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- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Overall greenhouse gas emissions do not include the emissions trading scheme, ETS, emissions, which are left out. Is that correct?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Even those that are in the ETS.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Of course they have, but they come under the ETS. Is that included?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: When we look at that national inventory-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Households account for 25% of the greenhouse gas emissions. When we say "households", that includes energy, cars and so on.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The other 75% is business, agriculture, services and transport generally.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: One might draw the unwarranted conclusion that women are not very good at figures and that is cause for reflection. I thank our guests for all the documents. It makes for difficult reading for me, as an ordinary member of the Committee of Public Accounts, but it is very helpful. Separate to the CSO, our guests considered the implication of increasing carbon tax. Based on their...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: There were four criteria and that was one of them. Have our guests done research on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Can Mr. Reaños refer me to that research?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I do not accept that and I do not see research on that before me, not that I blame our guests for that. They were asked to look at particular criteria and a particular model. Many years ago, in Galway, we aimed to reach 45% recycling and that could only be done over five years. However, following a six-week pilot project, we achieved 70% recycling through encouragement and education....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I am not sure where Mr. Brady is doing that research. I can only go on my experience. We knock on many doors and climate change has been the main issue in the past two elections. The electorate has been way ahead of the Government and politicians. The main issues are climate change, health and housing. People were crying out to be a part of the solution. I am not taking issue with Mr....
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The only narrative put forward by management in Galway in 2001 was that an incinerator was essential. The people of Galway disagreed. It has all been undone since because the waste collection has been privatised. For a number of years, we led the way in the pilot project with 70% recycling and, on an ongoing basis when it was rolled out, 56% of waste was diverted from landfill on a...
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: That was way back.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I agree. In fact, people changed a long time ago but Governments did not keep up with the change. I want to ask about the energy rating. Just over half of the households in Ireland are energy rated. When our guests go from door to door doing research-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: The SEAI gives the figures?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: Is the authority rolling out a policy to assess each house?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: That is the point at which it occurs.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Accounts of the Public Services
Chapter 9 - Greenhouse Gas-Related Financial Transactions: Discussion (5 Nov 2019) Catherine Connolly: I have a final question about urban and rural households. Do rural households have lower or higher emissions? I thought they would be higher but the conclusion of the report referred to lower emissions. Do rural households have higher emissions? The conclusions, on page 25, state "though rural households emit less than urban households, a carbon tax increase will result in higher...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (5 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: 1050. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications awaiting assessment by the medical review and assessment section, in tabular form; the payments to which the applications refer; the length of time in months such persons are waiting; the counties from which the applications come; the length of time allocated for a medical review or assessment;...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Appointments to State Boards Data (5 Nov 2019)
Catherine Connolly: 1133. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacancies that arose on the board of the National Oversight and Audit Commission since January 2018 to date in 2019; the number that have been filled; the process engaged to fill vacancies; the number remaining vacant as at 24 October 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44589/19]