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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022 provides for the establishment of a scheme to make a once off payment, in 2022, to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy prices.This is an exceptional and urgent response which uses the single eligibility criterion of having a meter point registration number, to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

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 of B2/cost optimal level and installing 400,000 heat pumps to replace older, less efficient heating systems by 2030. The Plan is designed to address barriers to retrofit across four key areas: driving demand and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has approved a package of supports as part of the delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme. These measures are 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.These new measures include: - The establishment of the new National Home Energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 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 143,000 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: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has a number of schemes in place to support homeowners to upgrade their properties including the fully funded Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme and a number of part-funded schemes such as the Community Energy Grant Scheme, the Solar PV Scheme and the recently announced National Home Energy Upgrade (Retrofit) Scheme. Following the recent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The process to register as an SEAI approved contractor is open to any contractor that agrees to adhere to SEAI standards, guidelines, procedures and codes of practice. This registry is necessary to protect the customer and Exchequer funding by ensuring registered contractors agree to the SEAI Quality Assurance and Disciplinary Procedures for Contractors.To support the highly ambitious scale...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 and 185 together.These zones will provide for a range of climate measures to address local low carbon energy, greenhouse gas emissions and climate adaptation needs. 29 out of the 31 Local Authorities have now submitted plans for Decarbonisation Zones. The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021 was commenced on the 23 July 2021. Section 16 of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Public Service Obligation (PSO) levy is charged to all electricity final customers in Ireland and is collected from customers by electricity suppliers.  The PSO levy is a vital policy support for the development of renewable electricity and to enable Ireland reach national and EU renewable energy and climate targets. The money raised from the levy is paid, via...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is the statutory body responsible for the protection, conservation and development of the inland fisheries resource.  IFI is supported in its role by the Technical Expert Group On Salmon (TEGOS) which carries out annual scientific assessments on each of Ireland’s more than 140 salmon stocks, including the Liffey. I am advised by IFI that despite...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 175 and 176 together. Energy poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home and the cost of the energy they use. Recent measurements of the share of households likely to be experiencing energy poverty include: - In 2019 and 2020 the Economic and Social Research Institute assessed the number of households likely to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Correspondence (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In August 2021, an application was submitted to An Bord Pleanála for a project involving a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal. As Minister, I was listed as a prescribed body considered relevant by An Bord Pleanála to that particular planning application. My input to the planning application was made within this context and my submission set out the Government’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commitment to respond to the recommendations of the OECD report is being progressed in a number of ways. In July 2021, my Department agreed a revised Performance Delivery Agreement (PDA) with the EPA.  This PDA, which is reviewed annually, provides a framework to progress the recommendations in the OECD review and to assess the EPA's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers free energy upgrades for eligible homeowners at risk of energy poverty.  Since 2000, over 143,000 free upgrades have been supported by the SEAI administered scheme.  Last year, 2,126 upgrades were delivered under the scheme and the average cost of the energy efficiency measures provided per...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is carrying out a review of security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems focussing on the period to 2030 in the context of ensuring a sustainable pathway to net zero emissions by 2050. The review includes a technical analysis which will help inform a public consultation. The technical analysis includes identification and examination...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland sources around one-quarter of its gas from the Corrib gas field, and three-quarters via the UK, which has diverse sources of supply. The UK’s gas supply comes mainly from indigenous supplies, via pipeline from Norway and through imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG).  In addition, the UK can also import via two gas interconnectors connecting the UK...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As illustrated in the table below, Ireland’s gas import dependency is rising in line with the decline in production at the indigenous Corrib gas field. Year Import Dependency 2017 33% 2018 39% 2019 53% 2020 64% 2021 72% In addition to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: State Bodies (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Issues in relation to CIÉ pension schemes are primarily a matter for the trustees of the schemes, the CIÉ Group and their employees. In terms of background information, members of the 1951 Scheme were balloted regarding a Labour Court Recommendation which emerged on 23rd November 2020, with a majority voting to accept the proposals. CIÉ has prepared and submitted a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Traffic Management (1 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, some local authorities develop bye-laws to licence horse-drawn carriages operating commercially. Through bye-laws, these local authorities set their own rules and stipulations to govern such operations. It is under Part 19 of the Local Government Act 2001 that local authorities are provided with power in respect of making bye-laws.  Local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (1 Mar 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 day-to-day operations of public transport services. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the collection and publication of statistics relating to public transport. Therefore, I have forwarded the Deputy’s question,...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (1 Mar 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. As the...