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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 189 together. 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 is due for publication at the end of this month which will set out a pathway to stay...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Having an effective and reliable recharging network is essential to enabling drivers to choose electric. Charging at home is the most convenient and cheapest way to recharge. Targeting the installation of smart home chargers is a priority as we look to moving towards more energy efficient and sustainable ways to charge. A grant is available from the SEAI for those individuals seeking to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I currently have no plans to introduce wardens on Greenways and it is unclear what the purpose of them would be.  I understand that my department has not been asked by any Local Authority for approval or funding to do so.  The maintenance and management of Greenways is a matter for the Local Authority concerned. The appointment of Local Authority staff for specific purposes...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The transfer of licences for Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSVs) is, at present, prohibited under section 14(1) of the Taxi Regulation Act, 2013.  In the case of the death of a licence holder, however, Section 15 of the same Act applies special provisions.  In such circumstances, a SPSV licence may continue to be operated by a person who was nominated by the licence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Licences (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy may be aware that the Advisory Committee on Small Public Services (SPSVs), is a statutory committee established under section 72 of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to advise the Minister and the National Transport Authority (NTA) in relation to the SPSV sector. The Committee's membership represents a broad range of interests and stakeholders, including four positions for SPSV...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Protected Disclosures (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The number of allegations received by my department which invoked the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 are set out in the table below. The table indicates the total number of allegations received, the number of these which were found, following assessment, not to be deemed a protected disclosure and the number investigated or under...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Mar 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 operation of public transport.  The issue raised by the Deputy regarding the number of antisocial behaviour incidents on Dublin Bus by individual bus routes is an operational matter for Dublin Bus and I have therefore forwarded...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I thank the committee for this opportunity to present details of the Supplementary Estimate for the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The purpose of this Supplementary Estimate is to provide the necessary funding for the electricity costs emergency benefit scheme within the energy transformation programme of my Department. The Government is acutely aware of the...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right that this is an incredibly serious situation that is unprecedented in my lifetime on the European continent. Unfortunately, she is also correct when she says that the likely prognosis is for ongoing high energy costs. We had thought, prior to the invasion and war, that energy prices would start to come down because they were already very high. That is now less certain....

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ESB profits are shared out in a variety of ways. That happens, for example, through dividends to the State. The ESB has a critical role in the roll-out of new renewable generation, which is how we will reduce our dependence on Russian fossil fuels. It also has a critical role in the building out of the distribution grid, the smart metering network and the energy efficiency measures that we...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Regarding the inflationary effects of energy price rises, particularly the rising cost of gas, which is driving up the cost of electricity, it was clear in most of the second half of last year that we were going to have to do something. It relates to one of the measures we had in mind in discussions with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, which was to use some of the carryover...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is centre stage in everything. We must have a just transition, which is why it involves two thirds of spending going on those sorts of 100% grant-aided schemes. However, it is not that alone. It goes back to the budget in October, which was specifically designed in that way. The decision to not only target the fuel allowance but include a mix of qualified child allowance, living alone...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I think the Deputy is right that we do need to target more and in various ways. One way we will do that is with the new applications to the warmer home scheme We will do that once we have cleared the backlog, which will be done quickly, of 7,000 houses that built up during the pandemic. We are looking at the pre-1993 houses because the building regulations were changed in 1991. Houses...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: This credit mechanism will kick in next month, not in six months' time. People will see it in their bills at the end of April or in the first week of May.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We have had ongoing discussions with the European Commission. As I said earlier, it will be coming out with further revisions to the rule book and there are a variety of different mechanisms being used across Europe. Deputy Bríd Smith mentioned some of the price caps. Other mechanisms, such as revenues from the emissions trading system, ETS, and VAT, have been used. There are a...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (8 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is not told exactly what houses it should go to or could go to. Many of the houses in the social housing stock and in the warmer homes scheme will not use the one-stop-shop. They would not want to go to pace until they are 100% grant aided. With the remaining housing stock, we must get to every single house in the next three decades at the latest. We must accelerate that. It will not...