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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Action Plan (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2021 is targeting, inter alia, a daily increase of 500,000 in sustainable journeys taken and a 10% reduction in kms driven by fossil fuelled cars by 2030. The increase in sustainable journeys does not equate to a straight line reduction in car journeys. Based on the modelling done by the National Transport Authority, the abatement potential from the bundle of measures...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Antisocial Behaviour (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 to 226, inclusive, together. As the 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 operation of public transport. While it should be noted that the vast majority of public transport passenger journeys occur without incident, I am of course...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Commemorative Events (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As the 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. I am unaware of any correspondence from the Decade of Centenaries committee of Carlow County Council in relation to the naming of the new footbridge at Carlow town train station being received by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (11 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the local authority. ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (11 Nov 2021)

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 operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to lower income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of SEAI grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. COVID-19 has unfortunately negatively impacted activity under SEAI retrofit schemes, particularly between January to mid-April 2021, when all schemes were paused in line with Government guidelines. Every effort has been made to maximise...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The information requested is being compiled and will be provided to the Deputy as soon as possible

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. The Just Transition Fund will continue to support projects across the wider Midlands region, (including east Galway,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021, which legislates for and underpins the carbon budget process, provides for the special economic and social role of our agriculture sector and also the distinct characteristics of biogenic methane. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2018 Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C increased...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Climate change remains a trans-boundary challenge that can only be addressed through committed ambition and effective multilateral cooperation at the international level. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held its 21st Conference of the Parties in Paris in 2015. The Paris Agreement is a legally binding multilateral agreement adopted by 196 countries with the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to expanding and incentivising micro-generation, including solar PV, to allow electricity users, including community groups, to generate their own electricity for their own use and to sell excess electricity to the grid. The Climate Action Plan 2021 reaffirms the Government's commitment to delivering a micro-generation policy framework.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Advertising (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department's spend on advertising in each of the last ten years and to date in 2021 is set out in the following table. Year Cost 2011 €34,017 2012 €31,440 2013 €33,757 2014 €39,905 2015 €27,679 ...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (10 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. It is the National Transport Authority (NTA) which has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including management of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to lower income households vulnerable to energy poverty. To date over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

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. To date, over 143,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme. In the first six months of 2021, the average value of the energy efficiency measures provided per household was approximately €17,100. There are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: A heat pump system harnesses energy from free renewable sources outside the building in order to heat both the house and its hot water. Heat pumps are an environmentally friendly, decarbonised and extremely efficient alternative to oil, gas and solid fuel heating systems. The most common heat pumps work by converting energy from the air outside of the home into useful heat inside. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has been designated as the National Retrofit Delivery Body and has been mandated to drive the delivery of our national retrofit targets of 500,000 home upgrades to a BER 2 energy rating and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps to replace existing heating systems. The responsibilities of the SEAI in this capacity include: promoting retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The issue raised by the Deputy is an operational matter for EirGrid, the transmission system operator. Nevertheless, I am advised that EirGrid prepare an annual report outlining the levels of dispatch-down of renewable energy on the island of Ireland. The latest such report can be found here: www.eirgridgroup.com/site-files/library/EirGrid/Annual-Renew...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (9 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: According to the latest inventories of greenhouse gas emissions published by the Environmental Protection Agency, in the period between 2007 and 2020, emissions from the transport sector have decreased from 21% of total emissions to 17.9%. Road transport was responsible for 96% of transport sector greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 and 94% in 2020. As set out in the table below, transport...