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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (3 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration will be given to compensation to individuals who are subject to‘cowboy’ builders under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36810/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (3 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 337. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken by her Department to increase capacity for childcare services in north Kildare; the number of families currently on a waiting list for childcare services in north Kildare; the average waiting times on those lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 358. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken by her Department to address wait times in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36811/25]

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Deputy Ahern asked a question I intended to ask. Does the Minister plan to write to An Coimisiún Pleanála to clarify the situation around LNG sites and our climate law?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I know the Minister said he had received no letter from the commission. Is he going to write to it?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: So the Minister does not plan to write to the commission.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Will the Minister write to it to clarify that?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: So the Minister is not going to seek it. He also mentioned peat extraction. It was reported in the news last week that the EPA claims that illegal extraction is widespread and causing damage to biodiversity in local areas. It is also having a knock-on effect on smaller extractors. The increase in illegal extraction will have an impact on people who are doing it legally. It seems...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: It is going to have an impact-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: My next question concerns carbon fines and having to purchase carbon credits because it does look like we are not going to reach our targets. Has the Minister asked the Department to look at what kind of fines we can expect to pay and possibly front load that money into climate initiatives such as offshore renewables?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Does the Minister believe that meeting the increased demand for data centres is compliant with our climate laws? At the moment we have an existing first-come, first-served basis for new grid connections. Does the Minister think that is consistent with our climate laws? I also raise the fact that data centres gobble up so much of our energy. So many houses are needed which will require new...

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: They are using it.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Is there anything the Minister for energy can do to ensure that housing is not in second place to-----

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: -----data centres?

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: We all hear about housing being delayed waiting for connections to the grid. It is a problem.

Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: There are delays.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: The witnesses are very welcome. This committee is tasked with ensuring we can deliver critical national infrastructure faster and better. Strategic infrastructure development comes under remit and responsibilities of An Coimisiún Pleanála. I ask Mr. Mullen to give us examples of how the planning process has hindered specific projects. I understand he is happy enough with An...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: The fact that An Coimisiún Pleanála does not get any of its legal costs puts it at a severe disadvantage.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Role, Responsibilities and Processes of An Coimisiún Pleanála and Office of the Planning Regulator: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: All projects are required to be in line with the climate Act cross-departmentally anyway. It is something we need to look at.