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

Eamon Ryan: Under the Litter Pollution Act, 1997, the primary responsibility for management and enforcement responses to litter pollution lies with local authorities. It is a matter for each local authority to determine the most appropriate public awareness, enforcement, and clean-up actions in relation to litter taking account of local circumstances and priorities. Since January 2023, producers of...

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

Eamon Ryan: The CRU held a public consultation, which closed on 16 February 2024, on the successor to ECP (‘the ‘Electricity Generation and System Services Connection’ Policy), the responses to which will inform the introduction of a new policy framework to connect onshore generators, storage and other systems services technology projects to the grid. Among other matters, the paper...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100 and 101 together. Section 24(3) of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (2010 Act) provides for the appointment of a deputy chief executive by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). The appointment of a deputy CEO is entirely a matter for the Board of IFI who, I understand, have appointed a deputy CEO from time to time in accordance with Section 24(3) of the 2010 Act...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Government is committed to a just transition in order to ensure that nobody is left behind as Ireland transitions to a climate neutral economy by no later than 2050 in line with the National Climate Objective. The Just Transition (Worker and Community Environmental Rights) Bill 2021 is a Private Members Bill, currently before Dáil Éireann, that provides for the establishment...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department's Statement of Strategy 2024 - 2025 is being finalised. It will be brought to Government in the coming weeks and published shortly thereafter.

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

Eamon Ryan: As previously reported to the Deputy, as Minister, I am concerned with the threat posed by the presence and spread of all non-native invasive fish species in Irish waters including that of Lough Corrib (SAC) and the impact they pose to our native fish populations' species and our ecosystems. No organisation has a veto over the application of the EU Habitats Directive, which Ireland, like...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Seirbhísí trí Ghaeilge (9 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. Baineann Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla le comhlachtaí poiblí, lena n-áirítear ranna agus oifigí rialtais; Údaráis Áitiúla; Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (FSS); ollscoileanna; na Boird Oideachais agus Oiliúna agus institiúidí tríú leibhéal eile;...

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

Eamon Ryan: The EC Council Regulation (EC) No 1100/2007 of 18 September 2007 established measures for the recovery of the stock of European eel and required Ireland to establish eel management plans for implementation in 2009. The existing conservation measures in Ireland’s Eel Management Plan (EMP) agreed by the EU under EC Regulation 1100/2007 remain in place. Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI),...

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

Eamon Ryan: Since the Deposit Return Scheme went live on 1 February over 30m containers have been returned and over €5m has been refunded. Daily return rates are regularly exceeding 1m containers and are expected to continue to rise. As consumers who have been charged a deposit can get the deposit back, regardless of when it was purchased, a reasonable period of time is required to measure...

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

Eamon Ryan: The acceptance of cards as a method of payment is a business decision for each retailer. In developing the Deposit Return Scheme, my Department engaged extensively with all stakeholders. This included two public consultations, the first in October 2020 and a second in April 2021. No submissions relating to this issue were made.

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

Eamon Ryan: The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) operates the Warmer Homes Scheme on behalf of my Department. Delivering free energy upgrades to low-income households and reducing the waiting times for the Warmer Homes Scheme is a top priority for my Department and the SEAI. Last year, almost 5,900 homes were upgraded under the Scheme with an average spend of €25,000 per home and...

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

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 113 to 117, inclusive, together. Mineral exploration activities in Ireland operate within a framework of Irish and EU legislation, including those implemented to ensure environmental, including water quality, protection. All exploration activities must be undertaken in a manner avoiding damage to the environment and amenities of the Licensed Area and...

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

Eamon Ryan: My Department funds a number of grant schemes, administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), to support homeowners to improve the energy efficiency of their properties. A record capital funding allocation of €437.2 million has been provided to SEAI in 2024 to support the residential and community energy efficiency upgrade schemes. This includes a record capital...

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

Eamon Ryan: I established the cross-Departmental Offshore Wind Delivery Taskforce in April 2022 in order to accelerate and drive delivery, and to capture the wider and longer term economic and business opportunities associated with the development of Offshore Renewable Energy in Ireland. Since the establishment of the Taskforce, significant progress has been made across Government towards the delivery...

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...