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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The use and management of properties owned by ESB is a matter for the Board and management of ESB and is, therefore, not an area in which I, as Minister, have a statutory function. However, officials from my Department engage with ESB on a regular basis on a number of topics, including, in the last number of weeks, the decision by the Company to redevelop a number of Georgian houses back...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, launched last September, sets out our national strategy for single use plastics and contains a range of ambitious measures for dealing with these items. The Plan details measures Ireland is taking under the Single Use Plastics Directive to prohibit certain items from being placed on the market. It also contains our...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: EU Regulations (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Article 7a of the Fuel Quality Directive placed an onus on transport fuel suppliers to achieve at least a 6% reduction in lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions in fuel and energy placed on the market by the end of 2020 and in subsequent years, compared to a 2010 baseline. This requirement was transposed into Irish law by the European Union (Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions, Calculation Methods...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Exploration Licences (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 37 and 38 together. Section 57 of the Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960 requires that I lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas every six months a report detailing all exploration activities, including petroleum exploration authorisations granted during the period of the report. The last such report laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 and 40 together. There are currently no offshore flaring operations taking place in Irish waters, with such operations currently limited to the onshore Corrib gas terminal at Bellanaboy. The petroleum regulatory framework sets out measures in relation to flaring associated with oil and gas exploration and production operations. The flaring and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. Premises in the AMBER area will be provided with high speed broadband through the State led Intervention to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Telecommunications service providers are regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), which operates independently of my Department. The telecommunications regulatory framework, which ComReg implements, requires electronic communications service providers to notify the regulator in advance of their intention to provide such a service. Under the terms of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The approval of the Bord na Móna Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme on 24 November 2020 reaffirmed the Government's commitment to a just transition for workers in the Midlands. The scheme will, over time, employ 307 people, some of whom will be engaged on a seasonal basis, with 210 full time equivalents engaged over the delivery period. The scheme encompasses...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available at www.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. Premises in the AMBER area will be provided with high speed broadband through the State led...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 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 Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department has been working to implement Directive (EU) 2018/1972 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code. The Code represents a revision of the entire EU regulatory framework and will repeal the Framework Directive, the Authorisation Directive, the Access Directive  and the Universal Services...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The High Speed Broadband Map, which is available atwww.broadband.gov.ie, shows the areas which will be included in the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention as well as areas targeted by commercial operators. The map is colour coded and searchable by address and Eircode. The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Data (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Section 34C(7) of the Waste Management Act obliges each local authority to maintain a register of persons availing of a household waste collection service. This obligation is for the purpose of establishing compliance by original producers and other waste holders in terms of their obligations regarding the holding, collection and movement of waste. The information held in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Biofuel production and its use is an area, that unless properly regulated, may not deliver required greenhouse gas savings and could impact negatively on food production and land use. It is important, therefore, that measures are in place to mitigate against environmental risks, such as Indirect Land-Use Change (ILUC), of certain categories of biofuels. Directive (EU) 2018/2001 (the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection Commissioner (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 and 63 together. I have not received any judgment from the Data Protection Commission (DPC) regarding the use of CCTV and illegal dumping. However, I have received correspondence from the DPC outlining their concerns around the legal basis for the use of CCTV cameras by local authorities in the enforcement of waste management...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Recycling Policy (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The introduction of a deposit and return scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles and aluminium cans in 2022 is a commitment in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy which I published in September 2020. Development of the Action Plan was assisted by the deliberations of the Waste Advisory Group - a broad-based stakeholder forum which my Department chairs and which includes members from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty. This scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). To date over 142,000 homes have received free upgrades leaving them better able to afford to heat their homes to an adequate...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The terms of an individual grid connection offer to the electricity network and the relevant charges are commercial matters between ESBN/EirGrid and the applicants and governed by the relevant regulatory policy as determined by the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU). Current grid connection rules are applied according to CRU’s “Enduring Connection Policy Stage 2...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (17 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland is responsible for compiling Ireland’s energy statistics and preparing the National Energy Balance. The Energy Balance records all energy use in Ireland, in a given year, showing the quantity and type of energy used and the sectors in which it was used.The SEAI uses a number of sources to collect and estimate data on solid fuel usage for...