Results 16,061-16,080 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Greenways Provision (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department allocated funding €4.5m to 26 projects under the Carbon Tax Fund in 2020 to support feasibility, planning, design and other pre-construction work for National and Regional Greenways. Some of this funding carried over into this year contributing to the largest ever single year allocation of funding for Greenways of €63.5m. I also note that today the NTA have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I recognise that the passenger transport sector has been acutely affected by COVID-19 as public health restrictions have necessarily discouraged people from travelling generally. Small public service vehicle (SPSV) operators have been badly affected due to their dependence on the hospitality and tourism sectors. Limousine operators, who are particularly dependent on overseas tourism and major...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My intention is to legislate for e-scooters in accordance with the Programme for Government this year. This involves identifying and developing appropriate amendments to primary legislation across a range of complex areas. The work is being carried out in such a way so that it does not undermine the overall framework of Road Traffic law or road safety in general. Department officials are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (31 Mar 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: School Transport (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Firstly I would like to explain that the School Transport Scheme (STS) is under the remit of my colleague, Norma Foley, the Minister for Education and Skills. The STS is operated by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department of Education. As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport in Ireland. I do not have plans to meet...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. While my Department provides grant support to assist local authorities with the maintenance and renewal of regional and local roads, a grant programme for the provision of road underpasses is not under...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Proposed Legislation (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My intention is to legislate for e-scooters in accordance with the Programme for Government this year. This involves identifying and developing appropriate amendments to primary legislation across a range of complex areas. The work is being carried out in such a way so that it does not undermine the overall framework of Road Traffic law or road safety in general. Department officials are...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) sector, including SPSV licensing, is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA) under the provisions of the Taxi Regulation Act 2013. Given the role of the NTA as regulator, I have referred your question to the Authority for direct reply to you. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a response within 10 working...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Irish Sign Language (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy is no doubt aware, the Irish Sign Language (ISL) Act 2017 commenced on 23rd December 2020. My Department and the public bodies under its aegis with statutory obligations under the Act are committed to complying with Section 6 (Duty of public bodies) and Section 7 (Engagement of verified competent Irish Sign Language interpreters) of the Act. A survey to facilitate reporting on...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Legislative Measures (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The table below sets out the details of the Acts falling under my Department which have been signed into law but have not been commenced. Legislation Table Sections not commenced Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Act 2014 (No. 43 of 2014) Whole Act other than Section 69 Finance Act 1976 Sections 68 - 70, 72 and 75...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Accident Investigations (31 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy will be aware that I established a new Review Board last October to re-examine certain findings of the draft Final Report of the investigation into the accident involving Rescue 116 at Black Sod, Co Mayo in 2017. The new Review Board was established following the recusal of the technical assessor from the previous Review Board and was constituted taking account of legal advice...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department administers a very diverse, complex and technical brief across critical and strategic sectors of the Irish economy. Studies, reviews and research are undertaken by my Department to contribute to project delivery and informed, robust and evidence based policy making. For details of these for the period covering 2018 to July 2020 I refer the Deputy to  the replies ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government 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. On 23 March 2021, the Government approved the final text of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. Under this legislation, the first two carbon budgets...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Communications (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: When Circular 25/2016 was issued it was brought to the attention of all bodies under the aegis of my Department. State Bodies were requested to provide and maintain a dedicated email address for Oireachtas members, and notify/publicise this to Oireachtas members. My officials will again write to all relevant Bodies to remind them of their obligation in this regard. In relation to Oireachtas...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Protected Disclosures (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11 and 12 together. Since the Protected Disclosure legislation was introduced in 2014, my Department has received 10 Protected Disclosures as set out in the table below YEAR DISCLOSURE RECEIVED IN MY DEPARTMENT NUMBER OF DISCLOSURES RECEIVED EXTERNAL OR THIRD PARTY INVESTIGATION CURRENT STATUS 2017 ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated in my reply of 2 December to a Parliamentary Question on this matter, the premises 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 . BLUE areas are not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as commercial operators are already...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14 to 16, inclusive, together. Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are a matter for local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA compiles comparative statistics on local authority performance relating to their waste enforcement activity under the Recommended...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated in my reply of 25 February to a Parliamentary Question on this matter, the premises referred to in the Question are 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. While BLUE areas are not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rights of Way (25 Mar 2021)

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. I am advised that the matter raised by the Deputy has been the subject of engagement between Iarnród Éireann and Wicklow County Council. I have therefore forwarded the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Communications (25 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The dedicated mailbox in operation in my Department for queries from Oireachtas members is oireachtasLiaison@transport.gov.ie.  Members are also welcome to contact my Department via my private office. Regarding the agencies under the aegis of my Department, I have referred the question for direct reply. If you do not receive these replies within 10 working days, please contact me private...