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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (3 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As the 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 issue raised is a matter for the National Transport Authority (NTA), in conjunction with Bus Éireann, and I have forwarded the Deputy's question to the NTA for direct reply. Please advise...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (3 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and securing exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Once funding arrangements have been put in place with Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the operation and maintenance of individual national roads is a matter...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Pollution (3 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Urban Transport Related Air Pollution (UTRAP) group was jointly convened by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (now Department of Environment, Climate and Communications) and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (now Department of Transport). It was established to: - examine transport-related air pollution; - raise stakeholder awareness of this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Quality (3 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport I have responsibility for overall policy and securing 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, including the Dublin Port Tunnel, is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (3 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is likely aware that, commencing in 2016, transport investment in all the major cities is guided by the development of metropolitan area transport strategies. Since 2016 transport strategies have been published in respect of the Greater Dublin Area, Galway and the Cork Metropolitan Area, while development of a transport strategy for the Limerick-Shannon Metropolitan Area has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I absolutely commit to working with the Deputy. Moyross cannot and will not be a cul-de-sac. We have to give its residents a world-class quality transport system that lifts the area and the whole of Limerick into the future. The Deputy stated that Irish Rail has submitted an application for a rail station in Moyross but in reality there was no such plan included in the first draft of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Projects (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I join Deputy O'Donnell in committing absolutely to giving the very best transport system possible to the people of Moyross and, more widely, the people of Limerick. The improvement and maintenance of local and regional roads is the statutory responsibility of the relevant local authority in accordance with the provisions of section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. State grants, where...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led Intervention will be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed in November 2019 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to prioritising the development of micro-generation, letting people sell excess power back to the grid by July 2021. The measures set out below will assist in delivering this commitment. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) published a Roadmap for the Clean Energy Package’s Electricity and Renewables Directives in March this year, which...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: SEAI grant schemes will be a central element of the Government's approach to achieving our national retrofit targets.  Budget 2021 provided €221.5 million in capital funding for residential and community retrofit programmes next year to be funded by my Department through the SEAI. This represents an additional €100 million, or an 82% increase, on the 2020 allocation and is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The premises referred to in the Question is 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 broadband or have indicated future plans to do so....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As outlined in my recent reply of 24 November, there are 69,225 premises in County Clare of which 22,592 (33%) are within the intervention area for the National Broadband Plan. The information requested by the Deputy is not available in my department. As part of its network deployment and communications plan, NBI has prepared a map detailing the rollout of the broadband network by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (2 Dec 2020)

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 at 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, the contract for which was signed in November last with...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Sales (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Coal and low-smoke coal based products being offered for sale within the State must meet certain environmental specifications. The National Standards Authority of Ireland has prepared an annual traceability audit system, known as SWiFT 7, for showing compliance with these requirements. Bagging operators placing coal and low-smoke coal based products on the market must have a SWiFT7...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Search and Rescue Service Provision (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: To be clear, there has been no decision to award the next SAR contract. The process has however commenced to consider options for the next Search and Rescue Aviation contract as the existing contract comes to an end over the coming years. Some initial appraisal work has commenced around options which the Deputy has referred to in the details supplied. A more detailed business case is...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Dec 2020)

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 the planning and development of public transport infrastructure, including light rail/metro. I would note that the review of the Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2016 to 2035 will provide...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Transport Authority (2 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Section 14(1) of the Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008, as amended by Sections 29 and 30 of the Public Transport Regulation Act 2009, provides that the National Transport Authority (NTA) shall consist of a Chairperson and 11 ordinary members, who perform and carry out the functions of the NTA in accordance with the Acts, and that appointments to the Authority are made by the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (1 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Government approval last week of funding of up-to €108 million for the Bord Na Móna Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme (EDRRS) reaffirms our commitment to addressing the climate and biodiversity crisis' we are facing and to ensuring a just transition in the midlands region. The scheme will protect the storage of 100 million tonnes of carbon, sequester...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (1 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: EirGrid is the designated Transmission System Operator and its role includes the operation, maintenance and development of the electricity transmission network in Ireland. The construction of the North South Interconnector is an operational matter for EirGrid and ESB Networks and one in which I have no function. I have every confidence in the ability of EirGrid and ESB Networks to deliver...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: An Post has played a valuable role in its commitment to rural communities and to the elderly and vulnerable in our society during the pandemic. Post Offices have implemented a number of practical measures to safeguard customers and staff, including the provision of PPE for staff, the installation of protective screens between counter positions and enforcement of social distancing for...