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

Eamon Ryan: 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. 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 infrastucture strategy is being...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205 and 206 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 infrastucture strategy is being developed which will set out a pathway to stay ahead of demand over the critical period out to 2030. My...

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

Eamon Ryan: 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 this year which will set out a pathway to stay ahead of demand over the critical period out to 2030. Preparations are underway to establish...

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

Eamon Ryan: While most public transport is funded through the National Transport Authority's (NTA) public service obligation (PSO) programme, there is part of the national public transport system that comprises non-subvented services. These non-subvented services are run on a commercial and competitive basis by bus and coach businesses of varying sizes throughout the country. Bus Éireann...

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

Eamon Ryan: Covid-19 has had a profound impact on the public transport sector with significant falls in passenger numbers and associated drops in fare revenues; in this context, the Bus Éireann Board, following extensive analysis and work, took the commercial decision to consolidate its Expressway network in September 2020. This decision impacted four routes including the 20/X20 Dublin/Galway...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210, 211 and 212 together. As the Deputy is aware, Government approved the inclusion of Phase 1 of the Cork Commuter Rail Programme in Ireland's National Recovery & Resilience Plan. Inclusion in the Planmeans the projects referred to by the Deputy will be largely funded through the EU's Recovery & Resilience Facilityand also means that all...

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

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is aware, my Department, in co-operation with the Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland, has commissioned an All Island Strategic Rail Review, for which Arup Consultants were appointed to undertake. As part of the scope of the Review, Arup will consider, amongst other matters, the potential for High/Higher-Speed Rail on the wider network and of course, the...

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

Eamon Ryan: While 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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public transport services by way of public services obligation (PSO) contracts, for...

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

Eamon Ryan: Passenger cars account for over half of all land transport emissions in Ireland; therefore, a transition to low and zero emission cars is one of the necessary changes if Ireland is to substantially reduce its transport emissions. Accordingly, electric vehicles (EVs) are a prominent mitigation measure in the Climate Action Planand Ireland has set an ambitious target of nearly one million EVs...

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

Eamon Ryan: Preparations are under way to establish an Office of Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV), as recommended in the Electric Vehicles Policy Pathway Report; this will play an important role in our transition to zero-emission vehicles. OLEV will co-ordinate measures, including legislation as required, to support the uptake of EVs and the rollout of charge point infrastructure. Having an effective and...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. In that regard I was delighted to secure Government approval in December which permits the DART+ West project enter the statutory planning system and also permitted Iarnród Éireann enter into a ten-year procurement framework for new rail fleet and immediately order 95...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: My Department does not have a specific allocation for domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Action Plan (25 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2021 ("CAP 2021") includes potential metrics to deliver further abatement in transport. In relation to sustainable transport and demand management measures, this includes a 2025 target metric of 125,000 additional public transport and active travel journeys per day, increasing to 500,000 by 2030. The increased number of daily sustainable journeys will be achieved...

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

Eamon Ryan: Please see below, in tabular form, a list of external reports commissioned in 2021 by my Department ; the cost of each and a list of the external reports that were received. DIVISON COMMISSIONED COST RECEIVED MSPD A review of Ireland’s marine casualty investigation structures 24,430 A review of ...

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

Eamon Ryan: The former Minister and Minister of State had a corps of four drivers up to June 2020. The costs for this period in 2020 including salaries, fuel, redundancies and severance pay was €127,682. From July 2020 Minister Ryan's driving costs have been funded by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Minister of State Naughton has had two drivers since July 2020. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Service Obligation (20 Jan 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: Small and Medium Enterprises (20 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Recent price rises are driven primarily by rising international gas prices where Ireland is a price taker. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Small and Medium Enterprises (20 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings by 2030. Budget 2022 provided for €202 million in funding to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for the operation of a range of schemes aimed at supporting homeowners as well as communities to upgrade their buildings and facilities to high...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Exchequer funding under the National Development Plan 2021-2030 (NDP) will facilitate continued protection and renewal of our national roads infrastructure, including motorways, and will also allow for the development of a number of new roads projects in line with Government policy.  Approximately €5.1 billion of exchequer funds are earmarked for new national road projects across...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Schemes (20 Jan 2022)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public and sustainable transport generally. The National Transport Authority (NTA) is responsible for the development and implementation of public transport and active travel infrastructure, allocating the funding provided by my Department at project...