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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In response to the climate crisis and the current energy crisis, we must look to accelerate the delivery of renewable electricity, and the delivery of alternative fuels like green hydrogen and biomethane. As part of its decision on the Sectoral Emissions Ceilings, Government agreed to the introduction of an obligation on the heat sector to include renewable heat by 2024, and the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) administers a range of schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Latest data provided to my Department by the SEAI indicates that the total number of homes completed for all residential and community energy schemes (including Solar PV) to end of November is 22,880, a 69% increase on the same period...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s decision on Sectoral Emissions Ceilings means we must reduce electricity emissions to approximately 3 MtCO2eq per annum by 2030 for the electricity sector, the steepest decline of all sectors of the economy. The targets are particularly challenging because of increasing electricity demand, including demand from data centres, and also the electrification of heat and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (15 Dec 2022)

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 to me as Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Beyond Ireland’s 2030 offshore renewable energy targets, the Programme for Government further commits to developing a longer-term plan to take advantage of up to 30GW of offshore floating wind power in our deeper Atlantic waters, which would enable Ireland to become a major regional generator and exporter of offshore renewable energy. Work on a revised Offshore Renewable Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 161 and 162 together. With Ireland’s maritime area seven times the size of its landmass and our location at the edge of the Atlantic Ocean, I am critically aware that the potential for offshore renewable energy in Ireland is enormous. Central to realising this potential, and to meeting our targets, is the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Hydrogen provides us with an incredible opportunity in Ireland. It provides the potential for long term storage of energy, the opportunity of dispatchable wind and solar power, the potential of chemical feedstocks, the potential of an export market and the opportunity to decarbonise some parts of high temperature processing. Ireland has one of the best offshore renewable energy resources in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: 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 emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, the Government approved sectoral emissions ceilings last July for both the first and second carbon budget periods, with the exception...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: 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 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 Advisory Council was adopted by the Oireachtas on 6 April 2022. On 28 July, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: 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 emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, the Government approved Sectoral Emission Ceilings for both the first and second carbon budget periods, with the exception the Land Use,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) is one of the major Government policies to help deliver on Ireland’s target to increase the share of electricity generation from renewable sources to up to 80% and accelerate renewables to deliver on the electricity sectoral carbon budgets. While the primary policy objective of RESS is the delivery of renewable electricity in a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's most recent renewable energy projections are reported in the 2019 National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP), available here: assets.gov.ie/94442/f3e50986-9fde-4d34-aa35-319af3bfac0c.pdf , which was prepared before the adoption of the current Programme for Government. Table 7 of the NECP details the planned trajectory of all renewable energy technologies, including onshore and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department published its Statement of Strategy, Le Cheile 23, in 2021. The Strategy sets out the five Strategic Goals for the Department up to the year 2023. Strategic Goal 2, the Transition to a Circular Economy and protecting and restoring our environmentidentified 10 specific areas of environmental engagement. Full details of the Statement of Strategy, and the associated actions...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government, published in October 2020, set out a climate ambition which has since been placed on a statutory footing through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which was signed into law in July 2021. The Act commits Ireland to achieve a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050, and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to providing the reliable supply of safe, secure and clean energy in order to deliver a phase-out of fossil fuels. This means Ireland must deliver on its commitment to reach up to 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and that this must be planned and delivered in a cost-effective way that minimises costs to consumers. The Sustainable Energy Authority of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Programme for Government, my Department has responsibility for the delivery of a substantial programme of work across several key missions, particularly: A Better Quality of Life for All; Reigniting and Renewing the economy; and A Green New Deal. To deliver on these missions, and the Department’s vision of a climate neutral, sustainable, and digitally connected Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department (DECC), along with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Teagasc have engaged with the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) and the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute NI (AFBI NI) through the NI/Ireland Ammonia Update Forum in 2022. This update takes place periodically between...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The query raised in relation to a complaint regarding bus services in the Knocklyon area is a matter for the company. Therefore, I have referred this question to Dublin Bus for direct response to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (15 Dec 2022)

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: Public Transport (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The issue raised by the deputy is an operational matter for Bus Éireann. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the company for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you...