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Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 645. To ask the Minister for Health if approval will be given to the reopening of the daycare centre in Clonakilty Community Hospital (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49803/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (12 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 646. To ask the Minister for Health when the respite care centre at Clonakilty Community Hospital will be reopened; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49804/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (12 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 648. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate and advise on reports that the Primary Care Reimbursement Service is not paying rural general practitioners for the service they provide on Saturday mornings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Prices (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 79. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will investigate the possibility of increasing the income limit for pensioners when considering the fuel allowance in the context of increasing energy costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48672/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Priorities (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 150. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the way his Department is assisting Youth Climate Justice efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48695/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Unemployment (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 297. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures he has undertaken within his remit to address the issue of youth employment and youth employability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48696/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Apologies have been received from Deputies Brian Leddin, Bríd Smith and Jennifer Whitmore. The purpose of today's meeting is to commence pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the circular economy Bill. From the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, I welcome Mr. Leslie Carberry, principal officer; Mr. Kevin O’Donoghue, principal officer; Mr. Alex...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: At this point we will take questions from members. As this meeting is confined to a maximum of three hours, I propose that each member is given two minutes to ask their question in order to ensure all members get an opportunity. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will be able to be liberal with the two-minute timeframe considering we have three hours available. There should, therefore, be no...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Bruton. Mr. Carberry or any of the other witnesses who wish to respond to or comment on Deputy Bruton's questions, please feel free.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Carberry. Deputy Bruton, do you want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Deputy Bruton. As I said, if any of the other witnesses wants to jump in at any point, he or she should feel free to do so. I call Senator Higgins.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We will now move to Senator Lynn Boylan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Carberry.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The next speaker is Deputy Cronin.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Before we start the second round I have some questions. The heads of the Bill the Department have brought forward present a huge opportunity to transform the consumer culture that has got us to where we are at the moment and the amount of waste that we see. As Senator Boylan said, it is a huge opportunity to clean up our oceans and clean up our countryside, about which we are all very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Where does the Department stand on anaerobic digestion? Is it something it sees a place for in the future and would it like to see it expanded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I would certainly like to see it looked at and explored. The food loss prevention roadmap is included in the heads of the Bill. Again, this comes down to the idea of anaerobic digestion and the smaller scale digesters that are used in some hotels or in some more industrial sized kitchens, whereby peelings and food waste is used to create gas to cook. Is this something that could be part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Another initiative, which seemed to be a pretty big thing a couple of years back, but seems to have stopped in its tracks, was where larger supermarket chains worked with local communities and food that was near its sell-by date or guideline date was used in the community for different schemes. This was to avoid waste and to help those people who were more vulnerable or on low incomes and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Mr. O'Donoghue is in the hot seat, so I will just keep going while I am on a roll. I just have two quick questions. Deputy O'Rourke brought up an excellent question about resources. He mentioned the Environmental Protection Agency and the local authorities in particular. Many of us have sat on local authorities and we saw how under-resourced their litter-response teams were, including...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Circular Economy Bill 2021: Discussion (7 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: That is an excellent point. Two things were happening there. People were walking the feet off themselves during those two lockdowns and probably walking in beauty spots to which they had never been and were noticing these things. We also had those great summers during which people were flocking to the beaches. That obviously caused an issue. At least there was a response to that. We...