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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: We have created a system that is gridlocked and for all our sakes we must get rid of that gridlock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I will lose my job if I say much more.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland: Discussion (26 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I am meant to be on stage in two minutes.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the all-island Integrated Single Electricity Market and increasing security of electricity supply in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It will also facilitate the achievement of the goal to generate up to 80% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030. A resilient and well-connected energy infrastructure is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. It is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI).  Since the start of the scheme, over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades.  The average cost of the energy efficiency measures provided per household...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 and 185 together. Scenarios for net zero emissions by 2050 include a potentially significant role for the use of zero-emissions gases, including green hydrogen, and, in planning for the longer-term, we will ensure that they can meet their potential. The Climate Action Plan 2021, published in November, identifies green hydrogen as having the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government Policy Statement on Security of Electricity Supply was approved by Government and published in November 2021. This policy statement sets out that the development of new conventional generation is a national priority and should be permitted and supported in order to ensure security of electricity supply and support the growth of renewable electricity generation. This Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Communities (SEC) Programme is administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) on behalf of my Department.  The Programme supports the low carbon energy transition by developing skills and capacity, at a community level, in determining how to use less energy, adopting lower carbon options for transport and heating, shifting energy use to off-peak...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176, 177 and 178 together. The oil refinery at Whitegate is in the private sector and is owned by Irving Oil. While I have no role in the operation of the facility, in October 2021 I met with the company's senior management team, where they outlined the refinery's operations and their future development options. The region of 60%-70% of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Angling Sector (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The River Feale is open for salmon angling on a Catch and Release basis for the 2022 season, in accordance with the Wild Salmon and Sea Trout Tagging Scheme Regulations 2021 and the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Catch and Release) Bye-law 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the all-island Integrated Single Electricity Market and increasing security of electricity supply in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It will also facilitate the achievement of the goal to generate up to 80% of our electricity from renewable sources by 2030. A resilient and well-connected energy infrastructure is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Centres (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I have no function in the matter of grid connections such as data centres, which is the responsibility of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) the independent energy regulator. Under section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, as amended, CRU may give directions to EirGrid, the transmission system operator (TSO) and ESB Networks, the distribution system operator...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: On the 21st December 2021 the Government approved the Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS). The Government is developing a framework of supports to enable homes, businesses, farms and communities to install renewable generation for their own consumption and receive a payment for any residual electricity they export to the grid. Micro-generation has an important role to play in empowering and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The pending introduction of the Clean Export Guarantee (CEG) tariff represents the first phase of a comprehensive enabling framework for micro-and small-scale generators in Ireland that will allow them to receive payment from their electricity supplier for all excess renewable electricity they export to the grid, which reflects the market value of the electricity.The Commission for Regulation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not have a capital or current expenditure budget for 2021 and 2022 for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The target of retrofitting 500,000 homes and 400,000 heat pump installations was initially set out in the 2019 Climate Action Plan.  That plan was underpinned by marginal abatement cost curve (MACC) analysis that provided the analytical basis for the identification of the most cost-effective pathway to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions across all sectors of the economy. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department administers a very diverse, complex and technical brief across critical and strategic sectors of the Irish economy.Studies, reviews and research are commissioned by my Department to contribute to project delivery and informed, robust and evidence based policy making. Details of reports commissioned in 2021 are set out in the table below. Details of Reports...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The application to renew the prospecting licence in question remains under consideration by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Staff (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications does not currently have a driver and did not have a driver in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: During the Covid-19 pandemic, many local authorities sought to implement certain transport related measures on roads and streets. The types of measures developed included widening of footpaths to accommodate social distancing, developing of temporary cycling facilities, enhancing pedestrian movement including additional pedestrianisation, alterations to bus stops/routes, plus the introduction...