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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Carbon Budgets and Climate Action Plan: Engagement with Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (16 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...such as those we saw this summer, early last year or early this year. We need those as well as to shut off coal plant and old oil plant, so we will use gas for this interim period. In my mind, LNG imports will not be needed to give us that security. We can and will be able to use what I see as one of the strategic options, which is using some of the distillate stored that we hold as...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...in the first half of next year. This review will inform future Government policy. In advance of the completion of this review, it is Government policy that it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. This policy was set out in the Government's Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas which was...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (30 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...for Regulation of Utilities (the CRU). The majority of the natural gas consumed in Ireland is imported from the UK which has a range of diverse sources including domestic production, pipeline imports and LNG imports. There are no issues with natural gas supply from the UK and gas is continuing to flow and be traded normally in Ireland.  The CRU has statutory responsibility to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...world. There has been a significant boost to the economy in Asia as it emerges from the Covid pandemic, and a considerable increase in demand for gas there has drawn much liquefied natural gas, LNG, which is a mobile gas resource, to the Asian market, leaving the European market short and the prices increasing. There have, for a variety of reasons, been restrictions on other supply, both...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems that is currently being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. The review, which I expect to complete in the first half of next year, will be submitted to Government. The policy statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (16 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems that is currently being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. The review, which I expect to complete in the first half of next year, will be submitted to Government. The policy statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (9 Sep 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. The review is focusing on the period to 2030 in the context of ensuring a sustainable pathway to 2050. The review includes a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (27 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. My Department has made, and will continue to make, this position clear to developers of potential LNG projects and in response to...

Seanad: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (9 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: This is a significant issue. We lived up to our commitments in the programme for Government. We issued the policy statement that put a hold on the development of any LNG terminals pending an energy security review. That is the appropriate approach to take. I cannot accept these amendments. I do not believe they would be effective. They would need to be redrafted. It is difficult with...

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

Eamon Ryan: ...of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. Consequently this will mean that gas fired power stations will not use gas which is sourced from imported fracked LNG. The...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (1 Jul 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. The review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems is focusing on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Policies (17 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...will facilitate the expansion of offshore wind energy to help the country meet its greenhouse gas emissions targets. - The Government approved the Policy Statement on the Importation of Fracked Gas including a moratorium on the development of LNG import terminals pending the completion of review of security of supply. - Public consultations on the Community Benefit Fund for the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Grid (16 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...the outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with. The review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems is focusing on the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with; - the Government will work with like-minded European States to promote and support changes to European energy laws – in...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (25 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...outcome of a review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems being carried out by my Department, it would not be appropriate for the development of any LNG terminals in Ireland to be permitted or proceeded with; - the Government will work with like-minded European States to promote and support changes to European energy laws – in...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...government. I am glad that we have delivered on the programme for Government commitment and have agreement with our colleagues. We have just issued a statement committing that we would stop these LNG terminals, and saying that the Government is not supporting them. Critically, as well as internationally and through those policy statements, the third way is in building up the...

Questions on Promised Legislation (20 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: -----which we are actually doing. This is the change we can make, so we will not need LNG.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 May 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...centre of this. It will involve other work to get that balancing capability and we will still require fuels. Those will not be gas fuels and they will not be imported liquefied natural gas, LNG, or fracked gas in particular because we have to stop using fossil fuels. This Government will issue the policy statement we have committed to in our programme for Government to say that is...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: ...Estuary who are willing to invest in hydrogen and wind energy, sectors in which we know we have a comparative advantage and will not have stranded assets. If we invested in liquefied natural gas, LNG, facilities, there would be a major risk of stranded assets and would not be in tune with our commitments. As a country, we have shown real leadership on climate in recent years. The Fine...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2021
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Revised) (20 Apr 2021)

Eamon Ryan: I do not see us having LNG terminals. I will have to check the programme for Government, but I think it was specific in referring to imported fracked gas. It is very difficult when one gets into the subject given some of the technical aspects involved in terms of how one can be certain about the source of certain gas. Similar to the electricity grid network, when one is importing...