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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Significant progress has been made across Government towards the delivery of offshore renewable energy during the last three years. Over a relatively short period of time this Government has completely reimagined and implemented a new policy, legislative and regulatory system to deliver on our commitment to ORE. The Climate Action Plan 2024 commits to achieving at least 5GW of installed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 98 and 99 together. The Climate Action Plan and National Retrofit Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

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 (BER) of B2/cost optimal and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by end-2030. To promote and incentivise the achievement of these targets, the Government has put in place a package...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The target that all premises in the State will have access to gigabit broadband by 2028 is on track and will be met through a combination of commercial...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the table attached.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Domestic Solar PV grant scheme under the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland. The scheme came into operation in February 2022 and built on the success of the previous pilot version of the grant scheme. The scheme has gone from strength to strength since its launch, with over 10,000 applicants supported in 2022, at a cost of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The total funding allocation provided for climate related expenditure for my Department in 2024 is just under €675.7 million, an increase of 10%. A breakdown of all allocations for each Subhead is set out in the Table below. Measures and activities under those Subheads are currently underway. Programme 2024 Allocation €000 Change % 2023 €000 A.3 Environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of schemes to support households and the community sector to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. SEAI administer these schemes on behalf of my Department. €437.2 million capital funding is allocated to SEAI residential and community energy upgrade schemes, including the Solar PV Scheme, for 2024. Of this, €380 million is funded from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The Question refers to a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's Digital Connectivity Strategy, published by my Department, sets ambitious targets, which include providing a Gigabit network to all households and businesses in Ireland by 2028 and access to 5G in all populated areas by 2030. These commitments will be delivered through a mixture of commercial and State funding. The National Broadband Plan (NBP) contract, signed on 19 November 2019,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) manage a number of residential and community energy upgrade grant support schemes on behalf of my Department. The administration and management of grant applications under these schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. The specific data requested by the Deputy is not routinely supplied by SEAI to my Department. I have directed SEAI to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Enquires into the characteristic of the proposed electricity storage facility at Ballynanelagh, Knockraha, County Cork is a matter presently with the planning authorities and thus should be directed to the relevant local planning authority, Cork Country Council, in the first instance and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Environment thereafter. This is not a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Climate breakdown threatens the continued safe existence of humanity on our planet. As global warming continues, adaptation strategies that are currently viable options will become more costly and less effective, if they are possible at all. Without urgent action, threats to a stable climate will reach irreversible tipping points that will irreparably undermine our current social and economic...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 112, 113 and 114 together. As the Deputy is aware, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), in conjunction with my Department is carrying out a review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for 10 years or more and their continued application. The Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse fish Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Data centres are central to Ireland’s economic and digital future and the Government is supportive of sustainable data centre developments as set out in the July 2022 Government Statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland’s Enterprise Strategy. The Strategy also states that data centres that are not connected to the electricity grid and are powered mainly by on-site fossil...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The EU established an EU-wide Emissions Trading System (ETS) for certain high emitting sectors and separately set legally binding national targets for emissions reductions in non-ETS sectors. Within the ETS, participants must purchase allowances for every tonne of emissions emitted, with the amount of these allowances declining over time to ensure achievement of an EU-wide target of a 62%...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's emissions and removals in relation to the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector are estimated by the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and reported annually in Ireland's National Inventory Report for greenhouse gas emissions. The emission and removal estimates are calculated in accordance with guidelines and methodologies provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Services (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications I have no function in the matter raised in the Question. The Water Services Act 2013, Irish Water, now known as Uisce éireann, was established following the commencement of the Water Services (Amendment) Act 2022. This act is responsible for bringing water and wastewater services to local authorities, and falls under the remit of my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Retrofit Plan sets out the Government's approach to achieving the Climate Action Plan targets of upgrading the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. In February 2022, Government announced an enhanced package of measures to support the uptake...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (23 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The All-Island Generation Capacity Statement (GCS) is an annual report from EirGrid (Transmission System Operator) examining the likely balance between electricity demand and supply for the next 10 years. The GCS includes comprehensive information on energy generation capacities and infrastructure in Ireland. The GCS also includes a table of EV energy demand median scenarios and heat pump...