Results 101-120 of 259 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Protection Enforcement (8 Dec 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...at a number of former mining sites at Silvermines.  The Department continues to fund an ongoing programme of environmental monitoring at Silvermines. Work has been substantially completed on 5 of the 6 sites with expenditure amounting to €11.19m. The Gortmore Tailings Management Facility was the largest site remediated at a cost of €6 million. The site is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Negotiations (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...contributing to this scaling up as evidenced by our recently launched International Climate Finance Roadmap which charts the path towards more than doubling our international climate finance to provide €225 million by 2025. Ireland also pledged €5 million to the Santiago Network at COP26 which is being established to provide technical assistance to support developing...

Written Answers — Energy Costs: Energy Costs (2 Mar 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...is pivotal to the Government's strategy to address energy affordability. To date, energy efficiency improvements in nearly 40,000 homes have been made under the Warmer Homes Scheme (WHS), of which 5,343 homes were completed in 2008 and 19,000 in 2009 (including nearly 3,000 homes delivered by the ESB according to WHS specification). Some €15 million was provided for the scheme in 2009,...

Written Answers — Salmon Management Fund: Salmon Management Fund (8 Nov 2007)

Eamon Ryan: As previously stated, most recently in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 530 on 9 October 2007, the approach to determining the hardship payments is fair and reasonable and there are no plans to revise the scheme. The €25m Salmon Hardship Scheme adopted by Government is intended to provide a measure of relief to individiuals in line with the level of hardship likely to be experienced...

Leaders' Questions (4 May 2017)

Eamon Ryan: In September 2015 the Tánaiste promised, on behalf of the country, that we would accept some 4,000 refugees from Syria as part of a co-ordinated response from Europe to the refugee crisis, which in scale is beyond anything we have seen in my lifetime. In that country of approximately 23 million, 500,000 have died, with 2 million people disabled because of lost limbs or other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (16 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 43 and 51 together. The Government is committed to a just transition in the Midlands region and has dedicated significant funding to supporting workers, companies and communities affected by the closure of the peat-fired power stations and the end of peat harvesting by Bord na Móna. The Government approved funding of €108 million for Bord na...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (7 Oct 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...non-domestic heat users. The scheme has an annual budget cap, which is set with the agreement of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.  The annual budget cap, which is currently set at €5 million, is the total in annual operation payments that can be made for all projects under the scheme. Projects can continue to be approved by SEAI until the annual...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (30 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...social and environmental sustainability of the wider Midlands region and which have employment and enterprise potential. The Just Transition Fund is financed by the Exchequer, with an additional €5 million provided by ESB. Funding for successful projects will be provided from my Department’s Vote on the basis of incurred expenditure by projects. In addition to the Exchequer...

Written Answers — Fuel Poverty: Fuel Poverty (1 Jun 2010)

Eamon Ryan: ...health nurses, MABS and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to identify and address vulnerable homes. Private contractors were also engaged in 2009 to address the increasing demand for the scheme. 5,343 low-income homes benefited from energy efficiency upgrades under the WHS in 2008, with a further 19,000 retrofitted in 2009 (including nearly 3,000 homes delivered by the ESB according to...

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (30 Apr 2008)

Eamon Ryan: The Community Support Scheme, amounting to €5 million, details of which were published on 7 March 2008 and can be viewed on the Department's website, will be made available to those affected by the cessation of the mixed stock salmon fishery. The Scheme is directed at the development of additional economic opportunities for crews and employees in the processing and ancillary sectors in the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (21 Jul 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...of annual capital allocations available to the Department. Implementation of the Coonagh to Knockalisheen scheme is the responsibility of Limerick City and County Council. Grant funding of €5 million has been allocated to the Council for this project in 2020. My Department recently approved this project to proceed to tender for the main construction contract.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (24 Apr 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...the importance of setting aside a contingency fund to manage unforeseen events such as severe flooding. As outlined in the 2024 Regional and Local Roads programme which I released on the 15th of February this year, the Government is strongly committed to protecting the existing regional and local road network. This network is fundamental in connecting people and places across the...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (13 Oct 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ...measures and the value of those energy savings to the economy. SEI has therefore put in place a requirement that applicants to the Scheme install measures attracting a minimum grant payment of €500. The minimum grant threshold serves to ensure value for money to the Exchequer, while encouraging homeowners to take a holistic approach from the outset to improving the energy efficiency of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (23 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 55 to 57, inclusive, together. The Better Energy Warmer Homes Scheme is funded by my Department and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). The scheme delivers a range of energy efficiency measures free of charge to low income households vulnerable to energy poverty.  To date over 142,000 homes have received free upgrades...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Enhanced Decommissioning, Rehabilitation and Restoration Scheme was approved by the Government in 2020 for 33,000 hectares of decommissioned Bord na Móna peatlands and is being funded up to €108 million from the Climate Action Fund. This rehabilitation will take place over a period of 5 years. All of the lands being rehabilitated are operated under Integrated Pollution Control...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (25 Nov 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ...measures and the value of those energy savings to the economy. SEI has therefore put in place a requirement that applicants to the Scheme install measures attracting a minimum grant payment of €500. The minimum grant threshold serves to ensure value for money to the Exchequer, while encouraging homeowners to take a holistic approach from the outset to improving the energy efficiency of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (23 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...;Partial grants are available for individuals that can afford to contribute to the cost of upgrades as well as free energy efficiency retrofits for people at risk of energy poverty. Since 2000, over 450,000 homeowners have upgraded their homes with support from these schemes, representing nearly one home in four across the country. This has resulted in warmer, healthier and more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition Commissioner (22 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...will support job creation efforts and create new opportunities for Bord na Móna workers in the midlands. A number of actions are under way that will support job creation. They include an allocation of €20 million for a new energy efficiency retrofitting scheme in the midlands and €5 million for peatland rehabilitation outside of the Bord na Móna...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (4 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: The Programme for Government and the Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating of B2, cost optimal or carbon equivalent and to install 400,000 heat pumps in existing buildings over the next 10 years. A new National Residential Retrofit Plan will be published shortly. The Plan is designed to address barriers to retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (4 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of households at risk of experiencing energy poverty in 2019 and again in 2020. This showed that the share of households needing to spend more than 10% of their income on their energy needs was 17.5% in 2020. The Survey on Income and Living Conditions supports this, indicating that the proportion of people who report that they are unable to afford to keep the home adequately warm, has...