Results 141-160 of 29,384 for speaker:Eamon Ryan

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My Department uses advertising to promote a range of services, supports and initiatives for people and communities across Ireland. As the media landscape has evolved over the past number of years, advertising expenditure has grown to address the diverse needs of different audiences, including costs associated with achieving national reach for important public messages. For example, my...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Quality (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The first national Clean Air Strategy was published in April 2023. This provides an overarching policy framework within which clean air policies can be formulated and given effect in a manner consistent with national, EU and international policy considerations and priorities. It complements the National Air Pollution Control Programme, which sets out a pathway based on a comprehensive...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In line with the evolution of EU and UN environmental policy, the Waste Action Plan for a Circular Economy was published in September 2020. The first Circular Economy Strategy and the Circular Economy Programme were published in November 2021, and in July 2022 the Circular Economy Act completed its passage through the Oireachtas. Over the past 2 years Government have put in place the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Circular Economy Unit within my Department was established to ensure a whole of government approach to the circular economy. It has responsibility for the development of the current and future iterations of Ireland’s Circular Economy Strategy and supporting policy coherence across government in Ireland’s continued transition to a more circular economy. The Unit works...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In accordance with the provisions of Section 13 of the Roads Act 1993, each local authority has statutory responsibility for the improvement and maintenance of their regional and local roads. Works on those roads are funded from local authorities' own resources and are supplemented by State Road grants. Of these grants, the vast majority (approximately 90%) are targeted at the maintenance and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (14 May 2024)

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: Middle East (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: My private office has not received any correspondence from the organisers of The Freedom Flotilla group. As my cabinet colleague Minister Chambers recently advised Deputy Réada Cronin in Dáil Question No. 136 of the 8th of May 2024; The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) requires that every state shall effectively exercise its jurisdiction and control in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public transport in Ireland. The property affairs of CIÉ are matters for the CIÉ Board in accordance with the provisions of the Transport Acts 1950 and 1964. Accordingly, I have forwarded the Deputy's question to CIÉ for direct reply. Please advise my private office if you do not...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, an Oral Hearing in relation to the planning application for MetroLink commenced on February 19th and concluded on March 28th. Dependent on the outcome of the planning process, construction of MetroLink is earmarked to commence over the coming years with a view to operation by the mid-2030s. MetroLink serves a different route to that proposed by Metro North, for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, MetroLink is a key project under the National Development Plan 2021-30. MetroLink will be a fully electrified, segregated and mostly underground new rail line from the Swords area to Charlemont in the south of Dublin City Centre via Dublin Airport. The Transport Strategy for the Greater Dublin Area 2022-2042 is the statutory transport strategy for the region...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

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 issue raised by the Deputy in relation to the platform at Kilkenny railway station is a matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

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 issue raised by the Deputy in relation to the operation of a lift in McDonagh Station is a matter for Irish Rail. Therefore, I have referred the Deputy's question to Irish Rail for direct response to...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the National Transport Authority (NTA) has statutory responsibility for the planning and development of public transport infrastructure in the Greater Dublin Area including, in consultation with Iarnród Éireann, the planning and implementation of the DART+ South West project. The DART+ programme comprises five related projects in the Greater Dublin Area...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Córas Iompair Éireann (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As the Deputy may be aware, the CIÉ Group is actively engaged in introducing changes to their pension schemes aimed at rectifying the significant deficit in order to meet the statutory Minimum Funding Standard (MFS) required by the Pensions Authority. The changes also aim to sustain the pension schemes into the long-term. Regarding the 1951 Scheme, CIÉ has prepared and submitted a...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: As Minister for Transport, I have responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to Active Travel. Funding is administered through the National Transport Authority (NTA), who, in partnership with local authorities, have responsibility for the selection and development of specific projects in each local authority area. Noting the role of the NTA in the matter, I have referred...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Taxi Regulations (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including vehicle age limits for SPSVs, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. Regulations made by the NTA in 2010 first...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Policy (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The regulation of the small public service vehicle (SPSV) industry, including suitability tests for SPSVs, is a matter for the independent transport regulator, the National Transport Authority (NTA), under the provisions of the Consolidated Taxi Regulation Act 2013 and 2016. I have no role in the day-to-day operations of the SPSV industry. Accordingly, I have referred your question to the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Government, through Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland (ZEVI), is investing €100 million between 2023-2025 in EV infrastructure as we look to accelerate the delivery of EV charging across our national road network and local and regional networks. In January 2023, Minister Ryan launched the national Strategy for the development of EV charging infrastructure, covering the crucial...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Meetings (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The next meeting of the Council of EU Transport Ministers is scheduled to take place in Luxembourg on 18 June 2024. The Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Jack Chambers, is scheduled to attend.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (14 May 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The number of WTE data and interoperability managers employed by by department in 2023 and to-date in 2024 are laid out below: Grade Number Duration of Service Data and Interoperability manager (on Secondment to Department of Transport) 1 November 2023-Present