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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not paid any EU fines in the years 2020, 2021 or 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) replied by email to the Deputy on 12th April 2022 and a copy of the reply will be re-sent, for ease of reference.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier this year, the Government launched a package of supports aimed at making it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades, for warmer, healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills and lower emissions. The supports included a new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme which offers increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Supplier of Last Resort (SoLR) process is managed by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) as part of its responsibility for the regulation of the retail gas and electricity markets as assigned under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 and subsequent legislation.The primary statutory objective of this process is to protect customers and to prevent any further potential...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Semi-State Bodies (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has responsibility for the postal sector, including the governance of An Post, to ensure that the company is fully compliant with the code of practice for the governance of State bodies and the governance functions included in the statutory framework underpinning An Post. While the management of company finances are a matter for the Board and Management of An Post,  I, as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The new regulations on the sale of solid fuels for domestic heating in Ireland came into operation on 31 October 2022. They have introduced minimum standards that apply across all solid fuels, to ensure that the most polluting can no longer be made available on the Irish market and to assist the public in transitioning to less polluting alternatives.The regulations allow those with turbary...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I have visited County Clare on two occasions in both my capacity as Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport. Details of my visits are set out in the table below: Dates Locations 11 February 2022 Gaelscoil Mhíchíl Cíosóg Ennis Public Relam...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 70 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Data (16 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has not paid any fines for non-transposition of EU Directives into Irish law during the years 2020, 2021, and to date in 2022. An EU Coordination Unit within my Department is responsible for engaging with the EU Commission on issues relating to transposition of EU law where the Department of Transport has lead responsibility.  This Unit reports on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Emergency Planning (15 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The National Energy Security Framework, which was published in April this year, provides a single overarching and initial response to address Ireland’s energy security needs in the context of the war in Ukraine. It outlines measures connected to energy security across the electricity, gas and oil sectors and sets out a ‘whole-of-Government’ response to the challenges...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (15 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Eir has sought approval to grant an increase to pensioners who retired from grades in the company who had both pre and post vesting day service. In accordance with clause 10 of the Telecom Eireann Main Superannuation Scheme, “the company may grant such increases in such pensions and preserved pensions under this Scheme as may be authorised from time to time by the Minister with the...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 147 together.  Recruitment and staffing are operational matters for Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) in which neither I nor my Department have any role.  IFI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that queries can be addressed promptly, in line with IFI’s objective to deliver services to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection (15 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 148 and 149 together.   Under the National Smart Metering Programme (NSMP) 2.3 million meters will be installed by 2025 and in the process make available new products and services to energy consumers. Oversight of the NSMP is the responsibility of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) with the Distribution System...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 and 151 together. My Department launched a public consultation on a Hydrogen Strategy for Ireland in July 2022. The consultation document set out key questions to be responded to, including a number of questions specifically on incentives and supports for the development and deployment of green hydrogen in Ireland. The following questions were posed in...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan set a target to reduce emissions from the residential sector by retrofitting the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and installing 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. Earlier this year the Government launched a package of supports to make it easier and more...

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

Eamon Ryan: Due to Ireland’s peripheral location at the edge of the Atlantic, with a sea area of 490,000 square kilometres that is approximately 7 times its landmass, Ireland has considerable, but as yet undeveloped, offshore renewable energy (ORE) potential. In 2014, the first Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan identified 27.5-31.1GW potential developable wave resource, in both shallow...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together. Following the approval of the Carbon Budgets, my Department engaged with relevant Government Departments and Agencies to prepare Sectoral Emissions Ceilings for Government review and approval. This engagement was informed and supported by the procurement of external technical support services, as well as modelling support from members of...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Government has recently agreed to increase our 5GW ambition for offshore wind energy, with an additional 2GW dedicated to green hydrogen production. Furthermore, the Programme for Government includes a commitment to develop a longer-term plan to harness the estimated potential of at least 30GW of offshore floating wind power in our Atlantic waters. Ireland’s climate ambitions will...

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

Eamon Ryan: With Ireland’s maritime area being 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 – both in terms of power generation and economic opportunity. Central to realising this potential is the work of the Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce. The goal...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: International Agreements (15 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty is an international climate policy proposal for a new treaty to manage a global just transition away from coal, oil and gas, considered as a vehicle to complement the Paris Agreement, modelled on campaigns for nuclear disarmament. Ireland recognises that a reliance on fossil fuels is incompatible with the Paris Agreement and a low-carbon future, and...