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Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I join the Deputy in commending the support that is given to children with special needs in our education system, of which I have personal experience. It is critical that special needs assistants get all the protection and supports they need. I will ask the Minister for Health directly, and also the Minister for Education, to follow up and make sure the necessary material is available....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I am informed the Bill has gone through a lengthy process of pre-legislative scrutiny. Further work is progressing on it and I expect it will proceed into the Dáil in due course. It is, however, a complex issue which explains why such extensive pre-legislative scrutiny has been done on it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Again, I will have to refer the matter to the line Minister. I do not have details on where those negotiations are taking place. We are engaging on an ongoing basis with the trade union movement. As recently as last week, we attended a meeting of the Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF, at which the partnership approach involving the Government working with both employers and unions was...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: There will be a series of developments in this area. As the Deputy will be aware, we are seeking to make a significant switch from road spending to public transport funding. We set out the broad outline of the budgets during budget time, which sees a major positioning of new investments for projects such as the greenway investment announced yesterday. Today in County Waterford, we...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I will answer because the Taoiseach, I think, has an important phone call to take. It is no offence to the Deputy or the serious questions he asks about the people in Blackpool on the north side of Cork. I do not have a specific answer as to what happened with the closure but I commit to getting an answer from the HSE and making sure it is provided to the Deputy as quickly as possible. He...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government notes that the transition to a low-carbon future will unleash huge changes in society that, while presenting significant challenges, will also bring a range of opportunities, the impacts of which will be unevenly spread and will manifest themselves in different ways. The Programme for Government, therefore, affirms the necessity for a just transition pathway to be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out that, as Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, it does not make sense to develop LNG terminals that import fracked gas. The Programme for Government is clear that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and commits to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. This policy statement is being developed by my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out the Government's response to the significant challenges facing the country including COVID-19, decarbonising our economy and creating a sustainable future for all.As the Deputy will be aware, the Programme for Government requires a massive step up in ambition and delivery in areas for which my Department is responsible including: - supporting an average...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Supply Board (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The first progress report of the Just Transition Commissioner, Mr Kieran Mulvey, published on 22 May, reflects a comprehensive engagement with relevant stakeholders in the Midlands, setting out the analysis of the challenges facing the region, and for Bord na Móna workers, their families and communities, arising from an accelerated exit from peat harvesting. The report contains important...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to achieve an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030, and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050, including setting our 2050 target in law through the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill. Delivering our increased ambition to 2030 will require a doubling of effort from that set out in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, I have welcomed and strongly support the objectives of the European Green Deal, which aims to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050, while boosting the competitiveness of European industry and ensuring a just transition for the regions and workers affected. It includes a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The first progress report of the Just Transition Commissioner, Mr Kieran Mulvey, published on 22 May, reflects a comprehensive engagement with relevant stakeholders in the Midlands, setting out the analysis of the challenges facing the region, and for Bord na Móna workers, their families and communities, arising from an accelerated exit from peat harvesting. The report contains important...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion of electric vehicle charging infrastructure over the coming years. We have committed €10 million from the Climate Action Fund to promote further public charging, in particular fast charging, and this has leveraged a further €10 million investment from ESB. My Department also provides support through the SEAI...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: In 2015, under the programme to rationalise State agencies, the then Government approved a proposal for the transition of the Digital Hub Development Agency (DHDA) into an independent company under the aegis of Dublin City Council (DCC). The legislative arrangements to provide for the dissolution of the DHDA and the transfer of its functions and responsibilities to DCC were progressed in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently working to finalise Ireland’s first National Clean Air Strategy which I intend to publish in the coming months. There are a number of national policy frameworks already in place which will also help to reduce pollutant emissions and improve air quality, such as the Climate Action Plan, the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan and the National Renewable...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The North-South Interconnector is vitally important to the development of our energy infrastructure and it is critical to improving the efficient operation of Single Electricity Market and increasing the security of supply across Ireland on an all island basis.  Its delivery is also consistent with commitments made in the Programme for Government to move...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The areas referred to are located in the BLUE area on the NBP High Speed Broadband Map which is available on my Department's website at . BLUE areas were not included in the State intervention area covered by the National Broadband Plan as commercial operators were either providing high speed broadband or had indicated future plans to do so. My Department defines high speed broadband as a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Economic Plan will set a high level framework for the Government's priorities and policy objectives for a sustainable recovery, while signalling pathways and further workstreams towards these medium-term goals. The approach to the Plan will be based on a number of key themes, one of which will focus on the profound changes arising from decarbonisation and technological...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out that, as Ireland moves towards carbon neutrality, it does not make sense to develop LNG terminals that import fracked gas. The Programme for Government is clear that the Government does not support the importation of fracked gas and commits to developing a policy statement to establish that approach. This policy statement is being developed by my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (10 Nov 2020)

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/cost optimal and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years.  The Government is taking steps to create the environment for the retrofit supply chain to thrive and support the creation of jobs in the new green economy. ...