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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle (EV) charging network over the coming years. As you are aware, a draft national charging infrastructure strategy for the development of EV charging infrastructure, covering the crucial period out to 2025 was published for consultation in March. The draft strategy sets out the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Bus (25 Oct 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 management and operational aspects of public transport. The matter raised in relation to the number of vacant positions currently in Dublin Bus is an operational matter for the company. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including the procurement of the Public Service Obligation bus fleet. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy knows, I believe that a feasibility study for light rail in Galway is best considered within the context of the review of the Galway Transport Strategy, which will commence this year, rather than a stand-alone study. This will allow for a multi-modal perspective and integration within an overall land-use plan. The review of the strategy and the development of a new Galway...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding relating to public transport. However, I am not involved in the day-to-day operation of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the day-to-day operations and promoting the development of an integrated, accessible public transport network, in both urban and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the Strategic Rail Reviewis being undertaken in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland. It will inform the development of the railway sector on the Island of Ireland over the coming decades. The Strategic Rail Review is considering the future of the rail network with regard to the following ambitions: improving sustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including delivering the Connecting Ireland Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Pathfinder Programme is designed to demonstrate how Local Authorities and Transport Agencies can develop practical sustainable mobility measures that will have a genuinely transformative impact on how we travel, and how we can do this at speed. The proposals that have been selected to the Programme are a representative sample of the over 55 projects that were proposed by every Local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (25 Oct 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am very glad to be here in this august Chamber, which we always look forward to coming into. I love the armchairs, the comfort and the splendour. We do not have the same celestial ceiling above us in our own humble Chamber down the road. I am very glad to be here to to give some reflections and then to listen, more than anything else. I would reflect on the summer just gone by or even...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I would prefer to hand over to colleagues on the committee. I found the presentations inspiring, informative and useful, but we are working on a collaborative basis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on the Circular Economy and COP27, including Climate Justice and Energy: Discussion (21 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Unfortunately, I have to attend another meeting. I thank the witnesses for getting up at 4 a.m. That gives us all hope. I accept the point about rural public transport, the various presentations on the circular economy and other issues. We will listen, take some of the ideas we heard today and see if we can put them into practice.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with the Deputy. One of the reasons investments like that make sense is that we need to adhere to the national planning framework. There is excess development on the east coast compared in particular with Cork, Galway, Waterford and Limerick. In each of those cities, in the near future, I expect us to make announcements similar to that which was made in Moyross earlier this week....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will seek clarity from the Minister for Education. I do not have the details in front of me. The Department operates this programme in conjunction with Bus Éireann. At this time, when we have greatly reduced the cost and are expanding the number of people using the service, we want to try to cover every eventuality. I will ask her Department to come back to the Deputy with the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I have talked to the Deputy about this on a number of occasions. He is correct; there is a small number of significant difficulties the residents have experienced having made what was, in my mind, a very good investment in a communal heating system but having been caught out because of the high price of gas. I do not believe, as I said to him the other day, that this would qualify for the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will have to come back on what specifically we said at the EU. I do not believe we did but I will have to check that is correct. The Deputy's depiction of those generators as like something from Kabul of ten years ago is not accurate or correct. This is modern, new, highly efficient equipment-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----that is going to be needed as part of the solution.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: They are going to be needed. Second, biomethane is going to be part of our low-carbon transition. We agreed in the sectoral emission ceilings this summer that we would develop 5.8 TWh of biomethane, largely from the agricultural sector. This is proven technology. It is not-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We are at first base in getting the mechanisms and policies in place to roll out that infrastructure. We have never been short of applying for European funding. We have been remarkably successful in drawing down funding in a range of tranches of European funding. I would not rule out further funding from Europe for this development. We will continue to work with the Commission.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am aware, given somebody provided me with the details, of the situation in Thurles the other night. It was particularly acute, as I understand it, with water coming up through the mains and flooding that way. It is a significant issue, not just in Thurles. There are an estimated 2,350 storm water overflows in our wastewater system and there are similar circumstances in many of them,...