Results 41-60 of 375 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...cuts to funding for regional and local roads during the post 2008 recession resulted in the build-up of a substantial backlog of works across the country.  The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. Because of the pressures on the regional and local road network, approximately 90% of available Exchequer grant assistance to local authorities for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Conservation (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...microgeneration support scheme domestic solar PV grant earlier this year, the SEAI has seen application levels increase significantly month on month. It is expected that applications will exceed 15,000 by year end, with more than 8,500 supported. To put this in context, the SEAI supported 4,000 applications for solar PV last year under the previous iteration of the scheme. It has more...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Usage (15 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...strengthened customer protection measures CRU introduced reduced debt burdens on Pay-as-You-Go customers. The new measures mean that the debt repayment levels will reduce to 10% from a previous 25% on pay-as-you-go customers top-up payments. On a €20 top-up for example, only €2 will go towards debt repayment (if it exists), rather than €5 previously. From 1 December...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (13 Dec 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...promoting greater ambition, accelerating a shift away from fossil fuel dependence and calling for increased climate finance, with improved accessibility and quality of adaptation finance going to the most vulnerable.  As part of the commitment to provide €225 million per year in climate finance by 2025, a more than doubling of our support, I announced a funding package of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Mining Industry (29 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...My Department, in co-operation with Tipperary County Council, has undertaken an extensive programme of remediation works at a number of former mining sites 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...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (22 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...away from fossil fuel dependence and calling for increased climate finance, with improved accessibility and quality of adaptation finance going to the most vulnerable.  As part of the commitment to provide €225 million per year in climate finance by 2025, a more than doubling of our support, I announced a funding package of €24m at COP27 to support climate action in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: International Agreements (15 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...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 pledged €5 million to the Santiago Network at COP26 which is being established to provide technical assistance to support developing countries experiencing...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...headings under the safety improvement programme. One is for works costing less than €200,000 and there is a specific grant programme for works costing in excess of €200,000 and less than €5 million. It is open to local authorities to use their own resources as well to fund such measures. Specifically with regard to the Bellurgan National School, I understand that...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Local Authorities (10 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I was delighted to oversee a significant increase in spending on Active Travel infrastructure projects over the last number of years. In 2021, my Department provided €313 million to the National Transport Authority for allocation to local authorities around the country and the total allocation for 2022 is €289 million. When compared to 2019 funding allocations to Active Travel,...

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 — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (8 Nov 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...projects from around the country on 26 October under Strand 2 of the Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) that is funded from the Climate Action Fund (CAF). The CCAP will see €60 million from the CAF invested in community climate action projects and initiatives, as well as capacity building, over two 18 month phases. Applications for funding under Strand 2 were made through...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (25 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ..., the Planning and Development Act 2000 (Exempted Development) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 and the supporting Planning and Development (Solar Safeguarding Zone) Regulations 2022 came into effect on 5 October 2022. The regulations combine to provide updated provisions regarding planning exemptions for rooftop solar installations. Under the revised regulations the following is now allowed:...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (20 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...funding for regional and local roads during the post 2008 recession resulted in the build-up of a substantial backlog of works across the country.  The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. Because of the pressures on the regional and local road network, approximately 90% of available Exchequer grant assistance to local authorities for regional and...

Domestic Electricity and Gas Disconnections: Motion [Private Members] (18 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the ongoing pressures this is placing on families and businesses and that is why a €2.4 billion package of supports was implemented earlier this year and a package of once-off measures worth €2.5 billion was included in the most recent budget. I wish to outline further global market developments that have affected these high Irish energy prices, which are the source of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 25 together.There are circa 340,000 pay-as-you-go (pre-pay) meters out of a total of 2.2 million electricity meters. An estimated 250,000 of these are where households requested this for various reasons (i.e. rental accommodation; holiday homes; or where a customer prefers to pay in advance for more certainty). There are about...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (12 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...take Questions Nos. 27 and 28 together.27 and 28  together,The Climate Action Plan set a goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the residential sector from 7 Mt CO2 eq. in 2018 to between 3.5-4.5 Mt CO2 eq. in 2030. Recognising that the achievement of this target will require a step-change in the pace and scale of delivery Ireland’s residential retrofit programme,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (11 Oct 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the management and remediation of the Avoca Mining Site was completed in 2008.  This feasibility study costed two options for the long-term remediation of the mine site with capital costs of €58.5m and €46m respectively, and both having recurring annual operating costs of about €1million.  Under Government Decision No. S180/20/10/0354 of 21 July 2010, the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (27 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...for regional and local roads during the post 2008 recession resulted in the build-up of a substantial backlog of works across the country. The estimated cost of the backlog is in excess of €5 billion. Because of the pressures on the regional and local road network, approximately 90% of available Exchequer grant assistance to local authorities for regional and local roads is being...

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...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Government allocated €244 million to fund the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, SEAI, residential, community and solar PV schemes this year. This budget enabled the introduction of a range of new measures to make it easier and more affordable for homeowners to undertake energy upgrades as well as to better target supports for those most in need. Data from the SEAI show...