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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Is that really the case? Does Mr. Gleeson face issues where there is excrement coming up through a children's playground all of the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I do not mean to sound smart because I know Mr. Gleeson is very familiar with the different issues facing Uisce Éireann but is it dealing with another situation where a children's playground has sewage seeping up through the surface? Honestly, is there another such situation in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: My concern is that I became a councillor in 2007 and I have been hearing the phrase "preliminary business case" for 13 or 14 years but it does not seem to have progressed. I am asking Mr. Gleeson to please look at it again and to prioritise it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Gleeson and Ms Attridge for the update. It is very important that this is progressed. There are a couple of other issues I wish to raise. In Castletownbere, there is an issue with drinking water supply. It is right on the west of my constituency, on the Beara Peninsula. The council is not granting planning permission at the moment, not even for one-off houses, because of an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Current Progress and Future Projections of Uisce Éireann Objectives: Uisce Éireann (18 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I appreciate the need for environmental designations. They are important, as is saving a species on the brink. Having said that, we need to come up with solutions in order to allow places like the Beara Peninsula to develop, grow and flourish. To go back and say there will be no more planning permissions is not good enough. That brings me to another point. I appreciate that this is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (20 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I join colleagues in congratulating the Minister of State, Deputy Jack Chambers, on his elevation to deputy leader of Fianna Fáil. As a fellow Fianna Fáil TD, I am delighted he has been appointed as deputy leader. From a party point of view, it is a very proud day, as it is for his community and his constituency. I know how proud he is of his country and he always tries to do...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (20 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The answer I got was the one I was expecting. I am, though, making a specific plea for this area. The Minister of State is absolutely correct. Bantry is a much closer school in this area. In some instances, as well, it could be Skibbereen. This is based on student needs, however, and we should always put students and what best suits them first. Unfortunately, every summer, certainly...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (25 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on environment and climate change will next meet. [27039/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (26 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to reduce the wait time for free energy upgrades (warmer homes scheme); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27603/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures his Department is taking to use surplus renewable energy that is current being wasted; if he plans to introduce measures to use this surplus energy to support households in fuel poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (26 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 10. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific measures taken since 2020 by the SEAI, CRU, ESB, EirGrid, ESB Networks and by his own Department to use surplus renewable energy to help tackle fuel poverty, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27606/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fuel Poverty (26 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 102. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, SEAI, ESB and EirGrid regarding the opportunity to use surplus renewable energy to help tackle fuel poverty in local authority and approved housing body homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27607/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (26 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 117. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the fuel allowance scheme for each of the past four years; the associated cost of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27628/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Renewable Energy Development Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 68. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration has been given to investing in Bantry Bay for development as a hub for renewal energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27539/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (27 Jun 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans in place to reduce the wait time for free energy upgrades (the warmer homes scheme); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27598/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 7. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the National Economic and Social Council, a statutory agency operating under the aegis of his Department. [25609/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Bodies (2 Jul 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in Ireland. Some 10,000 people per annum are diagnosed with skin cancer. Despite this, the use of sunbeds is still widespread. Using a sunbed increases the risk of developing skin cancer by 60%. That is only after just one session on a sunbed. More worryingly, 40% of people continue to use sunbeds despite knowing the risks involved for...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (3 Jul 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Finance the calculations resulting in a figure of €545 million when estimating the cost of reducing VAT to 9% for food-led hospitality businesses; if he could give a full breakdown on how this figure was reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28466/24]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State for being here to take this Topical Issue matter. It is a very important issue. I will outline what I feel is one of the most unfair and mean-spirited moves that has happened in my four and half years in the Dáil in terms of the State and its treatment of former healthcare workers. These people came back from retirement to answer Ireland's call during...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Pension Provisions (9 Jul 2024)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate the response and her understanding of the issue. I also appreciate that she has given an undertaking to communicate to the Minister my frustration and the unfairness and mean-spiritedness I feel have taken place here. I will also, of course, do that myself. I raise a few points. My understanding is that the waiver applied to 2021 and 2022....