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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 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. The scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). To date over 142,000 homes have received free upgrades leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes to an adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: A range of State bodies are responsible for ensuring security of energy supply. In the electricity and natural gas sectors, the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, EirGrid and Gas Networks Ireland publish regular reports in relation to security of supply, which are available on their websites. For instance, EirGrid's Generation Capacity Statement, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government appointed Mr Kieran Mulvey as Just Transition Commissioner in November 2019 to facilitate discussions and work with stakeholders to develop, mobilise and deliver opportunities for the Midlands for both the workers directly affected and the wider community.The Commissioner is undertaking his work with administrative support provided by my Department. The Commissioner is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department published its Statement of Strategy this year which sets out our five strategic goals in line with the Programme for Government and our long-term vision of a climate neutral, sustainable and digitally connected Ireland. The five strategic goals are complemented by a broader list of deliverables for the Department to achieve in 2021. All of the deliverables identified for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 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/cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years.Some €221.5 million in capital funding has been provided this year for SEAI residential and community retrofit programmes. This represents an 82% increase on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 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 142,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme and in 2020 the average value of the energy efficiency measures provided per household was over €14,800. I have secured additional resources this year...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government set out that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and committed to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. On 18 May 2021, the Government approved Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas was published. The policy statement provides that: - pending the outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadcasting Sector (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for media matters, funding included, lies with my colleague the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media. The matter raised by the Deputy is therefore not within my remit as Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) recently published the Provisional Energy Balance for 2020 which estimates a normalised share of renewable electricity in 2020 of 38.9% of electricity demand. The most recent SEAI data shows that between 12.5% and 13.2% of Ireland’s overall energy requirements in 2020 are expected to have been met from renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The information which the Deputy requested in relation to my Department is outlined in the table below. Contractor/Recipient Cost (March 2020 – May 2021) Additional Details (purpose of contract) Bid & Tender Management Services €850 Procurement Training - training course delivered under existing contract in May...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government set out that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and committed to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. On 18 May, the Government approved Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas was published.   There was a thorough and comprehensive consideration by my Department of all aspects of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 sets a target for Ireland of net zero GHG emissions no later than 2050, with an interim target of a 51% reduction, relative to 2018, to be achieved by 2030. However, it does not set targets for individual sectors or types of emissions. In this regard, the Bill provides for the Climate Change Advisory Council to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The licence application referred to is for a renewal of a prospecting licence, not a mining licence. A prospecting licence relates to the activity of prospecting (exploring) for minerals and does not, if granted, give a licence holder permission to mine. All prospecting licence applications, including renewals, are subject to public consultation giving all stakeholders and local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Government does not have any role in the delivery of electricity infrastructure on the ground. This is consistent with the 2012 Government Policy Statement on the Strategic Importance of Transmission and Other Energy Infrastructure which states: ‘The Government does not seek to direct EirGrid and ESB Networks or other energy infrastructure developers to particular sites or routes or...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I refer to my reply to Question 210 of 18th May 2021 in which I provided details on the number of data breaches experienced by my Department since 2018.All data breaches are reported to and assessed by the Department’s Data Protection Officer (DPO) in accordance with  Articles 33-34 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and guidance issued by the Data Protection...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Plan 2019 set a target for the public sector to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030. The Programme for Government increased this ambition to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% by 2030.   Work is well progressed on a methodology to assign each public sector body with an individual greenhouse gas emissions reduction target and I...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 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 142,000 homes have received free upgrades under the scheme, and the average value of the energy efficiency measures provided per household in 2020 was over €14,800. I have secured additional resources this year...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has worked closely with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach in the preparation of Ireland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) as required to access funding under the European Union’s Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), which is the centrepiece of Next Generation EU, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Protected Disclosures (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the table below YEAR DISCLOSURE RECEIVED IN MY DEPARTMENT NUMBER OF DISCLOSURES RECEIVED 2017 1 2018 1 2019 3 2020 4 2021 3 Since the Protected Disclosure legislation was introduced in 2014, my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172, 175 and 198 together. 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 and in 2020 the average value of the energy efficiency measures provided per household was over...