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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, manages the National Postcode System, Eircode, on behalf of the State. Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing building addresses, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 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 deployment...

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

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

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

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government contains a commitment to “extend the Smoky Coal ban to new towns and over the term of government move towards a full nationwide ban”. However, the provision of additional data from our enhanced National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme and Environmental Protection Agency funded research projects also indicates the extent to which other solid...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, manages the National Postcode System, Eircode, on behalf of the State. Eircodes are assigned to new property addresses using a valid postal address and verified geo-locations. An Post collects information on new and existing buildings, as well as changes to existing addresses and Ordnance Survey Ireland provides the geo-locations...

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

Eamon Ryan: The information requested in the Question is set out in the table below. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 €’000 Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current Capital Current ...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a range of SEAI administered grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. The SEAI retrofit 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.  Guidelines for each scheme is available...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. Given the nature of some SEAI programmes, whereby homeowners do not make an application directly but instead apply through a project co-ordinator, the data requested by the Deputy is only available through a manual analysis of files for each historical project and project co-ordinator.  The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Ministerial Meetings (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan was subject to an EU State Aid decision. Over the period of the NBP procurement process, I am informed that there was regular dialogue involving my Department and DG Competition, culminating in the submission in late 2019 of a formal State Aid notification by Ireland and of the formal approval by the EU Commission. In 2020, I understand that DG Competition wrote to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (3 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 deployment plan...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Intervention Area is a collective of geographical regions where a high speed reliable broadband service is not offered by commercial operators. Consequently the State has contracted National Broadband Ireland (NBI) to build a high speed fibre network in the Intervention Area as part of the National Broadband Plan. The NBP contract commenced in January 2020 and to date approximately...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operate a grant scheme to help domestic customers who install rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) equipment on homes built and occupied before 2011. Details of eligibility criteria and how to apply are set out on the SEAI website. To date 4,810 applications have received grant support under the scheme with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: A Micro-Generation working group, chaired by my Department, is developing an enabling framework for micro-generation which tackles existing barriers and establishes suitable supports within relevant market segments. The proposed support mechanism is outlined in a public consultation on this Department’s website at www.gov.ie  which is open for submissions until 18th February...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 59 and 60 together. Local authorities continue to be responsible for municipal waste collection within their functional areas. The obligations on local authorities in relation to collecting household waste are set out in section 33 of the Waste Management Act 1996, as amended. In summary, it provides that each local...

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

Eamon Ryan: The introduction of a deposit and return scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles and aluminium cans is a commitment in the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economywhich 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 environmental...

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

Eamon Ryan: On taking office as Minister, I made the Programme for Government commitment to end the issuing of new licences for the exploration and extraction of gas on the same basis as the decision taken in 2019 by the previous Government in relation to oil exploration and extraction, effective immediately. My Department is no longer accepting new applications for exploration licences for natural gas...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Acton Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 or cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings during this decade.  To assist with the achievement of these targets, €221.5 million in capital funding is being provided this year through my Department’s...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a developing technology which has the potential to contribute to the mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation and industrial activity and can include the following:- The capture of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at source from electricity generation or industrial activity. - The transport of the captured...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Remote Working (3 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government’s strategy on remote working “Making Remote Work – National Remote Work Strategy” was published last month. The Strategy recognises the significant advantages that remote working can bring such as less commuting, more time for family and leisure, fewer transport greenhouse gas emissions, new job opportunities for people who want to live in Rural...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2 and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years.  Heat pumps are an attractive and extremely efficient alternative to fossil fuel heating systems such as oil, gas and solid fuel heating systems.  In...