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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I do not have the details of the 20 service but I will ask my officials to look at the matter and come back to the Senator directly about the possibilities. I agree in general with the points the Senator has made so I want to make a couple of points. The spectacular, new bridge in Athlone across the Shannon came to my attention recently.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, the electric buses are another example. We are looking at pathfinder projects of real benefit, with a huge increase in patronage at very low cost, by anyone's measure. When infrastructure is put in place it provides an opportunity to rethink the town. I have a slight concern regarding Athlone that maybe the benefit of the bridge is not being availed of because to a certain extent,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will have to leave soon. I would add Loughrea to the list of the Senator's water towns. To go back to what I said earlier about what the street is for, when I was growing up, Loughrea was on the way to Galway. We drove through the town and it was just a matter of getting through the traffic jam-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Yes, very slowly. Now Loughrea has been bypassed. The town has a spectacular lakeside location.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: When the traffic is taken out of a town like Loughrea it gives an opportunity to see the town in a different light.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We are not finished quite yet, Chair.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Moving Together: A Strategic Approach to Improving the Efficiency of Ireland’s Transport System: Minister for Transport and Communications (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the saying goes, a week is a long time in politics.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 to 48, inclusive, together. As the Deputy is aware, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) the national authority for the protection, conservation and development of the inland fisheries resource in conjunction with my Department is carrying out a review of relevant inland fisheries bye-laws in force for 10 years or more and their continued application. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Legislative powers are in place, through the Circular Economy Act 2022, to implement environmental levies on a range of single use products including single-use cups, single-use containers and other forms of single-use packaging. Levies are implemented through secondary legislation, with the consent of the Government. My priority is on the introduction of a levy on single-use cups for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Greenways. Project-level funding is administered through the Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. Noting the role of the TII in the matter, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2024)

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 responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2024)

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 responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2024)

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 responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (3 Jul 2024)

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 responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) 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 TFI Local Link services and the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Jul 2024)

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

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (3 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle (EV) charging network over the coming years. The number of publicly available charge points in Ireland has increased from 1,700 in September 2022 to 2,400. To achieve Ireland’s EU targets under the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR), it is expected that...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (2 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I recently introduced a bye-law for the conservation of wild brown trout in the Clare River and its tributaries - Conservation of Trout in the Rivers Clare, Abbert, Dalgan, Grange and Sinking Bye-Law No. 1008, 2024 - on the basis of advice from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). The purpose of this bye-law is to reduce the harvest of adult brown trout migrating from lough Corrib to their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (2 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under previous waste legislation, waste collection companies were only required to offer a bio-waste waste (brown) bin to households in population agglomerations of 500 people or more. The European Union (Household Food Waste and Bio-waste) Regulations 2023 which came into force on the 1st January 2024 oblige collectors to provide a bio-waste (brown) bin to all their customers regardless...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (2 Jul 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The decision on whether to install an RVM lies fully with the hospitality operator on site. As Minister, I have no function in this matter. Under the regulations, retailers who sell products covered by the Scheme, including those who operate in government departments, are obliged to provide a take-back facility for empty containers, unless they qualify for an exemption. Retailers with a...