Results 14,121-14,140 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: The Chair said earlier that in the end political decisions have to be made, which it is true. Political decisions have to be informed by the policy approach we want to take. NIFTI is complementary to, and a continuation of, the national planning framework, and that is at the centre of our strategic objectives.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I wish to make a clarification, as I have received a note from my officials, to avoid any trouble or difficulties. NIFTI does not have a specific bearing on investment decisions on projects currently proceeding through the project life cycle. That is the official answer. I was inaccurate and wish to correct the record. On the points raised by Deputy O'Rourke, I will stand by the belief...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: If the Deputy does not mind, I will ask him a question. How far does he cycle to the railway station?
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: That is about 4 or 5 km, perhaps.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: What the Deputy is doing is what I think will be done in the future. Rather than always providing for park and rail, bike and rail has massive potential. In other countries, such as Holland, thousands of bikes are parked outside railway stations daily. The benefit of that includes saving the land that would have been used as a car park to build housing beside the railway station; people...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: Coming back to Shannon Airport and the investment there, I told Pádraig Ó Céidigh recently when starting in his new position that, first things first, we should invest in low-carbon solutions for the airport. As part of that, it would take time and money to open a rail line from either Cratloe or Sixmilebridge to Shannon. It has potential but it also has complications and...
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will give the Chairman a challenge; I am going on a complete flyer in this regard.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: When we leave this meeting, let us go out onto the Plinth and count the number of bikes. I bet the Chairman there are as many bikes outside Leinster House as there are cars.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will count them with the Chairman.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: It is no problem; I will not be cycling.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will have to do something similar to what the Deputy did. Unfortunately, I will have to leg it shortly because I am due in Clondalkin at 4.30 p.m.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: I will come back to the Deputy directly with some of the answers.
- Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Communications
Vote 31 - Transport (29 Sep 2021) Eamon Ryan: Likewise.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Expenditure (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The course referred to in Question No 191 of 15 September 2021 was requested through my Department’s Education Support Assistance Programme (Refund of Fees). Under the Refund of Fees Circular 23.2007, officers pursuing courses for educational support and business needs may have the appropriate course refunded to them by the Department that approved the application. This course was...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: This is an operational matter for ESB and not one in which I as Minister have a statutory function. I have asked the ESB to write directly to the Deputy on the matter.
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: My Department outlined proposals for a new Micro-generation Support Scheme (MSS) in a public consultation that closed in February last. A summary report of the submissions received has been published on my Department's website.It is intended that a suitable payment for excess electricity generated on site and exported to the grid will be available to all renewables self-consumers later this...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (28 Sep 2021)
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 and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. A new National Retrofit Plan will be published in quarter 4 of this year. The plan is designed to address barriers to energy efficiency investments in four key...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: The North-South interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the all-island single electricity market and increasing security of electricity supply in Ireland and Northern Ireland. It will also help Ireland to move towards our 70% renewable electricity target by 2030. A resilient and well-connected energy infrastructure is vital for Ireland's economic well-being and the...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Water Supply (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: Boliden Tara Mines DAC operates under Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Industrial Emissions Licence Registration No. P0516-04. Details on the control and monitoring of emissions (including emissions to water) from the mine are set out in the Annual Environmental Reports on the EPA website www.epa.ie. The mine is also regulated by Meath County Council under planning legislation and by my...
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (28 Sep 2021)
Eamon Ryan: EirGrid's Generation Capacity Statement, which is published annually, sets out the expected levels of electricity generation and demand for each year over the coming decade. The 2020 Generation Capacity Statement is available on EirGrid's website www.eirgridgroup.com. In addition, EirGrid are expected to publish the 2021 Generation Capacity Statement very shortly. EirGrid is also currently...