Results 17,061-17,080 of 31,374 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The most recent report on Ireland's greenhouse gas emission projections by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in July 2020 did not reflect changes expected due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The EPA are currently undertaking research on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions over the year 2020. Results of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Question refers to a premises which is 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The network rollout for the National Broadband Plan is divided  into 227 Deployment Areas (DAs) across the country.  These are typically an area of approximately 25km in radius and in total they cover 96% of Ireland’s landmass. The architecture of the network design is specifically based on the design of the NBI network coming from the eir exchanges or the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Jan 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: National Broadband Plan (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 and 21 together. The Questions refer to premises which are 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.  ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 and 23 together. The objective of the Just Transition Fund is to support innovative projects that contribute to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the Midlands region, and which have employment and enterprise potential. My Department held a competitive call for applications to this Fund, which closed on 17 July 2020, in response...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The results of the first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) auction were approved by Government in September 2020, with 82 successful projects made up of 479MW of onshore wind energy projects and 796MW of solar energy projects. The Department issued notices of award for these 82 projects in September 2020. Four applications were received from applicants in County...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government recognises that as Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, it does not make sense to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals that import fracked gas. The Programme for Government commits to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. My Department is in the process of developing the policy statement which includes...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Question refer 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 Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The improvement and maintenance of public regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority, in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is also a matter for the local...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Communications (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I communicate with my Ministerial counterparts in the UK Government and in the Stormont Executive on a regular basis in both structured meeting and direct message / call formats. Below, I have outlined in tabular form. my engagements with the UK Secretary of State for Transport and the Minister for Infrastructure in the Stormont Executive in which the issue of international travel...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (28 Jan 2021)

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 regulating fares charged by public transport operators. The issues raised by the Deputy concerning the taxsaver initiative are matters for the relevant transport operators in conjunction with the NTA. I...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Covid-19 Pandemic (28 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Government policy on international travel is aimed at reducing and managing the spread of Covid-19. Government agreed further measures in relation to international travel at its recent meeting, and these were subsequently annonuced by the Taoiseach and are available on the Government's website. .

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Homes Scheme (27 Jan 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: Energy Efficiency (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Government has set a target that all public sector buildings should achieve a Building Energy Rating (BER) level of B by 2030. A research study, funded by the European Commission's Structure Reform Support Service was undertaken to inform the measures necessary to achieve this target and the total level of investment necessary. This study is currently being finalised. While my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fishing Industry (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Angling licences are required only for salmon and sea-trout over 40 cms.  Angling for all other species does not require a licence. Licences attract a statutory duty rather than a fee and a range of licensing options at various duty rates is available, as set out in the table below. A licence, where applicable, is required by law for the activity of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is committed to openness, transparency and inclusivity in relation to all matters of public engagement, and we are continuously exploring new ways to ensure that public participation in decision making is as accessible as possible.  My Department has held over 100 consultations in the last ten years. Consultations from 2020 can be found at...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: System Alerts (previously known as amber alerts) are issued by EirGrid during periods when there is an elevated risk of not being able to meet electricity system demand.  There were three System Alerts in 2020 and to-date in 2021 there has been one which occurred on Wednesday 6 January. As the transmission system operator EirGrid is responsible for the safe and secure operation of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Turf Cutting (27 Jan 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% to 17.4% over the lifetime of the strategy.  Research also shows that the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jan 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Providing telecommunication services, is a matter for the relevant service providers operating in a fully liberalised market regulated by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), as independent Regulator. I recognise how vital telecommunications services are to citizens for so many aspects of their daily lives, including remote working, studying and staying in touch with family...