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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In order to assist with the achievement of our retrofit targets, the Programme for Government, Climate Action Plan and the National Retrofit Plan committed to the introduction of a new residential retrofit low-cost loan scheme. The Home Energy Upgrade Loan Scheme was developed by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Finance, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Food Waste (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The EPA sets out its own Work Programme and associates budgets against each activity and my Department has no function with regard to those determinations. I suggest the Deputy should contact the EPA directly in respect of their 2024 budget for Stop Food Waste.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Land Issues (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The site on which the GPO is built is owned by the State and comprises the GPO building and a number of adjoining commercial premises on which ground rent is charged and paid. In respect of the GPO building itself, there is a licence agreement in place, effective from 1st January 1984, which provides for occupancy of the tenant, An Post, for a term of fifty years. The licence provides also...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fisheries Protection (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am acutely aware of the decline in wild salmon and sea trout stocks in Irish (and international) waters, including in Kenmare Bay and Ballinskelligs Bay, over recent decades. My focus, and that of inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), as the statutory authority for the protection, management and conservation of Ireland’s inland fisheries and sea angling resources, is on conservation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Ireland's EU Just Transition Fund Programme and Territorial Just Transition Plan were approved by the Government and by the European Commission in December 2022. The amount of funding provided to the programme by the EU has been set at €84,466,694. This funding will be available until 2027, in line with the EU Multi-Annual Financial Framework for 2021 to 2027. As a co-financed...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Public Sector Pensions (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Under section 46 of the Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, with the concurrence of the Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, approves any superannuation schemes submitted by An Post. The operation of the schemes is a matter between the management of An Post, staff representatives and the trustees...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I am aware of the serious pollution incident that occurred in May 2023, resulting in a significant fish kill on the Ballymacraven river, a tributary of the Inagh river in west Clare . The Ballymacraven river is an important spawning habitat for Atlantic salmon and for juvenile and adult European eel, both of which are highly vulnerable. This type of pollution incident which resulted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years. Having an effective and reliable charging network is an essential part of enabling drivers to make the switch to electric vehicles. The EV Charging infrastructure Strategy 2022-2025 sets out the government’s ambition regarding the delivery of a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department was required to transpose Article 7.3 of Directive 2014/94/EU (fuel price comparison) which requires EU Member States to provide information on fuel prices to enable consumers to compare the fuel/running costs of zero emission and internal combustion engine vehicles with different fuels in a common unit (€/100KM). A set of implementing regulations was therefore drawn...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cross-Border Co-operation (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Requests for meetings should be sent to my diary team. They can be contacted at Ministerdiary@transport.gov.ie.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local road network. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. The initial selection and prioritisation of works to be funded is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Sector Pensions (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the CIÉ Group is actively engaged in introducing changes to their pension schemes aimed at rectifying the significant deficit in order to meet the statutory Minimum Funding Standard (MFS) required by the Pensions Authority. The changes also aim to sustain the pension schemes into the long-term. As of end December 2022, the Balance Sheet deficit for the two...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cycling Facilities (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and 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 is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned. In this...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

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 securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally. The NTA also has national responsibility for integrated local and rural transport, including TFI Local Link services and the rollout of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, for decisions in relation to the routes of these services...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I am responsible for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. However, I am not involved in day-to-day operational matters. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling of those services in conjunction with the relevant...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 182 to 184, inclusive, together. Achieving our emissions abatement targets in transport will require transformational systemic and behavioural change with improved communication and engagement actions identified as a key pillar of our decarbonisation pathway. Under the Climate Action and Sustainable Mobility Public Engagement Strategy (due to be published...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As 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 National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...