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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and has statutory responsibility for the planning and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for overall policy and exchequer funding in relation to the National Roads Programme. Under the Roads Acts 1993-2015 and in line with the National Development Plan (NDP), the planning, design and construction of individual national roads is a matter for Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII), in conjunction with the local authorities concerned....

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to the routes of these...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally, and for decisions in relation to these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure such as the works at Oranmore train station. Noting the NTA's responsibility in the matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the NTA for a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Strategies (7 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport, while the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure. The Government is strongly committed to improving...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The national air quality monitoring network is operated, maintained, and monitored by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme. My Department has provided funding for a significant upgrade to the network in recent years, and as a consequence the number of monitoring stations has increased from 29 in 2017 to 114 today. The expansion will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Retailers have two options when offering take-back services under the Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) – 1) manual, over the counter collection, or 2) automated collection through the use of reverse vending machines (RVMs). Empty containers will be collected from retailers by Re-turn, the scheme operator, where they will be sorted and recycled, at no cost to the retailer. All retailers...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Just Transition (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Just Transition Fund (EU JTF) targets funding to the Midlands region (namely Laois, Longford Offaly, Roscommon, and Westmeath; and specified municipal districts in Galway, Kildare and Tipperary), to address the longer-term economic transition of the region arising from the end of commercial peat extraction and peat-fired power generation. To date, €66 million of funding has been...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) is continuing to work on the finalisation of draft Codes of Practice and Data Protection Impact Assessments (DPIAs), which are fundamental to the future operation of CCTV schemes aimed at assisting waste enforcement and anti-litter efforts, including the monitoring of illegal dumping and dog fouling. The LGMA circulated draft Codes of Practice and...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: North-South Interconnector (6 Dec 2023)

Eamon Ryan: Responsibility for the regulation of the electricity market is a matter for the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) which is an independent regulator, accountable to a committee of the Oireachtas and not me as Minister. The CRU was assigned responsibility for the regulation of the Irish electricity sector following the enactment of the Electricity Regulation Act, 1999 and subsequent...

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

Eamon Ryan: The purpose of the Pathfinder Programme was to demonstrate how sustainable mobility projects can transform how we travel in our communities, and critically, how this can be done at speed given the need for urgent action. A key criterion for the initial designation as 'pathfinder' was the capacity of projects to be delivered by the end of 2025. This was made clear to all project promoters from...

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

Eamon Ryan: There is currently no legislation that requires all charging stations to include a Type 2 connector. The Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation which has come into force and will apply from 13thof April 2024, requires that where an AC charge-point is installed, it must provide a Type 2 connector for interoperability purposes. Where a DC charge point is being provided, it must provide a...

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

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport; however, I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of public transport. The National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for securing the provision of public passenger transport services nationally and for the scheduling and timetabling of these services in...

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

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including setting the criteria for obtaining a taxi licence, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA). In addition, the NTA is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics relating to SPSV licensing. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV...

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

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including setting the criteria for obtaining a taxi licence, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA). In addition, the NTA is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics relating to SPSV licensing. I am not involved in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV...