Results 41-60 of 161 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Priorities for Budget 2019: Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (19 Sep 2018)

Eamon Ryan: ...not been funded and I am interested to know how we do this. Professor John FitzGerald at another Oireachtas committee said that for Ireland to meet its climate change targets we need to spend €5 billion retrofitting just the social housing we already have to make it zero carbon and into quality housing. This is the best low carbon mitigation and we have to do this because Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (15 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...healthier and more comfortable homes, with lower energy bills. Included in these measures is the establishment of the new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme, offering increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical B2 home energy upgrade with a heat pump (up from the current level of 30-35%). This new, demand-led, scheme introduces a new way to undertake home energy...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Transport Policy (17 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: Last week we stated that a further €3 million is being provided to waive licence renewal fees for this year. We also announced a further allocation of €3.5 million to operate a scheme to refund the cost of national car tests, NCTs, and motor tax, so that is a further €6.5 million. Critically, the most important thing for taxi drivers was the ability to earn income while...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (10 Feb 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Scheme (EDRRS) on 24 November 2020 reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to a just transition for workers in the Midlands. The scheme includes the provision of funding in the order of €108 million for implementation costs over a period of 5 years. The scheme will, over time, employ 307 people, some of whom will be engaged on a seasonal basis, with 210 full time...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waterways Issues (21 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Bord Na Móna Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme includes the provision of funding of €108 million for the implementation of the Scheme over a period of 5 years. The Scheme will, over time, employ 307 people, some of whom will be engaged on a seasonal basis, with 210 full time equivalents engaged over the delivery period. The scheme will...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: ...part of those resources must tap into community resources to achieve a multiplier. Finally, what comes next after the autumn? What comes next in our commitment? Where do we go from here? This is 4,000 out 5 million or 6 million refugees and 11 million displaced people in the country, so it is only a drop. What is our policy on what comes next after this original commitment?

Other Questions: Traffic Management (10 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: My question is set in the context of the latest report, according to which the €350 million cost of traffic blockages in Dublin will increase to €2 billion unless we do something about the issue. I am keen to hear about the Minister's measures to reduce congestion. Everyone can see that, with the economy growing quickly, Dublin's traffic is like the Richter scale - when...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...be delivered by National Broadband Ireland (NBI) under a contract signed last November to roll out a high speed and future proofed broadband network within the Intervention Area which covers 1.1 million people living and working in over 544,000 premises, including almost 100,000 businesses and farms along with 695 schools.Broadband Connection Points (BCPs) are a key element of the NBP...

Telecommunications Services. (26 Jan 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...the emergency task force went to the mobile phone companies and asked if it was possible for it to use the communications technology in that way. There were difficulties, as is the case when 4.5 million or 5 million messages need to be sent, which have to be considered. In that instance it was not used. It was felt that radio and television broadcasting communications systems could...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (5 Oct 2021)

Eamon Ryan: In July 2021, the Government agreed a significant expansion of the  National Cyber Security Centre over the next 18 months, from 25 to 45 staff, and a further increase to 70 staff within 5 years. The associated budgetary increase for the NCSC for 2022 is €2.5 million. The cost of recruiting 15 additional developers and analysts as outlined by the Deputy is dependent on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (24 Mar 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Bord na Móna Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme includes the provision of funding of €108 million for the implementation of the Scheme over a period of 5 years. The Scheme will, over time, employ 307 people, some of whom will be engaged on a seasonal basis, with 210 full time equivalents engaged over the delivery period. The scheme will...

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

Eamon Ryan: The Just Transition Fund is a key pillar of the Government's just transition plan for the midlands. Up to €11 million will be available in 2020 for projects focusing on retraining workers, proposals to generate sustainable employment in green enterprise in the region, and supporting communities to transition to a low carbon economy. This is financed through an Exchequer allocation of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: The Just Transition Fund is a key pillar of the Government's just transition plan for the midlands. Up to €11 million will be available in 2020 for projects focusing on retraining workers and proposals to generate sustainable employment in green enterprise in the region, and supporting communities to transition to a low carbon economy. This is financed through an Exchequer allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition Fund (7 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...innovative projects that contribute to the economic, social and environmental sustainability of the wider Midlands region, and which have employment and enterprise potential. Funding of up to €11 million is available in 2020, financed by Government through an allocation of €6 million from carbon tax revenue and by an additional €5 million committed by ESB. My...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (8 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...a right around the country as the hours of many day care and other disability services have been constrained. The availability of respite services has been constrained. Additional funding of €5 million has been provided to develop new respite centres. Despite Covid and the recent attacks on the ICT health system infrastructure, all community health services, including disability...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (22 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96 and 159 together. Government is fully committed to supporting a significant expansion and modernisation of the electric vehicle charging network over the coming years.   We have committed €10 million from the Climate Action Fund to promote the charging network and this has leveraged a further €10...

Official Travel. (26 Apr 2007)

Eamon Ryan: I hate to be a killjoy but the Minister presumes civil servants use public transport in the vast majority of cases. In fact, it is so in less than 5% of cases. People are not stupid; the Minister provides a major financial incentive to drive. As a result, the State spends some €20 million on mileage rates and the centre of Dublin is clogged because the State promotes driving by way of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (22 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...overall funding in relation to Active Travel. The National Transport Authority (NTA), meanwhile, has responsibility for the allocation of that funding to local authorities, and this year over €5 million was allocated to Mayo County Council for Active Travel projects. The NTA works with all local authorities to determine funding for specific projects within their area and oversees...

Written Answers — Departmental Schemes: Departmental Schemes (30 Jun 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...(HES) Scheme and the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS). Both are administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The HES Scheme, which has a capital budget allocation of €24.3 million this year, provides grant assistance to homeowners for retrofit energy efficiency measures such as attic and wall insulation, very high efficiency boilers, heating controls and Building Energy...

Written Answers — Department Schemes: Department Schemes (29 Apr 2008)

Eamon Ryan: I launched a pilot Home Energy Saving Scheme on 24 April with a budget of €5 million in 2008. The scheme is designed to encourage owners of older homes to improve the energy efficiency of their homes, including through insulation measures. This regional pilot is designed to inform the roll-out of the full scale €100 million national scheme envisaged in the Programme for Government. The...