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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: ...prices, as gas is used for electricity generation. To address the growing impact of rising costs on vulnerable households, the Government increased the weekly rate of the fuel allowance by €5 in budget 2022. There were also increases to the qualified child payment and the living alone allowance, and an increase in the income threshold for the working family payment was introduced....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...recession, a significant backlog of works on regional and local roads has built up in all local authority jurisdictions across the country. The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. For this reason, grant assistance from the Department continues to be focused on the protection and renewal of the public road network. It bears restating that the public...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (3 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (3 Mar 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...2008 recession a substantial backlog of works on regional and local roads has built up in all local authority jurisdictions across the country. The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. For this reason, grant assistance from the Department continues to be focussed on the protection and renewal of the public road network.  It bears restating that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The carbon tax is a key pillar underpinning the Government's Climate Action Plan 2021  targets to halve emissions by 2030 and reach net zero no later than 2050. These legally binding emission targets are set out in the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021. In line with the Programme for Government, the revenue that will be raised from carbon tax will be used to:...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...The Conversations helped to inform the development of the Community Climate Action Programme. The Community Climate Action Programme was launched on 10 November, 2021. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 (or cost optimal equivalent), and to install 400,000 heat pumps to replace existing heating systems by 2030. The review of the National Development Plan (NDP) resulted in an unprecedented financial commitment to support achievement of the...

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...cross-party. It does not belong to any one party. We all agreed this was a central objective in our climate plans going back a number of years. We will do it in a systematic way. We will do 500,000 houses this decade, 500,000 the next and 500,000 the one after that. We will be using district heating as well as retrofitting schemes. District heating will have a crucial role so it is...

Seanad: Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Second Stage (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...bring forward the necessary amendments on Committee Stage in this House. A temporary 20% reduction in public transport fares will apply from April until the end of the year. A further lump sum payment of €125 on the fuel allowance will be paid in early March to some 390,000 recipients. In addition, there are reduced caps for multiple children on school transport fees to...

Seanad: Report of Joint Committee on the Carbon Budget: Motion (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...key areas that will feed into the global decarbonisation efforts. The Glasgow Climate Pact, which is an overarching agreement, keeps alive the ambition of restricting global temperature rise to 1.5°C. It strikes a balance between increasing climate ambition and delivering on calls for increased climate finance and adaptation supports. It provides a way for new dialogue on loss and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the establishment of the new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme, offering increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical B2 home energy upgrade with a heat pump (up from the current level of 30-35%). This new, demand-led, scheme introduces a new way to undertake home energy...

Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...living alone allowance to support those living alone and at higher risk of poverty, and the household benefits package. The budget last year increased the weekly rate of the fuel allowance by €5 to €32 per week such that €914 would be paid to eligible households over the course of this winter. In addition, from January this year there was due to be a €20...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...transport, remain unchanged. The set of transport Estimates before the committee provide an overall gross allocation to the Department of Transport of €3.432 billion, which constitutes €885 million in current expenditure and €2.547 billion in capital. Core expenditure has increased by 7% in current expenditure and by just under 1% in capital, in line with the...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...to Combat Energy Poverty was published in 2016 and good progress has since been made including: Funding for SEAI's free energy poverty retrofit schemes has increased dramatically over the period from €15 million in 2015 to €109 million for 2022; Free upgrades were carried out in over 24,000 lower income homes under the main Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (19 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...and ecological concerns, safety and physical hazards, heritage, future uses and long-term site monitoring and management.  The overall estimated cost for the works included in the 2008 study was over €50m with works envisaged to take place on a phased basis. Since the publication of the feasibility study, the Department has prioritised recommendations that addressed the most...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (19 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...;analysis of the number of households at risk of experiencing energy poverty in 2019 and 2020. This showed that the share of households needing to spend more than 10% of their income on their energy needs was 17.5% in 2020. The Survey on Income and Living Conditions supports this, indicating that the proportion of people who report that they are unable to afford to keep the home...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (16 Dec 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Government policies and programmes including the National Development Plan (NDP), the Climate Action Plan and the Programme for Government. In the new NDP launched on 4th October, approximately €5.1 billion is earmarked for new national road projects to 2030. This funding will contribute to Enhanced Regional Accessibilityacross the country as well as Compact Growthwhich are national...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...;Partial grants are available for individuals that can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency retrofits for people at risk of energy poverty. Since 2000, over 450,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes, representing nearly one home in four across the country. This has resulted in warmer, healthier and more...