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Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Where the restrictions will be introduced is on the retail and Internet – on that commercial operation. The vast majority of turf sales are done through the mechanism that I mentioned. This is about all sorts of fuels. This is about regulating, first and foremost, smoky coal and wet wood.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It will not affect those who are relying on those traditional local persons selling to them for their heat or their own use. That is the case.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It will be imminent. I cannot commit in the same way I did previously, that the regulations would come next week before the Dáil rises, because this is difficult and complex. It is not just the likes of agriculture, which attracts much of the public attention. In the Department of Transport, the scale of what needs to be done is beyond compare. It is the same in the industrial...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Two things have the potential to transform that and they will be delivered in the autumn. The first is a regulations law that the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, is working on to help farmers. It does not always have to be the case where one takes the whole farm and covers everything in a single monoculture clear fell forest model. Instead, we will start giving flexibility to farmers...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No, I do not expect to do so. However, I expect the Austrian and Luxembourg governments to take a case that would be resolved in the courts, not in the European Council.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We are working on it. As I said, I met the industry representatives of the Irish Road Haulage Association during the week and we are looking at a whole variety of different options. First and foremost, we need real solid data on the fleet of vehicles here and what the real emissions reductions would be from various measures. That is something we both agreed that we need to do much further...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Deputy for acknowledging what is a very significant increase in the back-to-school allowance and the free school bus service for the year, which is hugely welcomed across the country. I agree with the second point made by the Deputy. As I stated, there is only a certain cohort who will be able to avail of it, particularly in the context of the back-to-school allowance. It had...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There were many different questions there.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It will be difficult for me to address all of the questions. We went to public consultation last September in respect of a process to issue regulations this autumn. The regulations will not affect the householder. They do not consider producers or someone who might be cutting a bog and so on. They focus on the retail side. They relate to smoky coal, wet wood and turf at the retail and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Out of respect for this House, I hope and expect it will be before-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----we break for the summer. The regulation will be along the lines suggested by the Deputy, as we agreed last year. As we have said all along, this, critically, is about restricting all solid fuels that are affecting health. This is not about what we are doing on the bogs or what we are doing in someone's home. It is about public health. It is about having clear regulations that will...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is true, but that is an issue relating to the war in Ukraine-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----which is a different issue. It is also true for those who are reliant on gas, as I said earlier. There is a significant problem in that regard, as there is with regard to oil. We have a real challenge across all energy areas. That will require significant intervention through the budget to allow us through this particular time. The 80% grant is available to help people retrofit...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Minister with responsibility for energy and for transport I absolutely realise the need for us to protect our people through these extraordinary times. War is setting the price, though thankfully the price of Brent crude oil went down to $101 per barrel yesterday. It had been up as high as $120 and $130 in recent weeks. In two weeks' time there will be that slight reduction but it...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: If I can explain it; it sets a minimum 33 cent per litre tax.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Prior to the war, our rate was 53 cent per litre in excise. It and VAT are the largest element of the tax. We reduced it by 15 cent per litre. There is, as Deputy Verona Murphy knows, a diesel rebate for the haulage sector of a further 7.5%. That brings it down to 33.04 cent, so there are certain areas where you cannot manoeuvre. There are certain areas where you have to stick to the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: On the carbon tax, one other thing has changed in the last week. At the Council of Ministers meeting on energy last week, the Council committed to introducing effectively a Europe-wide carbon tax on transport and home buildings. It will go up to about €50 per tonne, is what I think the Parliament recommends. It must go through negotiations with the Parliament but there is no-one...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It was extraordinary we were able to get a derogation from that European proposal.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Second, for those in Hook Head, what every representative in this Chamber and in councils around the country should engage in is the new Connecting Ireland rural bus transport plan, which has the potential to be transformative. It will provide new services so we have options in rural Ireland. That is where I am hoping to put money in the budget because it is our number one transport priority.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (7 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: That is clear. The clever thing about it is that it was done in a way, by what the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth did in last year's budget, that every penny of that goes to the parents. That is the real practical improvement.