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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: What was the response? I am sorry but I cannot hear the Deputy very well.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I will respond to the Deputy in writing.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I will try to find out.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I can certainly comment but it is a matter for another Department. I will ask it to respond to the Deputy and try to find the information for him. The response he has got is from another Department and I cannot respond on that.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: The Deputy said it was from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I will certainly get the Deputy a written reply, which is not a problem. She is probably aware that many of the restrictions for hotels, restaurants and others in the tourism industry have been moved from one phase to the next, and that was a direct response to the sort of comment she made. It is also a direct response to some intensive and effective representations made by the hotel...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: If Deputy Duncan Smith had been here in the previous Dáil he would have heard them screaming at me about privatisation every week from the benches over there and me trying to assure them that there was no privatisation agenda of any sort whatsoever. There is no agenda to privatise that I know of. Still, it does not stop people saying that it is a possibility. That is not the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: We are very committed to the aviation aspect of the climate action plan but in a global sense. It is only a small proportion of Ireland's emissions, approximately 6%. It must be approached in an international fashion. For Ireland to take unilateral action, and act when other nations were not taking similar actions, would be just foolish and would discourage people from coming here. The...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I will have to come back to the Deputy on that. BusConnects will do a part 8 application in Cork soon and a Cork BusConnects office is being set up.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I do not know the number but I will respond to the Deputy in writing. It is somewhat unfair to criticise us for the modal shift. We were very slow on the electric vehicles, EVs. The current number of only 19,000 is too few. I would be the first to admit that. It is a very low base from which to be going. However, when one sees the numbers we intend to have, the measures and the...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: The Deputy made certain statements, most of which I agree with. If one said some years ago electric vehicles, EVs, were the business, one was probably a lone voice. Those of us who are saying it now are probably also lone voices, to some extent. There is a large number of non-believers out there. I was one myself for a short period, even when I was in this job, because we were set some...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I apologise to Deputy Ó Broin.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I will start with the Shannon issue. Deputy Wynne said that four weeks is too long. Most task forces set up by my predecessors have taken approximately four years. This one is urgent. We have a group of 14 people who are the main stakeholders and we will always get people complaining, as Deputy MacSharry did, about being left out. That always happens but we have people representing...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: The Deputy is quite right about transport being a great challenge and the need to get people out of their cars. That is our objective. The Deputy will have seen the numbers for public transport. The numbers using rail and bus have increased immensely in recent years. The problem until recently was capacity. There has been an immense increase, however. That has been actually a success of...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I have that down for a written response. I will get the Deputy an update on it.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: Within the framework established by the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development Act, I am addressing the House to make the annual transport climate transition statement for 2019. It is clear that climate change remains one of our greatest challenges, and at 20% of Ireland's greenhouse gas emissions, transport has a significant role to play in our decarbonisation effort. While transport...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I thank the Deputy for his contribution. We are getting it right in Dublin. Not being from Dublin but because it is such a high-profile project, the Deputy will be aware of the discussions we have had about the MetroLink. He will also be aware of the discussions we have had about BusConnects and DART expansion.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: These are designed absolutely to target the difficulties which we have and which are clean. There is the Luas as well. They are all clean and solidly anti-pollution projects which will help, first of all, on modal shift but will also help to produce extra capacity and be clean. We are not going to solve this problem overnight. However, 70% of commutes to Dublin city centre are actually...

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development: Statements (Resumed) (10 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I thank Deputy Nolan. She asked if I would consider banning conventionally fuelled new cars. The EU internal Single Market rules do not currently permit legislative bans on vehicle types from other member states. Roadworthiness testing - the NCT - is a harmonised EU wide system. Member states must mutually recognise certificates of roadworthiness issued by other member states, including...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (9 Jun 2020)

Shane Ross: I propose to take Questions Nos. 525, 526 and 540 together. The aviation industry is one of the most affected by the global pandemic. All airlines have seen severe depletion of revenue and are facing various degrees of financial challenge. The Government has brought forward a series of measures to support all businesses impacted by COVID-19. These include the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme,...