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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: It is not my intention to push through this scheme in this way. We have to follow the law that protects all our people in the long run. If we start ignoring orders of the High Court-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We do. We are engaged in a process whereby we are looking at how we reform the law. This is probably one of the most important projects we have to do now for the sake of everyone in the country. It takes a certain period of time. This process will not be concluded until the end of this year. Any new planning legislation would take time to go through the House before it would be law. In...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I have the greatest respect for Sinn Féin. We have worked together collectively over the years, so this robust argument is done out of respect. What I have to know is: what is Sinn Féin's position on this? It keeps changing. It says it would stop any increases in the carbon tax now. It will agree to the carbon tax increases that have occurred previously because it knows that is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: -----who pays most and who are most at risk, that €1.5 billion will be very important for that community. That is why I stand up for it. I still do not have a clear understanding of where the Deputy says the money would come from in a real way, if not in this way.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy said, NPHET is meeting today and it will issue a letter to the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly. I look forward to seeing its advice. My view, which I am happy to share, is that we should start immediately by removing the requirement for schoolchildren to wear masks in school. It was introduced for good public health reasons, but there are also good reasons for...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I ran out of time before I was able to answer that question. I agree with the Deputy that the transformation of public transport has to be for the whole country. We could introduce a new flexi-ticket within the urban Dublin area, for example, very quickly because we have the Leap card and the swipe-on, swipe-off on the Luas. The difficulty is that we do not have that with the longer...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We are introducing targeted measures; that is exactly what we did last week. A 20% reduction in public transport fares is targeted and real and will affect people every day. It will be introduced at the end of April and that will make a real difference to people’s everyday lives and their cost of living. The Deputy is right that people are exposed to these high fossil fuel prices,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Bill 2022 contains provision for a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account in 2022, to help alleviate the exceptional rise in energy prices faced by people. This scheme is in addition to the Government’s ongoing measures to address energy poverty and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The administration and management of applications under Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) schemes are an operational matter for the SEAI. As Minister, I have no function with regard to individual grant applications. SEAI has established a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The electricity and gas retail markets in Ireland operate within a European Union regulatory regime wherein electricity and gas markets are commercial, liberalised, and competitive. Operating within this overall EU framework, responsibility for the regulation of the electricity and gas markets, is solely a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), which was assigned...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (17 Feb 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 the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of these services in conjunction with...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Under legislation, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is the body responsible for the operation of the Motorcycle Test. The information requested is held by the RSA. I have therefore forwarded the Deputy's query to the RSA for direct reply. If he has not heard from them in 10 working days I would ask that he contact my office directly.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Service Obligation (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 to 176, inclusive, together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport, nor decisions on fares. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport, nor decisions on fares. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) that has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Consultations (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Thank you, Deputy, for asking this important question. The contract is still out to tender with a deadline of Wednesday 2ndMarch for all submissions. The amount provided for the contract is €100,000 and the report is due in October 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (17 Feb 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 authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The European Commission’s review of the 2013 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation commenced in 2019. My Department participated fully in the review process. In August 2019, my predecessor, Minister Ross, made a submission to the European Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc, regarding the review. A copy of that submission, and Commissioner Bulc’s reply, is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: In April 2019, the European Commission commenced the review of the TEN-T network with an evaluation of the existing TEN-T Regulation (EU) No 1315/2013. This review looked at TEN-T policy and methodology in the context of developments in the transport sector, digitalisation, climate and resilience. No projects were submitted in the TEN-T review as this was a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The European Commission’s review of the 2013 Trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T) Regulation commenced in 2019 and is now complete. My Department participated fully in this review process. The Commission published the results of this review in May 2021 and its report is available at this link: eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021SC0 117  Based on the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (17 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Department has no role in processing or approving applications for the survey works referred to in your question and interested parties are advised to contact the relevant companies directly for further information if required.  My Department issues Marine Notices mainly for safety of navigation purposes in order to advise mariners of operations taking place so they may navigate...