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Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: I will briefly wrap up. I would like to be associated with all the comments made regarding the staff, the Ceann Comhairle, the Department of justice and my own party. I have a couple of brief points to make. There should be very few limits, if any, on restorative justice. I see what the Minister of State is saying about dismissing cases but cases are commonly dismissed under the probation...

Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I am delighted to propose that the Criminal Justice (Promotion of Restorative Justice) (Amendment) Bill 2023 move to Committee Stage. I thank Deputy Quinlivan for co-signing the Bill and Professor Ian Marder of Maynooth University who did a lot of work in helping us to prepare the Bill. I also thank Leigh Daly who worked in my office and...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Properties (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: 51. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measures he is taking to speed up the delivery of local projects on publicly owned land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40156/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Vacant Properties (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: 77. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for an update on vacant publicly owned buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to increase ASD unit capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40140/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the Government will address the shortage of early intervention classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40139/25]

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Under A.6, the target for the number of people engaged in the annual climate conversations has increased to 500. What effect will that have on climate goals? Some €27 million is put aside for international climate change commitments. How is that being spent?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister have examples of any countries in particular?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: It does not have anything to do with Irish Aid in Limerick or-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: I see that the significant reduction of 24% is due to the absence of the energy credits. I think the Minister would accept that energy costs are huge at the moment. In real terms, household energy bills are not decreasing. In fact, they are still about 70% higher than where they were three years ago. Gas prices are close to double previous levels. We discussed this in one of the earlier...

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: What was the percentage?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The draft price 6 review, PR6, was published last week. It estimated that the network charge in energy bills could rise by €80 on the average bill over the next five years.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: The Minister mentioned switching. That is not going to reduce the €900 increase.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: That has not been done yet. Can that be done in advance of-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Does the Minister need a task force to implement all the measures to reduce energy bills, particularly standing charges? Does he accept that the PSO levy needs to be reformed and he does not need a task force to advise him on that? His party's election manifesto mentioned-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: -----seven or eight ideas-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: -----about reducing the PSO, funding the upgrade of the grid and reforming the CRU. None of that has been done.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Pa Daly: Fiction.