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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The 2020 Programme for Government committed to a target of 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity in Ireland’s maritime area by 2030 and made a commitment to develop at least 30GW floating wind beyond 2030. In addition, in 2022, the Government agreed to target the delivery of an additional 2GW of offshore wind for the production of green hydrogen in order to create the necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I established the inter-Departmental, inter-agency Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce to accelerate delivery and capture the wider and longer term economic opportunities associated with the development of offshore wind in Ireland. Its membership comprises senior officials from the Government Departments and agencies that are vital to the delivery of Ireland’s ORE ambitions. This...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (27 Apr 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: Illegal Dumping (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: While the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to littering and illegal dumping lies with the local authorities, my Department provide extensive policy, financial and legislative support to the local authority sector to support their efforts. For example, my Department provided €750,000 under the Anti-Litter & Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector has been designed as an overhead, alternating-current link integrating the Irish and Northern Irish electricity grids. In this form, it is a critical infrastructure project for the island of Ireland. It will be the backbone of a fit for purpose electricity system that will ensure energy security, allow more renewables to be used on the island, reduce the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector has been designed as an overhead, alternating-current link between the Irish and Northern Irish electricity grids. In this form it is a critical infrastructure project for the island of Ireland. It will be the backbone of a fit for purpose electricity system that will ensure energy security, allow more renewables to be used on the island, reduce the need to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) state led intervention is being delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract, signed in November 2019 and which came into effect in January 2020, to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the intervention area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Atlantic Marine Energy Test Site (AMETS) is currently being developed by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), with funding provided by my Department, to facilitate testing of full-scale offshore renewable technologies in an open ocean environment. Since the AMETS site was announced in 2010, development of the site has progressed including work on environmental assessments...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 117 and 138 together. The challenges facing disabled people are reflected in a number of policy areas within my Department including the National Dialogue on Climate Action, the National Adaptation Framework, the Circular Economy, and the Sustainable Development Goals. The National Dialogue on Climate Action (NDCA) is the vehicle to enable and empower...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Circular Economy Act 2022 (‘the Act’) aims to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy by providing the necessary legislative basis for several key measures including the Circular Economy Strategy, the Circular Economy Programme, the National Food Loss Prevention Roadmap and the Circular Economy Fund. While the Act does not specifically contain...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: My Department published Ireland’s National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap 2023-2025 in November 2022. The Roadmap sets out a number of priority actions to bring the focus on food waste prevention, across key sectors in the food supply chain, together in a coherent manner. For example in relation to the retail sector, actions under the Roadmap aimed at preventing surplus food being...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The proposed EU Nature Restoration Law will be key in delivering the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy, setting binding targets across the European Union to restore degraded ecosystems and, in particular, providing important co-benefits that include carbon emissions reductions from the land use sector, increased capacity for carbon sequestration, better climate adaptation and resilience,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (27 Apr 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 primary aim of the scheme is to provide upgrades to those living in, or at risk of, energy poverty. The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the scheme on behalf of my Department. Delivering free energy upgrades to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021 strengthens the role of Local Authorities for effective climate action. It sets out a statutory requirement for each Local Authority to prepare a Climate Action Plan within 12 months from when a request to the sector to begin the preparation of such plans issues. The Local Authority Climate Action Plan is valid for five years...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 23 includes a commitment to carry out a public consultation on Private Wires and a deadline for publication of Q4 2023 has been set. Private wires are an issue that is of interest and importance to many stakeholders. The policy area of Private Wires is broad in nature and as such detailed consideration must go into formulating the consultation in order to ensure that all...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to a sustainable An Post and post office network as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure throughout Ireland. The company fully understands the Government position and a sustainable, viable and customer-focused post office network is a key strategic priority for the company. The Government recognises the importance of the high value and high...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) state led intervention is being delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract, signed in November 2019 and which came into effect in January 2020, to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the intervention area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 128 and 197 together. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 commits Ireland to a legally binding target of a climate neutral economy no later than 2050 and a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, a carbon budget programme proposed by the Climate Change...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: This study ‘Dying to Farm: Developing a Suicide Prevention Intervention for Farmers in Ireland’ represents welcomed insight to this critical sector of Irish society, underscoring the importance of mental health initiatives and suicide awareness for members of the farming community. The study, which I note is still ongoing and for which preliminary data is being reported,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) state led intervention is being delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract, signed in November 2019 and which came into effect in January 2020, to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the intervention area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 560,000 premises, including almost 100,000...