Results 1-20 of 23 for construction industry council speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (26 Apr 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants.  The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (4 May 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...of regional and local roads is the statutory responsibility of each local authority in accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993. Works on those roads are funded from Councils' own resources supplemented by State road grants. The Killaloe Bypass, Shannon Bridge Crossing and the R494 improvement scheme is one of the limited number of strategic regional and local...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...walk, cycle or wheel. Each local authority has, in turn, seen a large increase in funding allocation for Active Travel in recent years. In terms of actual spend, 2021 saw €11,162,595 spent by Cork County Council, and to date in 2022 the Council has spent €6,208,151. In line with the majority of other local authorities, the figure for 2022 is likely to increase...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Road Network (19 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: I look forward to visiting Sligo again. I have been trying to get out there. I am visiting Westmeath County Council tomorrow and I look forward to visiting the county councils in both Sligo and Leitrim to talk to them about the climate action plan we have to deliver together. I am looking forward to visiting Sligo in particular because one of the most interesting pathfinder projects in our...

Written Answers — Energy Conservation: Energy Conservation (12 Mar 2008)

Eamon Ryan: ...the scheme will help secure a range of objectives including more competitive offerings, revised product standards, improved training standards and stable growth across the renewable heating industry. Sustainable Energy Ireland (SEI) is administering the scheme on behalf of my Department. I understand that there are approximately 500 applicants awaiting grant approval at any one time....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...no later than 2050 and a reduction in emissions of 51% by 2030 compared to 2018 levels. Following the process set out in the Act, a carbon budget programme proposed by the Climate Change Advisory Council was adopted by the Oireachtas on 6 April 2022. On 28 July 2022, the Government approved Sectoral Emission Ceilings for both the first and second carbon budget periods, (i.e. 2021-2025 and...

Pre-Budget Statements (Resumed) (25 Mar 2009)

Eamon Ryan: ...that we are at an unprecedented point of crisis. I would like to draw attention to various aspects of the crisis, with specific reference to the useful work done by National Economic and Social Council. I am aware that a number of Deputies referred to the council's report, which was published recently, in their contributions. The approach advocated by the council in its timely report...

Select Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised)
Vote 31 - Transport (Revised) (9 Feb 2022)

Eamon Ryan: ...passed, make it easier for local authorities to experiment with active travel proposals. Turning to active travel and greenways, €358.6 million is allocated under this programme. Major urban projects to commence construction include the Clontarf to Amiens Street route in Dublin and the MacCurtain Street scheme in Cork. In all, an estimated 1,200 active travel projects will be...

Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Dec 2016)

Eamon Ryan: ...say that the reason a delay occurs is often because a developer submits a permission to test the waters and then subsequently makes changes to it. It is not the local communities or local councillors who are holding things up but the developers who are submitting planning permissions which have not been fully thought through, in respect of which the communities have been consulted and are...

Ireland's Stability Programme Update April 2016: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: ...accounted for differently. The scale of expenditure on housing could and should be ramped up radically because housing, as several speakers noted, is the biggest crisis we face. Public investment should drive housing construction. If, as the Construction Industry Federation argues, Central Bank limits are keeping housing prices below the cost of housing, making housing construction...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...sector is as involved in this as every other sector. First, it is affected by climate change like no other sector. Second, energy will completely transform. It will be a 100% change. Industry will be 50%, 60% or 70% changed in the next decade and the same for transport. Agriculture will have to play its part. If Irish agriculture does not, it will be in deep trouble. It will get the...

Climate Action Plan 2023: Statements (18 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...were developed in summer 2022, as required under law, which range in ambition from a 75% reduction in emissions for the likes of the electricity sector and a 50% reduction in emissions in transport, while industry varied between reductions of 35% and 40% down to 25% for agriculture. We are clear on the responsibilities each sector has. The climate action plan, agreed by the Government...

Offshore Renewable Energy: Motion [Private Members] (8 Dec 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...is one of the highest priorities of this Government to meet this economic opportunity. In addition to developing the planning and regulatory frameworks for this new multibillion euro offshore industry, my Department is also developing a route to market for offshore wind under the renewable electricity support scheme, RESS. At least three RESS auctions dedicated to offshore wind are...

Housing Issues: Statements (14 Apr 2016)

Eamon Ryan: ...to build the right homes, in the right place and at the right price. I want to look broadly at these three aspects. On the issue of the right homes, yesterday I attended a conference organised by the Construction Industry Federation at which a speaker from the Society of Chartered Surveyors set out some of the typical costs and tried to address the issue we have between costs and market...

Seanad: Wind Energy: Statements (25 Jan 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Thank you very much, Acting Chair. I very much appreciate this chance to share some of the latest thinking and developments in the development of the offshore wind industry, which is going to be of significant economic, environmental and social consequences for the people of our country. We were one of the first countries out of the traps on this. The offshore wind power project off Arklow...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...on biofuel sustainability, meeting European targets for renewable transport energy share and to support the development of legislation. Supporting each of these working groups is the establishment of an expert panel to provide industry knowledge and insight with the first meeting held on 1 December. The policy’s ongoing implementation has been supported through the enactment of...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...on biofuel sustainability, meeting European targets for renewable transport energy share and to support the development of legislation. Supporting each of these working groups is the establishment of an expert panel to provide industry knowledge and insight with the first meeting held on 1 December. The policy’s ongoing implementation has been supported through the enactment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: European Commission Strategy on Climate Action: Discussion (16 May 2019)

Eamon Ryan: The Commission and the outgoing Parliament have done a good job on the whole green energy package, particularly in the governance mechanisms which have been put in place. It has dragged the Council forward and I commend the Commission on how it has done that. However, now we have to act. The Irish plan, which we will see in June, is critical for us. This committee has looked at this...

Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion [Private Members] (6 Mar 2018)

Eamon Ryan: ...acquiring any additional assets; — EUROSTAT has recently indicated that approved housing bodies will not be able to avail of off-balance sheet financing for the provision of new homes; — 1,000 new apartments are currently under construction in the docklands area of Dublin but most of those units are already sold to international corporations for the use of their staff;...