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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The waste management market in Ireland is serviced by private companies, where prices charged are a contract matter between those companies and their customers. Since mid-2017, a range of charging options have operated, which encourage householders to reduce and separate their waste. This provides flexibility to waste collectors to develop various service-price offerings that suit different...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (6 May 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. In 2020, SEAI residential and community retrofit schemes supported the upgrading of over 17,600 homes. This included over 3,200 homes upgraded to BER rating of B2...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme was approved by the Government in 2020 for 33,000 hectares of decommissioned Bord na Móna peatlands and is being funded up to €108 million from the Climate Action Fund. This rehabilitation will take place over a period of 5 years. All of the lands being rehabilitated are operated under Integrated Pollution Control...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Measures (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 will support Ireland’s transition to net zero and achieve a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050. It will establish a legally binding framework with clear targets and commitments set in law, and ensure the necessary structures and processes are embedded on a statutory basis to ensure we achieve our national,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The 2009 Effort Sharing Decision 406/2009/EC (ESD) sets annual binding emissions reduction targets for EU Member States for the period 2013 to 2020. These targets cover emissions from sectors outside of the EU Emissions Trading System, such as agriculture, transport, buildings and waste. For the year 2020 itself, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 will establish a legally binding framework with clear targets and commitments set in law, and provide that the necessary structures and processes are embedded on a statutory basis to ensure Ireland achieves its national, EU and international climate goals and obligations in the near and long term. The Bill establishes a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 18 and 19 together. The current requirements under company law for large companies with more than 500 employees to disclose information on their environmental performance are contained in the European Union (Disclosure of non-financial and diversity information by certain large undertakings and groups) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 360 of 2017), as amended. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to prioritising the development of micro-generation of electricity primarily for self-consumption. Under the Climate Action Plan, a Micro-Generation working group, chaired by my Department, is developing an enabling framework for micro-generation which tackles existing barriers and establishes suitable supports within relevant market segments. The proposed...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 23 and 24 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. State grants, where applicable, are intended to supplement the funding allocated to the maintenance and improvement of roads by local authorities from their own resources. The National Development...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (6 May 2021)

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 the planning and development of public transport infrastructure including the provision of park and ride facilities generally and has established a Park and Ride Development Office as set out in the Climate...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (6 May 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 Rural...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Appointments to State Boards (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 32, 33, 34, 35, 36 and 37 together. I would like to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to clarify the role of the Advisory Committee on Small Public Service Vehicles (SPSVs), sometimes known as the Taxi Advisory Committee. The Committee was established under the Taxi Regulation Act 2013 to provide both the Minister and the NTA with advice in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 40 and 41 together. Both the National Transport Authority (NTA) and my Department have been engaging directly with commercial bus operators throughout the Covid-19 Emergency. The public transport system in Ireland has played an essential service role over the course of the pandemic, especially in carrying essential workers and others making necessary...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads (RLR) 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 local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Improvement Scheme (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The maintenance of roads not taken in charge by local authorities is the responsibility of the relevant landowners. The Local Government Act 2001 provides the statutory basis for the Local Improvement Scheme (LIS). Under that Scheme, funding can be provided to local authorities for the construction and improvement of non-public roads (that is roads not taken in charge by local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: House Sales (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I, as Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, have the power to make Regulations to widen the scope of the Electronic Commerce Act 2000 which is the primary legislation governing the use of electronic signatures in Ireland.  In practical terms, the Act provides that an electronic signature has the same legal standing as a handwritten signature.  Certain laws -...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Agency (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 140 together. One of the programmes carried out by the EPA is the Green Enterprise programme.  This is a flagship initiative of the National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP).  The NWPP is a Government of Ireland initiative which aims to enhance competitiveness and reduce business costs by stimulating resource efficiency within the circular...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) recently carried out a survey of the part of the river referred to.  The survey showed that there was no blockage of fish passage and it is unlikely that in-stream works will be required. IFI responded to the correspondence on 13 April, to communicate the survey outcome and to advise in relation to potential works that the...