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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Prices (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister for his reply. I did not pick up the date on which the €200 credit would land on people's bills. Perhaps he will clarify it. It might seem a secondary consideration in light of everything that is happening, and our primary concern is for the welfare of the people of Ukraine, but will the Minister clarify the role of Russian gas in our supply? The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 79. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on the recent comments by the Director General of the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, that greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to fall here in 2022; if he has plans to strengthen the climate action remit of the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities, CRU, to prioritise the achievement of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the recent comments by the director general of the EPA that greenhouse gas emissions are unlikely to fall here in 2022. Has the Minister plans to strengthen the climate action remit of the CRU to prioritise the achievement of Ireland’s 2030 and 2050 emission reduction targets? Will he make a statement on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire. As he knows, the director general of the EPA said it is hard to see how emissions will fall this year. I think a former head of the CCAC said they will likely increase. This is at a time we are in the second year of a carbon budget where we are supposed to see a 4.8% annual average reduction. I do not take any satisfaction from saying this but there is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I do not agree. I refer again to the level of funding committed to this. We differ on the carbon tax but it will at best raise €9.5 billion, though I question that figure. That figure is a drop in the ocean in respect of what is needed to deliver the type of urgent systemic change the Minister is talking about out. People do not see the impact on public transport, for example....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: You are the Minister.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Production (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 102. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which he intends to maximise the roll-out of solar PV to schools, community buildings and sports clubs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10258/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an update will be provided on the national broadband plan, including the targets to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10259/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if an update will be provided on the establishment of a just transition commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10261/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Energy Communities (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will increase the funding for the sustainable energy communities programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10257/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 188. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the upfront cost of installing solar PV, which still makes it inaccessible to many households; if he plans to increase the financial support for households to install solar PV; when households with solar PV already installed will begin to receive a payment or credits for excess...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (24 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 274. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the window in which Ireland’s climate targets are incorporated or will be incorporated into our planning system; the way that upstream and downstream impacts induced demand and embedded carbon, for example, will be assessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/22]

Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Casualties) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (23 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister must know where Sinn Féin stands on this Bill. We have articulated the position repeatedly over recent months and days. I am disappointed that our amendments have been ruled out of order, but so be it. I am more disappointed that the Minister did not table similar amendments. We firmly believe that now is the opportunity to get the area of marine casualty investigations...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (23 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the eligibility criteria for the free energy upgrade scheme have changed from houses built before 2006 to houses built before 1993; if so, the number of houses this measure will exclude from this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10185/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (23 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the McKinsey reports have been used to inform the development of the Climate Action Plan 2019 and 2021; the way that this compares to the advice from the Climate Change Advisory Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10239/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (23 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 71. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 19 January 2022, if he will clarify the number of deep retrofits that were completed in 2021 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10350/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: General Scheme of the Communications Regulation (Enforcement) Bill: Discussion (23 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for the presentations and updates. I have a couple of sets of questions. The first set of questions is for the Department. When the officials were in with us before, they indicated a timeline. Will they give us an update on their sense of the timeline and where we are in the preparation of the heads of this legislation with the Government? How does that relate to...

Carbon Tax: Motion [Private Members] (22 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion. I will deal with the issue of the carbon tax as a mechanism for delivering on our climate obligations. Listening to Government spokespersons, we would be led to believe that the carbon tax is the be-all and end-all; no carbon tax, no climate action. However, we have had carbon taxes for 13 years now and emissions have increased year on...

Citizens' Assemblies: Motion (22 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the commitment to a citizens' assembly on the biodiversity crisis. Campaigners have been calling for the assembly to be convened as a matter of priority to address the growing biodiversity crisis that has been caused by habitat loss, overexploitation and climate change. These factors have caused a rapid acceleration of animals and plants becoming extinct. Measures to restore...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (22 Feb 2022)

Darren O'Rourke: 41. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider the introduction of a refundable tax credit available to renters in the private rental market valued against their monthly rental payments with an appropriate cap in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/22]