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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: One of the reasons we want compact development is because if we keep building outward, we have to keep building more and more new infrastructure. It would be far more economic for us and work far better if we build up our existing towns through a town-centre-first strategy. We must invest in all those existing sewerage systems in towns where sewage is pumped directly out. Compact...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In each instance, they have been incredibly flexible. They will set out a roadmap.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We have seen all the sort of details to which Deputy Catherine Murphy referred. What I was setting out is that I have seen how the plans had to change. It all had to be radically changed on several occasions. I believe and it is expected that exactly what the roadmap is will be set out in more detail. I think it will be possible to do that now because, for the first time, there is some...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I agree with Deputy Verona Murphy that we need more balanced regional development. The national planning framework is a guideline for much of the work I do as Minister for Transport. It is critical to get more balanced regional development. If I recall correctly, approximately 97% roll-on, roll-off traffic comes through Dublin Port. That is an imbalance we need to address. I had a very...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My understanding is that what we are actually doing now is very similar to what was in that letter from back in May of last year. It applied to non-residents of Ireland. The traffic coming in and out of Dublin Airport is mainly Irish residents. There is hardly any traffic coming out of any of the other airports, or indeed seaports: it is down to nil pretty much. I understand that back in...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I did not comment directly in response to that. I think An Garda Síochána did and I will let it speak on Garda operational matters. The Deputy made various points about testing and tracing. We get pretty much weekly updates from the special Cabinet subcommittee on Covid. On Monday this week we met with the Deputy CMO, Dr. Ronan Glynn, Mr. Paul Reid, Prof. Brian MacCraith and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Second, there was the recommendation that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines be used on older people. The third challenge was because of the AstraZenenca numbers dropping below-----

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: We agree on this: we have to reduce right down the volume of people travelling in and out of this country and to restrict and stop non-essential travel. That is what we are doing and what the Garda Síochána is doing. As I understand it, the Minister for Justice will have all the details in terms of those being fined at our airports for doing exactly that. The latter is a clear...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The additional details requested in respect of the contracts referred to in reply to Question No. 33 of 25 November 2020 are set out in the table below. Contract Contract Value (ex VAT) Nature of the contract Emergency Call Answering Service (ECAS) Awarded February 2018 ECAS is funded through a call handling fee which is payable by the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wind Energy Generation (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Under the Electricity Regulation (Amendment) (Single Electricity Market) Act 2007, regulation of the Single Electricity Market (SEM), including its detailed rules as set out in the Trading and Settlement Code, is the responsibility of the SEM Committee. The SEM Committee consists of the Commission for Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU), the Utility Regulator Northern Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (25 Feb 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 network but...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: European Council Meetings (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: A total of six formal and informal meetings of the Environment Council and Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council have been held since 27 June 2020. All with the exception of two of these meetings have been held virtually and the details of these meetings are set out as follows: 1. Environment Council 30 September / 1 October 2020 - Informal meeting of Environment Ministers, which...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 13, 17 and 18 together. The premises referred to in the Questions 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. BLUE areas are not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as commercial operators are already providing high speed...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (25 Feb 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 contract links the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (25 Feb 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 NBP contract is...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Exploration Licences (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: There are four active prospecting licence areas (PLA) in the Inishowen peninsula in Co Donegal. With regard to PLA 3820 the Department is evaluating the licence which is due for renewal on 9 April 2021. Where the Minister intends to renew a licence, legislation requires that public notice of the Minister's intention is given and that submissions can be made by members of the local...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Grant Payments (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of SEAI grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. These schemes offer partial grants for individuals who can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency improvements for people at risk of energy poverty. Improvements to the SEAI systems and processes are made on an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: National Broadband Plan (25 Feb 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 network but...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I understand the importance of telecommunication services, particularly at a time where restrictions are in place and when people are relying much more on these electronic communications services. While operational matters of commercial telecommunications operators, including in relation to the mechanisms used to locate specific premises for the purposes of broadband installation are a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Public Procurement Contracts (25 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 23 together. My Department awarded two contracts totalling €81,272 (ex VAT) in 2020 under the negotiated procedure without prior publication for goods which were essential to the Departments response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Both contracts were awarded on the grounds of urgency and details are shown in the table below. Contract ...