions in relation to the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: A Price Monitoring Group (PMG) was established in mid-2017 to monitor the cost of residential waste collection to households in Ireland and to report on pricing trends. The Group operated from September 2017 to December 2020. The Group was chaired by Frank Conway, an independent consumer expert. It included representatives from: Officials from the Waste Policy & Resource Efficiency...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan includes targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, last year, the Government launched a package of significantly enhanced...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In July 2022, the Government published a new statement on the role of data centres in Ireland’s enterprise strategy. The statement addresses sustainable data centre development to align with Ireland’s renewable energy targets, security of supply, sectoral green house gas emissions and climate priorities. The goal of this policy is to ensure the positive benefits for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Irish Environmental Network (IEN) is an independent umbrella organisation for environmental NGOs with its own corporate governance structures. The distribution and allocation of funding to its members is decided by the IEN. I have approved the allocation of €2.55 million in funding to the IEN from the Environment Fund for 2023. This represents an increase of €450,000 on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 25 to 33, inclusive, together. The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, published in September 2020, contains some 200 measures which will be delivered on a phased basis over the 5-year lifetime of the plan, including a number of measures which specifically address the need to empower households and businesses through better consumer protection,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Advisory Committee on Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSVs), also known as the Taxi Advisory Committee, was established under the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to provide both the Minister and the NTA with advice in relation to small public service vehicles and their drivers. The Committee is the primary forum for dealing with issues affecting the sector and many of the measures taken to date...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (31 May 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, including ticketing and technology projects. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (31 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021 passed the final stages of the Seanad on 24 May and is due to return for the final Report back to the Dáil in mid-June. It is expected that the Bill will be signed into law towards the end of June 2023. Work on commencement orders has begun. The anti-social use of scramblers and quads is a complex problem and involves both legislation coming...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: In relation to An Post, while there is a statutory basis for the payment of dividends to the Exchequer by the company, there has been no dividend paid. Were any dividend to be paid it would be a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, to determine how the revenue from any such dividend would be allocated. It would be a matter for the Board to determine at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: State Bodies (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 129 and 169 together. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) was established under the Sustainable Energy Act of 2002. The Authority is a body corporate with functions and responsibilities as set out under Section 6 of the Act, which include inter alia promoting and assisting;environmentally and economically sustainable production, supply and use...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Building Energy Rating (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 130 to 133, inclusive, and 156 to 166, inclusive, together. 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....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The EPA is responsible for compiling the inventories of greenhouse gas emissions for Ireland and for reporting the data to the relevant European and international institutions. As such, Ireland’s legal reporting obligations require that the agency submits data to the European Commission and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The emissions data are...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 136 together. In May 2022, An Post requested an increase of 2% with effect from 1 January 2022. Having sought the necessary advice from NewERA, the relevant Ministerial consents to the payment of an increase of 2% to An Post pensioners with effect from 1 January 2022 were provided to An Post in early September. On 9 March 2023 An Post wrote to the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) are currently working on the preparation of the draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments. Following assessment and approval by me approval, the Codes of Practice must then be laid before both Houses of Oireachtas by the LGMA and published on a website maintained by or on behalf of myself as Minister or the Government. Local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Solar PV grant scheme under the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland and is open to 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 between schemes, the minimum BER C3 requirement was removed and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: P6 plastic refers to polystyrene or styrofoam, which is widely used in packaging and insulation. Waste polystyrene is accepted at some local authority civic amenity sites for disposal. These are listed on MyWaste.ie. Certain applications of polystyrene have already been banned. For instance, the EU Single Use Plastics Directive transposed into Irish law in July 2021, banned a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The development of of a new policy statement for the inland fisheries sector is a significant and complex undertaking which will take account of developments and challenges around conservation, protection, biodiversity, ecological and environmental issues over recent years. Significant progress has been made by my Department. To date, draft preparatory policy/discussion documents have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (30 May 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 141 and 142 together. My Department funds a number of grant schemes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. In February 2022, Government approved a package of supports as part of the delivery of Ireland’s National Retrofit Plan. These measures are...