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Wednesday, 24 February 2021

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Departmental Reviews

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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49. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current number of live studies, reviews and research undertaken or commissioned by him; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed in tabular form. [9682/21]

Photo of Eamon RyanEamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department administers a very diverse, complex and technical brief across critical and strategic sectors of the Irish economy.

Studies, reviews and research are currently being undertaken by my Department which contribute to project delivery and informed, robust, evidence based policy making. Details of these are set out in the table below.

Details of live studies, reviews and research Scheduled date for completion
Review of the Call Handling Procedures of the Emergency Call Answering Service (ECAS) Q1 2021
EnvEcon AP Limited - Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). 14/11/2022
University College Cork (MaREI Institute) - Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). 06/12/2022
Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI)- Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). 31/12/2022
University College Dublin (Energy Institute) -Consultancy to support work of the Climate Action Modelling Group (CAMG). 7/02/2023
Review of the security of energy supply of Ireland’s electricity and natural gas systems - focusing on the period to 2030 in the context of ensuring a sustainable pathway to 2050. Q4 2021
Assessment report carried out to provide economic and policy analysis on micro-generation in Ireland 22/06/2021
Capacity Review of National Cyber Security Centre Q2 2021
An independent analysis of the Warmth and Wellbeing Scheme carried out by the London School of Tropical Medicine 2021
Developing geochronology by LA-ICPMS imaging: applications of U-Pb calcite dating in raw materials research 30/11/2021
Quantifying coastal evolution along Wexford county using remote sensing approaches 31/07/2021
Irish National Seismic Network 30/11/2022
Mapping, Modelling and Monitoring Key Processes and Controls on Cold-water Coral Habitats in Submarine Canyons 30/10/2021
Structure, evolution and seismic hazard of the Irish offshore: An investigation using the first broadband, ocean-bottom seismometer deployment offshore Ireland 28/02/2023
Assessing the educational impact of geoscience public engagement initiatives 31/12/2021
Integrating multidisciplinary geoscientific data into forecasting models to monitor and predict coastal change: Proof of concept in Dublin Bay 30/06/2022
COntrol SEISmicity and Manage Induced earthQuakes (COSEISMIQ) 30/04/2021
Identification and Assessment of Deep Geothermal Heat Resources in ChallengingUrban Environments (GEO_URBAN) 30/04/2021
Recycling of End-of-Life Products (PCB, ASR, LCD) 29/04/2021
Environmental Geosceince PhD Programme 31/12/2022
Exploring the critical metal potential of Irish Zn Pb deposits 30/9/2021
Earth Observation for Intertidal Mapping and Monitoring EO Intertide 30/9/2021
DIG: De-risking Ireland’s Geothermal Energy Potential 31/12/2023
ThermoWell: Thermal Resource Extraction from a Standing Column Well 31/12/202
ShallowTHERM 31/05/2021
Stonebuilt Ireland - creating a countrywide inventory of building stone 30/11/2022
SEparating Critical metals ThrOugh mineRal crystallization 30/08/2024
Geophysical and Earth Observation Tools for Evaluating the Condition of Slopes (GEOTECS) 30/09/2024
DEEP Innovation for De-Risking Enhanced Geothermal Energy Projects 31/11/2023
Enhancing REServoirs in Urban deveLopmenT: smart wells and reservoir development, RESULT 30/09/2023
Groundwater-g - Supporting Groundwater Resources Management using Low-Cost Microgravity Technology 31/01/2022
Abrupt Climate Change in Ireland: Redefining our climate future through a lens of high-resolution glacial reconstruction 31/01/2022
RAFTA: Resolution Analyses for Frequency- and Time-DomainAirborne Electromagnetic Data of the Irish Tellus Programme 31/01/2022
Linking ocean model predictions with coastal impacts using a low cost, time-lapse camera shoreline monitoring system 31/01/2022
BIM integrated Geo hazard monitoring of at risk slopes and historical retaining structures 31/01/2022
Amplification of seismic rotations due to subsurface heterogeneities 30/08/2021
Assessing the potential of Holocene shellbeds in Galway Bay as palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimate archives 31/11/2021
Using Earth Observation (Satellite) imagery for offshore renewable energy site selection and constraint analysis. 31/08/2021
Energy Critical Element Characterisation of Irish Mineral Deposits 30/11/2021
Hyperspectral Analysis of the Mourne Mountains (HAMM) 31/01/2022
Mapping weather & climate indices using seismic data (SeisStorm) 30/08/2021
Pile Ageing Study for Offshore Wind Applications 31/01/2022
Delivering Added Value to the Tellus Survey: A Multi-elemental Isotopic Database of Soil and Stream Water 30/11/2021
Quantifying Ireland’s Dust Bowl: An interdisciplinary assessment ofpotential loess genesis, deposition, and dynamics in the Burren 31/01/2022
Real time Monitoring of landslides using remote sensing approaches 31/01/2022
Developing seabed scour assessment and prediction tools using computational fluid dynamics modelling (DeMo) 31/01/2022
Extraction of Historic DEMs and Orthophotos using Digital Photogrammetry and its Applications in Coastal Evolution Studies 31/01/2022
Monitoring and Modelling Geomagnetic and Geoelectric Fields in Ireland 31/3/2024
Integrated modelling of hydrogeological/hydrological data and climate change scenarios for preselected Irish groundwater systems 31/3/2022
PACIFIC: Passive seismic techniques for environmentally friendly and cost efficient mineral exploration 30/11/2021
Catchment Care: Community Actions for resilient ecosystems 30/04/2023
CHERISH: Climate, Heritage and Environments of Reefs, Islands, and Headlands 30/06/2023
Coastal Change from Space: Monitoring Coastal Erosion from Space 10/03/2021
EMODNET, The European Marine Observation and Data Network – Geology 24/09/2021
EMODNET, The European Marine Observation and Data Network – Habitats 30/09/2021
EMODNET, The European Marine Observation and Data Network – Bathymetry 20/12/2022
GEOTHERMICA ERA-NET Cofund 31/12/2021
ERA MIN 3 Raw Materials for the Sustainable Development and the Circular Economy 30/11/2025
Establishing the European Geological Surveys Research Area to deliver a Geological Service for Europe: 28/02/2022
Hover 28/02/2022
Tactic 28/02/2022
Resource 28/02/2022
MUSE 28/02/2022
Hotlime 28/02/2022
GeoConnect3d 28/02/2022
GIP-P 28/02/2022
MINDeSEA 28/02/2022
Eurolithos 28/02/2022
Frame 28/02/2022
Mintell4EU 28/02/2022
European Plate Observing System (ESFRI infrastructure) ongoing
Geo Energy Europe2 30/9/2022
ESRI - Paper on consumer inertia and price sensitivity when choosing mobile plans, based on ComReg’s Mobile Consumer experience survey data. Q2 2021
ESRI - Paper on how local availability of high-speed broadband affects consumer preferences in the mobile market. Q2 2021
ESRI - Behavioural experiments on how to encourage take-up of high-speed broadband services. Q4 2021
ESRI - Study of how availability high-speed broadband and use of internet applications affects social inclusion, loneliness and well-being among older people in Ireland. Q4 2021

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