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Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications
Financial Statements 2022: Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland
2022 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 8: Performance of Certain Residential Retrofit Schemes (9 Nov 2023)

...schemes and €387 million on other energy schemes, including energy-efficiency grants support. A total of €90.6 million was spent on the circular economy development programme, which encompasses inland fisheries, waste management and the Geological Survey Ireland, GSI. Expenditure on the connectivity and communications programme in 2022 was €203 million. Of this,...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (9 Nov 2023)

Darragh O'Brien: ...Programme, through Exchequer funding, delivers improvements to private domestic water services in rural areas where there are no public (Uisce Éireann) water services. It provides operational and management subsidies for the group water sector and also provides capital investment in the wider rural water sector. The Multi-annual Rural Water Programme provides capital funding...

Seanad: Ban on Dumping New Products Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2023)

Lynn Boylan: ...Ireland. It has been here for a year and God knows how many items have been dumped in that time. As the Minister of State said, it is absolutely imperative that commercial bodies segregate their waste, as householders have been doing for a long time, but this is not waste we are talking about but unsold products. What we have heard from the French evaluation process is that there has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Skills and Supports Required for Businesses to Meet Decarbonisation Targets: Discussion (8 Nov 2023)

...specialist objectives. In 2022, over 1,790 businesses and 5,800 employees benefited from climate and sustainability upskilling programmes delivered by Skillnet Ireland, covering areas such as energy management, offshore wind, water stewardship, biodiversity management, sustainable finance and environmental, social, and corporate governance, ESG, reporting, sustainable food production,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Illegal Dumping (7 Nov 2023)

Eamon Ryan: The use of CCTV to monitor anti-social behaviour is outside the remit of my Department and I am therefore not in a position to comment on any local authority measures to manage this issue. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (7 Nov 2023)

Michael McGrath: ...), applies from 1 January 2023 on the warehoused debt (or from 1 May 2023 for those in the extended scheme). The scheme was automatically available to businesses and individuals that are managed by Revenue’s Business and Personal Divisions. Revenue’s Business Division manages enterprises with an annual turnover less than €3 million, which accounts for the majority of...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Ukraine War (7 Nov 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...than at a set fee. A 16% rate plus a €40 flat rate utility charge will be applied. The flat rate utility charge will cover electricity (including electric heating), water, internet connection and domestic waste collection. The accommodation contribution will be administered by the Approved Housing Body (AHB) appointed to manage the properties. This will include determination,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (7 Nov 2023)

...quality. We have examined the report and I welcome the 14 specific recommendations relating to freshwater. They align well with the planned actions contained in the draft national river basin management plan. Indeed, we were mindful of them when finalising the development of the plan. The plan was sent to the water policy advisory committee last week for review. We expect that...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (26 Oct 2023)

Michael Lowry: The Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act became law in July 2022 providing for the GDPR-compliant use of CCTV for waste enforcement purposes by local authorities. The Act requires the Local Government Management Agency to draw up and submit a code of practice for the use of CCTV by local authorities to deter and detect dumping. Yet, almost a year and a half after the Act became...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2022
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 3: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 4: Accountability of the Central Funding of Local Authorities. (26 Oct 2023)

...transport investment. Three quarters of this was earmarked for road improvements, with the balance for public transport and active travel investments. Other local authority activities that receive regular funding are water and sanitary services investments, waste management and flood relief works. Central government providers of funding to local authorities are required to ensure an...

European Parliament Directive on Victims of Crime: Motion (Resumed) (25 Oct 2023)

Pa Daly: ...fear of the system removed. They need reassurance they will be supported and that they are intrinsic to the system rather than on the periphery. I frequently hear that victims believe it is a waste of time. They need assurance that they are not alone and that everything will be done, while guaranteeing the right to a fair trial at the same time. They need assurance that they will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Functions (25 Oct 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...which the key environmental regulators, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and local authorities, discharge their functions with regard to the licensing and permitting of industrial and waste activities as well as pollution from air, noise and littering. These regulatory authorities are independent in the discharge of their functions under legislation, which includes the Circular...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Functions (25 Oct 2023)

Simon Coveney: ...to the highest international standards. The specific standards NSAI audit organisations against in the area of environmental protection include: ISO 14001, an International Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Standard, was developed to help organisations identify, manage and control those activities that have an environmental impact. It helps organisations improve their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairperson of the Health and Safety Authority (25 Oct 2023)

Richard Bruton: ...up to this? We already see that remote working is becoming quite prevalent. Undoubtedly, this must throw up some health and safety issues as to who is responsible for safety and how it is to be managed. It would be interesting to get Ms Byron's insights. We also heard about how AI is changing the way people are overseen in the workplace. It can be both a positive, if it identifies...

Health Service Funding: Motion [Private Members] (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: ...is trying to put some manners on runaway HSE budgets. Anybody who has spent any time working in or around the healthcare industry knows we have a lot of inefficiencies. It leads to a lot of needless waste. That is yet to be tackled and is something we need to pay particular attention to. Like Deputy Canney, I worry about the message to workers, patients, families and those on long-term...

Finance (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Matt Shanahan: The bust following the Celtic tiger era should have taught many of us the importance of budgeting and living within our means. This applies also to the management of our national finances. I said on budget day that I felt I needed to stand up and question the wisdom of breaking the fiscal rules in developing budget 2024, not least when the level of pre-windfall corporation tax means that in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Consideration and Implications of 2024 Health Services Funding: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Mr. Robert Watt: I think those numbers refer to the expenditure that has taken place already to date. We are going to look at contracts, procurement strategies and stock management to see if there are ways in which we can save, for example, by more efficiently producing waste and getting better deals. That is a difficult and slow process. It is hard to envisage hundreds of millions in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Policing Matters: Discussion (24 Oct 2023)

Patrick Costello: ...very concerned, do not feel safe and believe that things are not going the right way, are they reporting this? Mr. Gallagher said his organisation has to be economic in this regard so as not to waste Garda time, but is he reporting these issues because when this is put to the Garda Commissioner, he points to the recorded figures, which show that assault in public places, for example, are...

Investment in Healthcare: Statements (19 Oct 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

John McGuinness: ...gets done. Is that what we are doing? I have been here at various budgets and I have seen the health budget increased year on year with substantial amounts of money. How is that money being managed? In her contribution to this debate, Deputy Shortall is correct that we have to go back to how reform is treated in this country by this Government and by successive Governments. When we...

Committee on Public Petitions: Decisions on Public Petitions Received (19 Oct 2023)

Martin Browne: ...to the proceedings. This petition relates to the closed railway line from Collooney, County Sligo to Athenry, County Galway. The line has been closed for more than four decades and is lying in waste. People along the route in small towns and villages in the west of Ireland want to see something happen. The petition has garnered slightly more than 26,000 signatures. The petitioner...