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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government has a Green New Deal for Ireland as a core mission. It commits to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 - a 51% reduction over the decade - and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, the latter being consistent with EU 2050 ambition. I have also supported increased climate ambition at EU level through the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Change Advisory Council is an independent advisory body established under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015. It is tasked with assessing and advising on how Ireland is making the transition to a low carbon, climate resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050. Thus the legal unit of the Department would not have a role in providing legal advice to...

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

Eamon Ryan: No members of staff in my Department  have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or following a disciplinary process from 1 January 2018 to date in 2021.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 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 will enact a number...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, launched last September, sets out a clear roadmap for the introduction of a Deposit and Return Scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles and aluminium cans in the third quarter of 2022. This process began with the launch of a public consultation on the design of a DRS for Ireland in October last and a second consultation is currently underway seeking...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Managed Wetlands are currently reported In Ireland’s national greenhouse gas emission inventory submissions to the EU and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. However, while EU Member States currently report emissions and removals from the land use sector, there are no specific targets for emissions and removals from land use. This will change with the application of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) Regulation adopted in May 2018, EU Member States have to ensure that greenhouse gas emissions from the land use sector are offset by at least an equivalent removal of CO₂ from the sector for the period 2021 to 2030, based on defined benchmarks. This commitment is referred to as the "no debit rule". For example, if a Member...

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

Eamon Ryan: Ireland transposed Directive 2004/35/CE of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage by means of the European Communities (Environmental Liability) Regulations 2008, S.I. No. 547 of 2008. The European Commission reviewed the transposition of the Directive in each Member State in...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy details the measures that will be adopted to achieve optimum results in reducing packaging waste. By 2030 all packaging on the Irish market must be reusable or recyclable in an economically viable way by 2030. To incentivise this the financial contributions paid by producers will be graduated to ensure the design and use of packaging that...

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

Eamon Ryan: Under the Waste Management Act, 1996 (amended) a statutory obligation is placed on local authorities to identify and risk-assess sites at which waste disposal activities were historically carried out in their respective areas and which may now present an environmental threat. A list of these sites was attached to the Regional Waste Management Plans 2015-2021 and is available on my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Local Authority Funding (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Total funding provided to each of the four Dublin local authorities over the past five years under the Local Authority Waste Enforcement Measures Grant Scheme is set out in the table hereunder:  

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Communities Energy Grant (CEG) Scheme which is funded by my Department and operated by the SEAI, makes grant funding available for community-based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area.  The guidelines for the scheme indicate that it is designed to support cross-sectoral, partnership approaches that deliver energy savings to a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The area referred to in the Question is located in the BLUE area on the NBP High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at www.broadband.gov.ie. BLUE areas are not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as commercial operators are already providing high speed broadband or have indicated future plans to do so. My Department...

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

Eamon Ryan: The SEAI Community Energy Grant Programme call opened in November 2020.  To date SEAI has approved 39 project applications incorporating 538 buildings and 619 homes across the country.  The grant value of these offerings is €35 million and the total value of the investment is €100 million. The evaluation process and scheme scoring criteria is outlined in the...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy details the measures that will be adopted to achieve optimum results in the management of plastic waste. These include commitments to: increase plastics recycling rates to 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030; - require that, also by 2030, all packaging, including plastic packaging, placed on the Irish market must be reusable or...

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

Eamon Ryan: The most recent report on Hazardous Waste statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is for 2019 and is available at www.epa.ie. The Agency reported a figure of  580,977 tonnes of hazardous waste generated in 2019, which was up 54,580 tonnes on the 2018 figure.  65% of Ireland’s hazardous waste was exported for treatment in other European countries in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Costs (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department administers a very diverse and complex brief.  Its remit includes oversight of very complex policy areas and direct procurement of major services where protection of the State’s interest must be paramount.  This situation necessarily requires my Department to procure specialist external professional advice in legal areas to enable it to discharge its...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 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. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. As previously indicated in relation to the appraisal of possible measures to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (5 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. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants, where applicable. In relation to the appraisal of possible measures to manage traffic in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Éireann (5 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Under the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for promoting the development of an integrated, accessible public transport network. In light of the NTA's responsibilities in this matter, I have forwarded your...