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RTÉ: Statements (28 Feb 2024)

Peadar Tóibín: It is absolutely true to say that the RTÉ omnishambles has been dragging on for months and is getting worse by the month under the Minister's management. It is a depressing soap opera that is dragging down the confidence of the people within RTÉ. It is also having a financial impact. We see that the amounts collected in licence fees are collapsing, which is obviously also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Development of a National Hearing Care Plan: Chime (28 Feb 2024)

...would address waiting lists in a substantive way. The framework involves two phases. Phase 1 is a procurement process to develop a panel of approved providers and phase 2 would follow whereby local HSE management could tender for services to address waiting lists locally, using that approved provider list. We understand that this process, which has been delayed many times, has hit...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (28 Feb 2024)

Paschal Donohoe: ...stakeholders to reduce embodied carbon and promote the circular economy in construction and the built environment. One of the initiatives currently being developed will see mandatory reporting of embodied carbon on public works projects introduced into the Capital Works Management Framework (CWMF) over the coming years. The lack of empirical data on embodied carbon for construction...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Recycling Policy (27 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Pauline Tully: ...it is approximately 2,000, but I am not sure of that figure. I am not sure if any of them are accessible. None of those I have seen locally are. They have to be addressed. It seems an awful waste of money that they were not made accessible to all from the start. I do not know if the company did proper consultation because that issue would have been raised with it. We had issues with...

Recent Arson Attacks: Statements (27 Feb 2024)

Helen McEntee: ...activity, the Garda has pursued that in appropriate ways.  In DMR, as of November last year, there were 47 different arrests, which we perhaps do not always hear about. In response to protests and demonstrations, Garda management deploys an increased presence where it deems it necessary.  An Garda Síochána conducts a review of the response to each protest and public...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (27 Feb 2024)

Eoin Ó Broin: ...and a licence was to do something. Planning permission is granted for a building and a licence is granted to run a pub in a building. They are not the same. Planning permission is provided for a waste management treatment plant and then permission is granted to run a waste management treatment plant. They are different categories.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (27 Feb 2024)

Neasa Hourigan: 86. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the reinstitution of the price monitoring group to monitor the cost of residential waste collection to households; his plans to ensure price stability across the sector and prevent price gouging in areas that do not have the option of more than one service provider; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this answer

Thomas Byrne: ...technology; development of electric vehicle charging facilities; use of sustainable building materials; biodiversity protection and restoration; reduction in resource usage i.e. sustainable waste and water management; development of sustainability strategies/climate action plans; promotion of positive behavioural changes amongst members/users; active travel facilities. Officials in...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Septic Tanks (27 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: I understand the Question refers to Domestic Waste Water Treatment Systems (DWWTS), commonly known as septic tanks, and their selection for inspection under the National Inspection Plan and the grants available to households. The policy of providing grant support to households for remedial work on septic tanks arises from the need to address damage being done to water quality in sensitive...

Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...being allowed to go on is shocking. We have been told by the Minister for Health that the trolley numbers are falling. They certainly are not falling in our region. The numbers beggar belief. A lot of it has to be down to bad management. The management must be held accountable. They are unable to manage. We must question the employment of some of these managers, and what experience...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (22 Feb 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: ...by 2030 and 2050, while continuing to produce food sustainably. Agri-food imports are of course subject to a range of requirements that must be met when entering the EU single market. The EU manages trade relations with third countries in the form of trade agreements. They are designed to create better trading opportunities and overcome related barriers. The EU's trade policy is...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (22 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 105. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of units deemed to have availed of a deposit return take back exemption, by county and by category of retail, in tabular form. [8479/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Wastewater Treatment (22 Feb 2024)

Darragh O'Brien: The policy of providing grant funding for remedial work on domestic waste water treatment systems (DWWTS) arises from the need to address damage being done to water quality in sensitive areas in particular. The three grant schemes available to householders are focused on the areas of greatest environmental priority and are not general in application. Householders can avail of the grants if...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

...the choice-based letting scheme online has been successfully used to prevent homelessness. Dublin City Council’s Traveller accommodation staff work hard to maintain prompt service delivery and estate management processes across all our sites. There have, however, been several incidents where staff welfare and safety on site has been compromised. This has also been the case with...

Healthcare Provision in Rural Communities: Motion [Private Members] (21 Feb 2024)

Mattie McGrath: ...knows that something is wrong. Somebody quoted figures earlier and said that spending has increased by €800 million, or 40%, since 2019. It might be true but this is not about money. It is about mismanagement and pure neglect of rural and urban areas. GPs are not valued or respected. They have an ever-increasing workload. In my county, there are advertisements on Tipp FM and...

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Planning and Development Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024) See 3 other results from this debate

Darragh O'Brien: ...shall have regard to the fact that functions relating to the control of emissions arising from an activity subject to an integrated pollution control licence, industrial emissions licence, waste water discharge licence or a waste licence vest in the Environmental Protection Agency. The Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 and the Waste Management Act 1996 already adequately and in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Energy Poverty: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2024)

Denis Naughten: ...can work with the companies in that regard. What I found interesting is the fact that on one third of the nights in 2023, electricity was being curtailed in this country. Electricity was being wasted in this country. This is expensive electricity we put in place in terms of the capital infrastructure. What this committee is looking at is not just dealing with the water tanks but...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Legislative Programme (20 Feb 2024)

Eamon Ryan: ...Programme in January which is available on Gov.ie. My Department is currently progressing two priority Bills, namely the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023 and the Environment Protection Agency and Waste Management (Amendment) Bill 2024. Government approved the general scheme of the Gas Safety(Amendment) Bill in November last year. It is currently with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waste Management (20 Feb 2024)

David Stanton: 349. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of domestic wastewater treatment system grants processed by each local authority in 2022 and 2023; the amount paid out by each local authority in these years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7673/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Waste Management (20 Feb 2024)

Niamh Smyth: 356. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he can review the criteria for the septic tank grant; if he will acknowledge that many people who want to avail of the grant are not eligible for same as they are not located in the so called “buffer zones”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8014/24]