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

Eamon Ryan: Recognising the leadership role of the UN Development Programme in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and my Department’s governing responsibility for their implementation in Ireland, at COP27 I announced funding of €2.5 million to support UNDP climate finance activities; a virement of €1.5million accounted for part of this contribution. The funding will...

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: North-South Interconnector (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Neither I, as Minister, nor the Government have any role in the delivery of electricity infrastructure on the ground. This is consistent with the 2012 Government Policy Statement on the Strategic Importance of Transmission and Other Energy Infrastructure which states that: ‘The Government does not seek to direct EirGrid and ESB Networks or other energy infrastructure developers 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: National Broadband Plan (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Government of Ireland’s National Digital Strategy (NDS), Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, is helping to drive the digital transition across the economy and society. Its ambition is to make connectivity available to everyone, including through the National Broadband Plan, Remote Working Hubs and Broadband Connection Points, with a target of having: - all...

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

Eamon Ryan: Council Regulation (EU) 2022/1854 on an emergency intervention to address high energy prices came into force in October 2022. This Regulation seeks to address windfall gains in the energy sector through a temporary solidarity contribution based on taxable profits in the fossil fuel production and refining sector and a cap on market revenues of specific generation technologies in the...

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

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action Plan 2023 builds on the previous climate action plans and is the framework through which the government intends to meet the legally-binding, economy-wide carbon budgets and sectoral ceilings agreed in July 2022. Emissions must be reduced in the electricity sector by 75% and to achieve this, we will facilitate a large-scale deployment of renewables, as well as enabling the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (27 Apr 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, and also requires that such iterations include targets aimed at promoting circularity...

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

Eamon Ryan: Climate Action is the most pressing long-term global challenge of our time and is a significant priority for this Government. The Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) continues to highlight the link between climate change and biodiversity loss, underscoring the need to safeguard biodiversity and ecosystems as a fundamental part of building climate...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious 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. The National Development Plan and National Retrofit Plan have ring-fenced €8 billion in...

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

Eamon Ryan: 11 Prospecting licences were granted in counties Roscommon and Mayo in March 2023, to Oriel Selection Trust Ltd. Oriel Selection Trust Ltd is an Australian junior exploration company that has been active in Ireland for over 16 years and uses a local SME to manage and operate their Irish prospecting licences. In December 2022 The new 'Policy Statement on Mineral Exploration and Mining...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department is in the process of preparing a new Green Public Procurement (GPP) Strategy and Action Plan which will be published later in 2023. Development of this strategy is being informed by best practice undertaken in other EU countries including information provided by a GPP Advisory Group of the European Commission on the status of National Action Plans on GPP in EU Member States....

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

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan commit set ambitious 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. The National Development Plan and National Retrofit Plan have ring-fenced €8 billion in...

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. Food donation and redistribution plays an important role in preventing food waste and is a key focus of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (27 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 180, inclusive, together. Radon gas is recognised as a serious threat to public health and estimated to be responsible for approximately 350 cases of lung cancer annually in Ireland. The Government has established a National Radon Control Strategy (NRCS), which is now in its second phase covering the period 2019 – 2024. Implementation of the...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 181, 182, 183, 184, 185 and 187 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. To promote and...

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

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. My Department does not collate...

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

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. My Department does not collate...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 191 and 194 together. The Government of Ireland’s National Digital Strategy (NDS), Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, is helping to drive the digital transition across the economy and society. Its ambition is to make connectivity available to everyone, including through the National Broadband Plan, Remote Working Hubs and...

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

Eamon Ryan: Ireland has made considerable progress in decarbonising our electricity sector over the last decade, with a major reason for this being the construction of renewable generation sources and their successful integration onto the electricity grid. Ireland is in the top five globally for installed wind power capacity per capita and is a world leader in the integration of variable renewable...