Results 61-80 of 375 for 5 million speaker:Eamon Ryan

National Retrofit Plan: Motion [Private Members] (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...affordable for homeowners to undertake home energy upgrades. First, in response to the war in Ukraine, we increased the grant aid for attic insulation to 80% of the typical cost, with up to €1,500 available in grant support. The data is not conclusive, but between one third and one half of homes could benefit significantly from this measure. This will likely pay back in less...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (20 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the table below. Year Natural Gas Produced at Corrib Gas Field Natural Gas Produced at Kinsale Areas Gas Fields 2019 (Jan – Dec) 2396 million cubic metres 245 million cubic metres 2020 (Jan – Dec) 1931 million cubic metres 92 million cubic metres (cessation of production 5 July...

Seanad: Energy: Motion (14 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...cost-effective indigenous renewable electricity projects, as recommended by Senator Pauline O'Reilly. Projects under the first RESS auction, RESS 1, are expected to contribute an increase of approximately 15% in our renewable energy generation capacity by the end of next year. Projects under RESS 2 are expected to deliver an additional increase of nearly 20% to our renewable energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...appropriate, as this summer shows. Even since the agreement on the sectoral ceilings we have seen what has happened, with energy prices on the European markets, particularly gas, going up by some 50% in the last week of July and first two or three weeks of August. Prices then dropped but went back up again. That will have very significant implications for emissions in the energy sector,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Budget 2022 (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: .... The policy recognises the opportunity for rural rejuvenation that remote working presents and commits to establishing a comprehensive and integrated national network of 400 remote working hubs by 2025. In furtherance of this commitment, my Department’s focus to date has been on strategically developing the National Hub Network, the Network's shared online booking platform...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (13 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...Government announced an enhanced package of measures to support the uptake of home energy upgrades and include: - A new National Home Energy Upgrade Scheme providing increased grant levels of up to 50% of the cost of a typical deep retrofit to a B2 BER standard. - Establishment of a network of registered One Stop Shops to offer a start-to-finish project management service, including access...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...that it will reach a rate of €100 per tonne of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. As set out in the National Development Plan, over the period 2021 to 2030 the planned carbon tax increases may allow for €9.5 billion in additional revenue. €5 billion of the expected €9.5 billion in additional carbon tax receipts will be invested in energy efficiency, including...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (5 Jul 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the scheme. The EDRRS provides for the enhanced rehabilitation of 33,000 hectares of Bord na Móna peatlands that had been previously harvested for peat extraction for electricity generation over a 5-year period. All of the lands being rehabilitated are operated under Integrated Pollution Control (IPC) licences granted by the Environmental Protection Agency, and the EDRRS is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (29 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...lower income households through the Fuel Allowance, the Household Benefits Package and other payments, as well as providing free energy efficiency upgrades through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland schemes and the Social Housing retrofitting programme. This year, 58% (€203 million) of the total Government retrofit...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 96 together. I propose to take Question Nos  95 and 96 together. The Electricity Costs (Domestic Electricity Accounts) Emergency Measures Act 2022 established a scheme for the making in 2022, of a once-off Electricity Costs Emergency Benefit Payment to each domestic electricity account, having regard to the exceptional rise in energy...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: The Climate Action Fund Community Climate Action Programme (CCAP) was launched in November of last year. Under this programme €60 million from the Climate Action Fund will be invested in community climate action projects and initiatives, as well as capacity building, over the next three years. The overall aim of this programme is to support and empower communities to shape...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (2 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (1 Jun 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (26 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...Package and other payments, as well as providing free energy efficiency upgrades through the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland schemes and the Social Housing retrofitting programme. This year, 58% (€203 million) of the total Government retrofit budget of €352 million will be spent on dedicated energy poverty retrofit supports and local...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (25 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ... poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk...

Seanad: Carbon Policy: Motion (19 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...regarding the technology. Most new nuclear power plants being built, or those just recently concluded or commissioned in the likes of Finland, France or elsewhere, come of a size of about 1.5 GW, which makes it incredibly expensive should we use the Irish grid. On a grid in Ireland, we are currently probably using approximately 5 GW. We always have to have back-up power to complement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (18 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...have met with representatives of the social enterprise referred to in the question. The Programme for Government and Climate Action Plan set ambitious targets to retrofit the equivalent of 500,000 homes to a Building Energy Rating (BER) of B2/cost optimal or carbon equivalent and the installation of 400,000 heat pumps in existing homes to replace older, less efficient heating systems by...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (12 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...the rising cost of living. These measures included increases to weekly social welfare payments, targeted measures with increases in the living alone allowance and the qualified child increase and a €5 increase in the weekly rate of fuel allowance, with that increase implemented immediately in October. The weekly income threshold for Fuel Allowance was also increased by €20...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (28 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: Energy poverty, or fuel poverty is influenced by a person’s income, the energy efficiency of their home, and the cost of the energy they use in their home. In 2020, the ESRI estimated that 17.5% of households in Ireland could be at risk of energy poverty. Lower income households living in inefficient homes are more at risk of energy poverty when energy prices increase, as the...