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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (30 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. Yesterday, an extra €46,000 of taxpayers' money was allocated for the centre in Portlaoise. That is welcome because the services there are stretched. I agree that prevention is key. We need to reduce the amount of domestic violence and change attitudes and culture in society. However, we also have to live in the here and now. I welcome...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence (30 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I raise the absence of any accommodation in the midlands for victims of domestic violence. Nine counties do not have any such accommodation, including Laois and Offaly. Children and victims are sent as far as three counties away, to Limerick, to domestic violence refuges. More than 100 families went from Laois alone last year. This cannot continue. There is a shortage of places in the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I raise the 2013 report published by the Government and entitled Keeping Communities Safe - A Framework for Fire Safety in Ireland. There are 2,065 retained firefighters operating out of 197 stations across the State and there is a problem in relation to staffing. I have raised this before because there needs to be a sense of urgency around this. In May 2021, the management board of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I ask the Government to move on this. We cannot take a year and a half to put together a simple report. It is just taking too long to get these things done.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 237. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department will request Irish Rail to begin the process of automating the 12 remaining manual level crossings on the Limerick to Ballybrophy via Nenagh railway line. [16033/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 500. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will ensure that children who are under the care of Tusla and that are placed under private family arrangement are placed only in homes that have been adequately vetted and regulated by Tusla; and if he will provide details of the vetting that takes place. [15864/22]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Children in Care (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 501. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current situation regarding children placed under private family arrangement; and if this practice complies with the relevant childcare legislation and European convention. [15867/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (29 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: 888. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current situation regarding the vaccinations of dogs coming into the country; and if his Department has put measures in place to ensure that all such animals are vaccinated. [16358/22]

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome everybody to the meeting. We have one apology from Deputy Alan Dillon and Deputy Matt Carthy may be late because he is attending a meeting of the agriculture committee as well. In order to limit the risk of spreading Covid-19, the service encourages all members, visitors and witnesses to continue to wear face coverings when moving around the Leinster House campus and when in...

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Mr. Walsh. As detailed in his letter of invitation, there are five minutes for an opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I thank Mr. Walsh. I call on the lead committee member today, Deputy Catherine Murphy, who has 15 minutes. She is to be followed by Deputy O'Connor who, along with everyone else, will have ten minutes. We will break for ten minutes at about 11 a.m.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Was it 4,000 homes last year?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Just briefly because I have to watch the time.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: We will take a break now.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: Deputy Verona Murphy is next.

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: The next speaker is Deputy Devlin, who is online. He is not responding. Deputy McAuliffe is not with us yet and Deputy Burke is not here either. I have some questions of my own to move along with. On the national retrofitting plan, there is co-funding from the European Union. The figures that I have seen show that this co-funding is quite small. It is in the thousands. Is that...

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: What was the percentage?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: As a State, have we been successful in drawing down the full amount?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: That is good to hear. I will move back to the issue of electric vehicles. The target is to have almost 1 million such vehicles by 2030. We currently have 55,000 totally electric plug-in vehicles, as opposed to hybrid vehicles. Is that correct?

Public Accounts Committee: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Financial Statements 2020 (24 Mar 2022)

Brian Stanley: I will keep this concise. The figures I have seen show that more than 13,000 such vehicles were bought last year. To ramp this up to 945,000, close to 1 million, by 2030 we would need an average of 130,000 per year or, if starting at our current pace, to scale up to 170,000 or 180,000 in the second half of this decade. The average number of cars sold in a year veers between 90,000 and...