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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of SEAI grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. Partial grants are available for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency retrofits for people at risk of energy poverty.  Since 2000, around 450,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Procurement Contracts (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In general, competitive tendering is used by my Department unless exceptional circumstances exist which justifies the use of an alternative approach. Circular 40/02 on public procurement provides for cases where competitive tendering may not be appropriate, feasible or cost-effective.Non-compliant contracts of €25,000 or more are disclosed by my Department each year in its...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Neither I, nor officials in my Department, have met the group referred to by the Deputy. However, I have received correspondence from the group which was forwarded to my colleague, the Minister for Health, for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in the over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695 schools. The High Speed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s Strategy to Combat Energy Poverty, published in 2016, sets out a number of actions to alleviate the burden of energy poverty on the most vulnerable in society.  Research undertaken by the ESRI shows that the proportion of households in or at risk of energy poverty has reduced from 28% in 2015 to 17.5% in 2020.  Research also shows that the proportion of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment)  Bill will provide for a whole-of-Government approach to address climate change with the purpose of achieving the transition to a climate resilient, biodiversity rich and climate neutral economy by the end of the year 2050.  The Bill will significantly strengthen the statutory framework for climate governance, with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Mar 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 2013-2020. These targets cover emissions from sectors outside of the EU Emissions Trading System, such as agriculture, transport, buildings and waste. Pre-Covid estimates of the additional costs of purchasing carbon credits for compliance with these...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under EU legislation adopted in May 2018, EU Member States have to ensure that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) are offset by at least an equivalent removal of GHG emissions from the atmosphere for the period 2021 to 2030. The Regulation requires each Member State to ensure that accounted emissions from land use are entirely...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The European Union has set an overall energy efficiency target of 32.5% by 2030. This target means energy use in the European Union must be reduced by at least 32.5% compared to a 'business as usual' scenario. Each Member State is required to set out, in their National Energy and Climate Plans, a national contribution towards the overall European Union target. The contribution...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 70 and 71 together. The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) works on a 'Cap and Trade' principle, where the overall volume of greenhouse gases that can be emitted by the entities covered by the ETS are subject to a cap set at EU level. Within this cap, companies receive (free allocations issued by their Member State and approved by Commission), or buy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Over the last three years (2018-2020), the following revenues have been raised through the auction of allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): Total Auction Revenues 2018 - €142,069,705Total Auction Revenues 2019 - €124,256,185Total Auction Revenues 2020 - €124,540,385 Due to the proposed changes currently being progressed under the EU Commission's...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In accordance with the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action Regulation, Ireland's National Energy & Climate Plan (NECP) 2021-2030 was submitted to the European Commission last year. The NECP took into account energy and climate policies developed up to that point, the levels of demographic and economic growth identified in the Project Ireland 2040 process and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the EU Emissions Trading System, where an operator does not surrender sufficient allowances by 30April to cover its emissions in the previous calendar year, an excess emissions penalty applies. The penalty is based on a price of €100/tonne of CO2 equivalent adjusted for increases in the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) since 2012. The deadline has not yet...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 75 and 76 together.The EU Effort Sharing Regulation EU/2018/842 (ESR) established binding annual greenhouse gas emission targets for Member States for the period 2021–2030. These targets concern sectors outside of the EU Emissions Trading System, such as agriculture, transport, buildings and waste. The ESR sets Ireland a target of 30% reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Communities Programme (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The SEAI Community Energy Grants Scheme (formerly Better Energy Communities) funds community based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area. These partnerships can be between the public and private sectors, domestic and non-domestic sectors, commercial and not-for-profit organisations and energy suppliers.  By using an aggregated approach to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In order to achieve a 7% annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions over the period 2021-30, there is a Government target that 70% of Ireland’s electricity needs will originate from renewable sources by 2030. There is a further objective, set out in the Programme for Government, to increase the installed capacity of offshore wind generation in Ireland to 5 GW by the end of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department provided funding for the administration of the St. Vincent de Paul (SVP) operated 'Stay Warm saving scheme' on a pilot basis between 2015-2017.  During this time, the Department provided approximately €170,000 which was used to cover scheme running costs including staff expenses, marketing and promotion, and printing costs.  The SVP...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Question refers to a premises located in the AMBER area on the National Broadband Plan (NBP) High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website www.broadband.gov.ie. The AMBER area represents the area to be served by the network to be deployed under the NBP State led intervention.I appreciate people's frustration when they are living so close to a fibre...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy contains a range of actions designed to enhance waste enforcement, protect human health and the environment, provide a strong deterrent effect and bring about long term behavioural change. These include:- an enhanced role for the Waste Enforcement Regional Lead Authorities (WERLAs), - the development of an anti-dumping toolkit for use by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (3 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 83 and 84 together. Enforcement actions against illegal waste activity are a matter for the local authorities and the Office of Environmental Enforcement (OEE) within the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). My Department does not compile statistics in relation to costs incurred or fines imposed by individual local authorities. The EPA compiles comparative...