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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: My Department is currently working to finalise Ireland’s first National Clean Air Strategy which is expected to be completed by the end of 2020. Tackling the sources and causes of air pollution is a significant cross-Governmental challenge, as it involves emissions from transport, industry, agriculture, shipping and the use of solid fuels in homes. Given the wide range of pollutant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Commissioner (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government commits to publishing a Just Transition Plan, to frame the work of a permanent Commission for Just Transition. The plan will identify and prepare for the challenges that will arise in a number of sectors and regions, recognising that there will be a variety of different transitions, and that it is clear that there will be no simple one-size fits all approach. ...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I welcome the recent publication of Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions projections, 2019-2040 by the Environmental Protection Agency. For the year 2020, the target set for Ireland is that emissions should be 20% below their value in 2005. The EPA projections indicate our 2020 emissions could be 2-4% below 2005 levels, and it is clear that Ireland will miss its 2020 target, and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The contract to deliver the National Broadband Plan (NBP) State led intervention was signed in November last with National Broadband Ireland (NBI). The NBP network will offer those premises, a high speed broadband service with a minimum download speed of 150Mbps from the outset. By the end of next year, NBI plans to pass in the region of 115,000 premises, with 70,000 - 100,000 passed each...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: According to the Environmental Protection Agency ’s (EPA’s) National Inventory Report 2020, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduced by about 1% between 2016 and 2018. The EPA projections, 2019-2040, published earlier this month indicate our 2020 emissions could be 2-4% below 2005 levels, and it is clear that Ireland will miss its 2020 target, and will need to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Council (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As set out under the Programme for Government, the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019 is being drafted as a priority, and will be published within the first 100 days of this Government. The amending legislation will establish the Climate Action Council (CAC) as a successor to the Climate Change Advisory Council (CCAC). The new CAC will have a strengthened role in advising on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Trading Online Voucher Scheme (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Trading Online Voucher Scheme is managed by my Department and delivered nationwide in partnership with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, the Department of Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht, Enterprise Ireland, the 31 Local Enterprise Offices and Údarás na Gaeltachta. The Scheme offers skills training, mentoring and a grant of up to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, my role with regard to waste management is to provide a comprehensive legislative and waste policy framework through which the relevant environmental regulatory bodies, including local authorities and the Environmental Protection Agency, operate. In this context I will soon be bringing forward an ambitious new waste policy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The National Cyber Security Centre, or NCSC, which is located within my Department, is the primary cyber security authority in the State, and has a number of roles, including leading on cyber security incident response and on the resilience and security of critical infrastructure. The National Cyber Security Centre had 21 staff in 2018, 23 in 2019 and has 24 to date in 2020, with a further...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The enactment of the proposed Online Safety and Media Regulation Bill is a commitment in the Programme for Government. The proposed Bill will establish a multi-person Media Commission, including an Online Safety Commissioner, dissolve the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, establish regulatory frameworks for online safety and the regulation of audiovisual media services, and transpose...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Regulations (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The European Communities (Environmental Noise) Regulations 2018 (S. I. No 549 of 2018) transpose EU Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. The Directive aims to provide a common framework to avoid, prevent or reduce, on a prioritised basis, the harmful effects of exposure to environmental noise, including noise emitted by means of transport,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Better Energy Communities Programme (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Better Energy Communities Scheme funds community-based partnerships to improve the energy efficiency of the building stock in their area. It is applicable to homes, community facilities and businesses. The budget for the Scheme this year was increased to €22 million - with €4 million of this allocation for a new ‘homes only’ aggregation strand. Successful...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: In the Programme for Government we have committed to an average 7% per annum reduction in overall greenhouse gas emissions from 2021 to 2030 (a 51% reduction over the decade) and to achieving net zero emissions by 2050. The Climate Action Plan commits to reaching a 70% share of renewable electricity by 2030, a reduction of 50-55% of emissions relative to pre-NDP 2030 projections. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out our ambition to halve our carbon emissions over the course of the decade. The action we take in the coming years will be critical in order to address the climate crisis, which threatens our safe future on this planet. As Minister for Climate Action, I will lead on delivering our shared commitment to achieve an average 7% per annum reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Budgets (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government - Our Shared Future - sets out the Government's response to the significant challenges facing the country. My Department is central to many of the transformative changes envisaged and commitments to be delivered over the five year lifetime of the Programme for Government include: - A National Clean Air Strategy - Seeking to accelerate the roll-out of the National...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government sets out our ambition to halve our carbon emissions over the course of the decade. The action we take in the coming years will be critical in order to address the climate crisis, which threatens our safe future on this planet. According to the Environmental Protection Agency ’s (EPA’s) National Inventory Report 2020, Ireland’s greenhouse...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: According to the Environmental Protection Agency ’s (EPA’s) National Inventory Report 2020, Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduced by about 1% between 2016 and 2018. The EPA projections, 2019-2040, published earlier this month indicate our 2020 emissions could be 2-4% below 2005 levels, and it is clear that Ireland will miss its 2020 target, and will need to avail of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I am committed to tackling the problems associated with single use plastics and my Department is working to transpose and implement EU Directive 2019/904, commonly referred to as the Single Use Plastics Directive, at the earliest possible date. The aim of this Directive is to tackle the ten single-use plastic products and fishing gear that together make up 70% of the marine litter found on...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: European, national and regional waste management policy is predicated on the waste hierarchy as set out in Article 4 of the 2008 Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC), whereby the prevention, preparing for reuse, recycling and other recovery of waste are preferred options to the disposal or landfilling of waste. 26% of managed municipal waste (by weight) was sent to landfill in 2016...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (15 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority Ireland (SEAI) in their Energy in Ireland - 2019 report have estimated that the share of electricity from renewable energy increased almost fivefold between 2005 and 2018 - from 7.2% to 33.2% - an increase of 26 percentage points over 13 years. The provisional figure for 2019 is 36.7%. The Programme for Government commits to taking the steps to deliver at...