Results 61-80 of 382 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the ongoing pressures this is placing on families and businesses and that is why a €2.4 billion package of supports was implemented earlier this year and a package of once-off measures worth €2.5 billion was included in the most recent budget. I wish to outline further global market developments that have affected these high Irish energy prices, which are the source of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 25 together.There are circa 340,000 pay-as-you-go (pre-pay) meters out of a total of 2.2 million electricity meters. An estimated 250,000 of these are where households requested this for various reasons (i.e. rental accommodation; holiday homes; or where a customer prefers to pay in advance for more certainty). There are about...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together.27 and 28  together,The Climate Action Plan set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector from 7 Mt CO2 eq. in 2018 to between 3.5-4.5 Mt CO2 eq. in 2030. Recognising that the achievement of this target will require a step-change in the pace and scale of delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the management and remediation of the Avoca Mining Site was completed in 2008.  This feasibility study costed two options for the long-term remediation of the mine site with capital costs of €58.5m and €46m respectively, and both having recurring annual operating costs of about €1million.  Under Government Decision No. S180/20/10/0354 of 21 July 2010, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...for regional and local roads during the post 2008 recession resulted in the build-up of a substantial backlog of works across the country. The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. Because of the pressures on the regional and local road network, approximately 90% of available Exchequer grant assistance to local authorities for regional and local roads is being...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...overall funding in relation to Active Travel. The National Transport Authority (NTA), meanwhile, has responsibility for the allocation of that funding to local authorities, and this year over €5 million was allocated to Mayo County Council for Active Travel projects. The NTA works with all local authorities to determine funding for specific projects within their area and oversees...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government allocated €244 million to fund the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, residential, community and solar PV schemes this year. This budget enabled the introduction of a range of new measures to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake energy upgrades as well as to better target supports for those most in need. Data from the SEAI show...

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades. First, in response to the war in Ukraine, we increased the grant aid for attic insulation to 80% of the typical cost, with up to €1,500 available in grant support. The data is not conclusive, but between one third and one half of homes could benefit significantly from this measure. This will likely pay back in less...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the table below. Year Natural Gas Produced at Corrib Gas Field Natural Gas Produced at Kinsale Areas Gas Fields 2019 (Jan – Dec) 2396 million cubic metres 245 million cubic metres 2020 (Jan – Dec) 1931 million cubic metres 92 million cubic metres (cessation of production 5 July...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...cost-effective indigenous renewable electricity projects, as recommended by Senator Pauline O'Reilly. Projects under the first RESS auction, RESS 1, are expected to contribute an increase of approximately 15% in our renewable energy generation capacity by the end of next year. Projects under RESS 2 are expected to deliver an additional increase of nearly 20% to our renewable energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...appropriate, as this summer shows. Even since the agreement on the sectoral ceilings we have seen what has happened, with energy prices on the European markets, particularly gas, going up by some 50% in the last week of July and first two or three weeks of August. Prices then dropped but went back up again. That will have very significant implications for emissions in the energy sector,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2022 (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: .... The policy recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. In furtherance of this commitment, my Department’s focus to date has been on strategically developing the National Hub Network, the Network's shared online booking platform...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...Government announced an enhanced package of measures to support the uptake of home energy upgrades and include: - A new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard. - Establishment of a network of registered One Stop Shops to offer a start-to-finish project management service, including access...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...that it will reach a rate of €100 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. As set out in the National Development Plan, over the period 2021 to 2030 the planned carbon tax increases may allow for €9.5 billion in additional revenue. €5 billion of the expected €9.5 billion in additional carbon tax receipts will be invested in energy efficiency, including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the scheme. The EDRRS provides for the enhanced rehabilitation of 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands that had been previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation over a 5-year period. All of the lands being rehabilitated are operated under Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licences granted by the Environmental Protection Agency, and the EDRRS is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...lower income households through the Fuel Allowance, the Household Benefits Package and other payments, as well as providing free energy efficiency upgrades through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland schemes and the Social Housing retrofitting programme. This year, 58% (€203 million) of the total Government retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together. I propose to take Question Nos  95 and 96 together. The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Fund Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) was launched in November of last year. Under this programme €60 million from the Climate Action Fund will be invested in community climate action projects and initiatives, as well as capacity building, over the next three years. The overall aim of this programme is to support and empower communities to shape...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (1 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...