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

Eamon Ryan: The North South Interconnector is critical to improving the efficient operation of the Single Electricity Market and to increasing security of electricity supply across the island of Ireland, which will in turn deliver significant benefits to electricity consumers through lower prices. I believe that this important new cross-Border infrastructure can significantly facilitate the integration...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 146 and 245 together. The Biofuels Obligation Scheme is the principal policy measure used to support the uptake of biofuels and other forms of bioenergy in the transport sector. The scheme, which was introduced in 2010, requires fuel suppliers in the road transport sector to ensure a certain proportion of all fuel supplied is from renewable sources. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Marts by their nature tend to be located in, or in the environs of towns, largely located in areas served by commercial operators, with about a third of marts in areas to be served by the National Broadband Plan fibre network. Individual mart owners should register on the facility on the NBI website where all premises owners can ensure that they are provided with deployment updates through...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The European Commission gave its approval for the NBP State Aid Intervention on 15 November 2019, in advance of the Government agreeing to the award of the contract with National Broadband Ireland to deliver 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...

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

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the roll-out of 5G and the benefits that the enhanced connectivity and technology will bring to sectors such as transport, industry and healthcare. The deployment of 5G networks has already started internationally and will continue to develop in the coming years. The first wave of 5G deployments is being deployed across Irish cities with Vodafone and Eir announcing their first...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Network (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 156, 155, 217, 150 and 223 together. The importance of the post office network has been clearly demonstrated throughout the pandemic where we have seen a range of initiatives through our post offices which have helped support local communities, the elderly and vulnerable. The serious decline in the volume of mail and the impact of Covid on footfall...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Warmer Homes Scheme (10 Nov 2020)

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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Programme for Government (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 development of a new national retrofit plan to achieve these targets is well underway. Budget 2021 provided €221.5 million in...

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

Eamon Ryan: Science tells us we need to urgently take action and deliver ambitious and effective emission reduction measures in order to play our part, and remain on track to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement of balancing emissions and removals by the second half of the century and stabilising global temperatures. The Programme for Government commits to an average 7% per annum reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Regulation of Utilities (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the gas and electricity markets, including statutory consumer protection functions , are  matters for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which is the independent regulator established under the Electricity Regulation Act 1999, and which is solely accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas.  The electricity and gas retail markets...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 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 . 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 National Broadband Ireland (NBI). The NBP...

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

Eamon Ryan: I refer the reply to Question 23 of 4 November 2020. The Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy, which I launched in September this year, contains a commitment to deliver behavioural change campaigns for individuals, businesses and the public sector to encourage improved waste segregation and recycling.  The plan contains the following specific commitments in relation to waste...

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

Eamon Ryan: The SEAI operates a number of energy efficiency upgrade schemes on behalf of my Department.These schemes include partial grants for individuals that can afford to contribute to the cost of energy efficiency upgrades as well as schemes that provide free energy efficiency improvements for people who are in receipt of certain welfare payments.  Information on the grant levels...

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 goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, including our homes, with targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2/cost optimal equivalent and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. SEAI retrofit schemes will form a crucial part of our approach...

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

Eamon Ryan: I welcome this positive initiative by the community in Gormanstown, which gathered comprehensive data on their experience in terms of the availability of broadband and its use by individual households in their community. A report detailing the results of the survey referred to was received by my Department on 26 October. Its contents are being considered, in particular the experience of those...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 196 to 210, inclusive, 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 at . 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...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. These are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since 2000, over 440,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes, representing nearly one home in four across the country. This has resulted in warmer, healthier and...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 and 221 together.One of the Questions refers to a specific 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...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. These are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Since 2000, over 440,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes, representing nearly one home in four across the country. Building Regulations have been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Postcode System (10 Nov 2020)

Eamon Ryan: Capita Business Support Services Ireland, trading as Eircode, was awarded a 10 year contract in December 2013 to develop, implement, maintain and promote the National Postcode System "Eircode". 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...