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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Energy storage encompasses a broad range of technologies with distinct characteristics and capabilities, including speed of response and storage capacity, that provide a variety of critical services to the all-island power system. Maintaining security of supply while integrating greater levels of renewable generation will require a very high penetration of variable electricity on the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Earlier this year, the Government approved 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 158, 159, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172 and 173 together. The Circular Economy, Waste Management (Amendment) and Minerals Development (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘the Bill’) aims to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy by providing the necessary legislative basis for several key measures including the Circular Economy Strategy; the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Energy poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government, Our Shared Future, and the Waste Action Plan 2020-2025, A Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy (September 2020) committed to a range of actions to support Ireland’s transition to a circular economy. This included the adoption of a high-level whole-of-government Circular Economy Strategy. The Circular Economy Strategy (December 2021) provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. I continue to engage with my counterparts on the Energy Council of the European Union, which has focussed on energy security since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My Department also engages regularly with the EU via the Gas Coordination Group and Electricity Coordination Group. In addition, I participate in meetings of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Radon gas is recognised as a serious threat to public health and estimated to be responsible for approximately 350 cases of lung cancer annually in Ireland. In response to this issue, the Government established a National Radon Control Strategy (NRCS). The Strategy is now in its second phase covering the period 2019 to 2024.  Implementation of the Strategy is overseen by an...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Questions relating to the management of Departmental offices for matters relating to health and safety, including radon, are dealt with by the Office of Public Works (OPW). 

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 166 and 167 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 prices. The scheme is operated by the Distribution System Operator...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As stated 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 quarter 3 2022. The review is considering the risks to both natural gas and electricity supplies, and a range of measures, including the need for additional capacity to import energy, energy storage,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together. I remain committed to introducing new regulations on the use of solid fuels for domestic heating in Ireland as announced last September 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. Retrofitting and transitioning to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland administers a range of schemes to support homeowners to carry out energy upgrades. A total of €267 million has been provided for these schemes this year and over 5,050 home energy upgrades were supported between January and end-April.   In February, as part of the delivery of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together. The climate ambition in the Programme for Government has been placed on a statutory footing through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. The Act commits Ireland to achieve a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 185 and 186 together. The latest national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as reported publicly by the EPA for 2020 are 64.64 Mt CO2-eq of which the land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector contributed net GHG emissions of 6.93 Mt CO2-eq. To meet our climate objective to reduce GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. As Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications I continue to work closely with all Ministers to deliver policies to achieve our emissions targets. Furthermore, my Department is working across all of Government, including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, on the need to address our carbon emissions. My...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The most immediate factor affecting electricity prices in Ireland and Europe is high international gas prices where we are a price taker. Gas prices are now unprecedently high, which feeds directly through to retail electricity prices as the wholesale price of electricity correlates strongly with the price of gas. Government is acutely aware of the impacts these rising prices will have on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) annual Energy in Ireland report sets out the final annual figures of total electricity generated and the percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources in Ireland. The latest edition of the report is available here: www.seai.ie/data-and-insights/seai-statistics/key-publicatio ns/energy-in-ireland/. Provisional estimates by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy will be aware that the Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. A national charging infrastructure strategy was published for consultation at the end of this March which sets out a pathway to stay ahead of demand over the critical period out to 2025....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Radon Gas Levels (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: There are two offices operated by my Department that are located in high risk areas for radon. My Department carried out radon testing of all offices in 2007 and no remediation was required.