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Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 77: In page 7, line 5, after “Act” to insert the following: “to confer functions on the Minister for Transport in relation to zero to low emission vehicles and recharging and refuelling infrastructure relating to such vehicles;”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I move amendment No. 78: In page 7, line 7, after “2008;” to insert “to provide for the effect and validity of certain regulations;”.

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Committee Stage (22 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the Chairman and the members of the committee. I think we made significant progress today and the debate was very useful. I commend my officials on their work on the legislation. I would like to get the Bill through the Dáil and the Seanad before the summer recess, if at all possible. The scrambler bike situation is unacceptable and needs to be addressed. The fact that there...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together. 85 and 86 together. The below tables shows the actual share of gross electricity consumption from renewable sources from 2012 to 2020 including estimates for 2021 and 2022 year to date as calculated by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  Gross electricity consumption is defined as electricity generation plus net...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Climate Action Plan 2021 (CAP 21) commits to the production of 1.6 TWh by 2030 of indigenously produced biomethane using waste materials and agricultural based feedstock, and the National Energy Security Framework (NESF), published in April 2022, highlights that alternatives to natural gas, such as biomethane, provide additional diversification for Ireland’s energy...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Government approved a package of supports in February which make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades and achieve lower energy bills and lower emissions.As part of these new supports, new increased grant rates are available under the home energy upgrade schemes which are open for applications to the SEAI. There are a number of ways to plan and...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings by the end of 2030. These targets represent a very significant increase in both the volume and depth of retrofit activity in Ireland. The Housing for All plan commits to the retrofitting...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not the Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to lower income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 145,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Applications under the SEAI grant schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to individual grant applications. SEAI provides a dedicated enquiry service to Oireachtas members at the following email...

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: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers free energy upgrades for eligible homeowners in low-income households who are most at risk of energy poverty. It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since the start of the scheme in 2000, over 145,000 free upgrades have been supported by the scheme. In 2021, the average cost of the energy efficiency measures...

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

Eamon Ryan: The National Smart Metering Programme is overseen by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) and ESB Networks is delivering the electricity smart meter rollout. To date over 750,000 smart meters have been installed and 1.1 million are due to be installed by the end of this year. The National Smart Metering Programme will roll out and install 2.3 million meters by 2025.In February...

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: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: When Circular 25/2016 was issued it was brought to the attention of all bodies under the aegis of my Department. State Bodies were requested to provide and maintain a dedicated email address for Oireachtas members, and notify/publicise this to Oireachtas members. My officials have also written to all relevant Bodies in the interim to remind them of their obligation in this regard.  In...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Renewable Energy Ireland - Electricity Forum is an informal stakeholder forum to discuss progress on and support the delivery of electricity sector actions for renewable energy set out in the Climate Action Plan. The forum includes energy sector representatives from Renewable Energy Ireland, which was established in January 2019 as a...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Warmth and Wellbeing pilot scheme aims to objectively measure and validate the health and wellbeing impacts of improving the living conditions of vulnerable people living in energy poverty with chronic respiratory conditions. The scheme is a collaboration between my Department and the Department of Health and was jointly administered by the Health Service Executive and the Sustainable...

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

Eamon Ryan: On the 15 February this year I signed the Regulations that create an obligation on suppliers to offer the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff to new and existing micro-and small-scale generators so that they will receive payment for excess renewable electricity they export to the grid, reflective of the market value. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published a decision on an...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (21 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 conjunction...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (21 Jun 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, on a non-statutory basis, for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Galway City Area including, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann, railway infrastructure. ...