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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The threat posed to native Atlantic salmon across the entire North Atlantic region by invasive pink salmon was discussed during a special themed session of the recent meeting of the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) hosted by Ireland. In a European context the instances of significant invasion are in Scandinavian and northern waters although pink salmon have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) is the government's initiative to deliver high speed broadband services to all premises in Ireland. The premises referred to in the question is in the BLUE area on the broadband map. The BLUE area represents those areas where commercial providers are either currently delivering or have plans to deliver high-speed broadband services. The Department defines...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The dedicated FOI AIE Unit in my Department is responsible for handling Freedom of Information requests. This is done in strict compliance with the FOI Act 2014, its related secondary legislation, the FOI Code of Practice, and the FOI Model Publication Scheme. It is important to note that the officers listed below are also tasked with managing Access to Information on the Environment (AIE)...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Jun 2024)

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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: From the outset I would like to clarify that I as Minister for Transport, have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. Issues in relation to CIÉ pension schemes are primarily a matter for the trustees of the pension schemes, the CIÉ Group and their employees. Under the Transport Act 1950, CIÉ have initiated the statutory process by...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: All enquires relating to driver licensing are handled by the Road Safety Authority, through the National Driver Licence Service (ndls.ie, 0818 700 800/+353 21 462 4810). My Department does not have access to individual driving licence applications. Irish driver licensing law operates within a framework of EU legislation. The format of a driving licence, including the language or languages...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and funding in relation to the national roads programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015, the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. Therefore, matters relating to the day-to-day operations regarding...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including vehicle age limits for SPSVs, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. Further to Parliamentary Question No. 175 of 14...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) 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 TFI Local Link services and the rollout...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Jun 2024)

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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (25 Jun 2024)

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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and management of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Freedom of Information (25 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The number of administrative staff specifically dedicated to processing Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, in the FOI Unit of my department over the last three years are outlined by grade, below. The Deputy may wish to note however that the below members of staff carry out a number of duties, in addition to working on the processing of FOI requests. Such functions include the role of FOI...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sustainable Energy Communities (20 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I will go back and try to check if the Senator can give me further specific details on the particular application for that sports club. My assessment from the material I am getting is that the community energy grant scheme is delivering. Two large projects have already been completed ahead of when they were expected. By mid-June, we have completed 243 homes and 68 non-domestic projects...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (20 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Domestic solar PV grant scheme, as part of the wider Microgeneration Support Scheme, commenced on the 16th February 2022. Domestic applicants, including those in apartments, are eligible to apply to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for a grant towards the cost of installing solar PV equipment, up to a maximum of €2,100. To avail of a solar PV grant for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Wind Energy Generation (20 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Significant progress has been made across Government towards the delivery of offshore renewable energy during the last three years. The Climate Action Plan 2024 commits to achieving at least 5GW of installed offshore wind capacity by 2030. The Government’s phased approach to offshore wind development involves: a developer-led Phase One, which corresponds to the first offshore...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (20 Jun 2024)

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. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the regulation of fares charged to passengers in respect of public transport services provided under public service obligation (PSO) contracts....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (20 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The setting of speed limits is a reserved function of the elected members (Councillors) in each relevant Roads Authority (Council), in this case Kildare County Council. Speed limits are set in accordance with the Speed Limits Guidelines (2015), which is available from www.speedlimits.ie. In addition, the Speed Limits Appeals Procedure was introduced in December 2021 which allows members of...