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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As set out in the National Energy Security Framework published in April 2022, my Department is carrying out a review of the energy security of Ireland's gas and electricity systems for delivery in Q3 2022, following which the which the results will be brought to Govenment. The underpinning analysis is being updated, to reflect changing circumstances following the Russian...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The administration and management of applications under the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to individual grant applications. The SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed promptly, in line with SEAI’s...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. A draft national strategy for the development of EV charging infrastructure, covering the crucial period out to 2025 was published for consultation in March. It sets out the government’s ambition regarding the delivery of a public EV...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. A draft national 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 government’s ambition regarding the delivery...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including SPSV licensing, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Accordingly, I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within 10...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport, nor decisions on fares.  It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has the statutory responsibility for the regulation of fares in relation to public passenger transport services and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (23 Jun 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. 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 government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (23 Jun 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. Under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 it is a statutory function of the National Transport Authority (NTA) to procure public transport services by means of Public Service Obligation (PSO)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Events (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the 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 of those services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (23 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including age limits for SPSVs, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Accordingly, I have referred your question to the NTA for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I very much appreciate the various contributions I heard during the debate. I will look back at the record to read the earlier contributions. To respond to Senator McDowell, we could easily lapse into despondency and ask why should we do anything because it is too late to address climate change. There is no doubt but that it will be a challenge beyond compare. What we need to do will...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Could we not start to pay them for other nature-based services? That is where the market is going. The food industry relies on exports. The big companies, such as the Kerry Group, are committing to science-based targets because they know if they are not following science-based targets, they will not get finance in five or ten years and they will find it very difficult to sell on an Origin...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Some 150,000 or 200,000 people work in the digital industry here. They want to see data centres as well as those jobs. We can design our data centres in a way that they are part of the solution. The energy use goes mainly on heat in data centres. By managing that heat, it can be used for district heating, leading to real efficiency.

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: No. However, we can design it in Athenry where the backup power it has strengthens the grid and its demand-management capability gives us flexibility. Athenry is not too far from Moneypoint on the Shannon Estuary where all that offshore wind energy will come ashore and will be converted to hydrogen. When the wind is blowing the wind energy will run from Moneypoint up to Athenry or...

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes.

Seanad: Annual Transition Statement: Statements (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Yes. I will tell the Senator the reason. It goes back to efficiency. We will get the workforce because the system before this was always stop-start, with building contractors working for six months and then stopped for six months, having to wait to find out whether there was more money. It is no wonder the industry did not scale up. Now that they know that they have €9 billion in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: 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 prices. The credit of €176.22 (excluding VAT) is being applied to all domestic electricity accounts through April,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The criteria and management of the register of auditors are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to the evaluation process for energy auditors.The SEAI has established a specific email address for queries from Oireachtas members so that such queries can be addressed promptly, in line with the SEAI’s objective to deliver services to the highest...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The management of connections to the electricity grid is a matter for the system operators, EirGrid and ESB Networks, under rules determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which is an independent statutory body and solely accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas for the performance of its functions. The matters raised in the Question relate both to the statutory...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Electric vehicles (EVs) are the most prominent transport mitigation measure in the 2021 Climate Action Plan, and Ireland has set an ambitious target of 945,000 EVs on our roads by 2030. This target is challenging but indicates the scale of the transformation that is needed across all sectors if Ireland is to achieve its climate targets in the coming years. A comprehensive suite...