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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 115. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there is a potential market to expand the sale of carbon credits to other industries outside of the agricultural sector such as construction and aviation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 112. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps that can be taken to prevent companies from using carbon credits to buy themselves out of reducing their emissions; the steps that can be taken to prevent the use of carbon credits as a greenwashing technique; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22417/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there are plans to introduce carbon credit schemes similar to the one introduced by Dublin City Council which would invest in carbon offsetting projects that would result in generating carbon credits; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22419/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 113. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of carbon credits this country purchased in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22418/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electricity Generation (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 147. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the changes that can be introduced in order to speed up the planning permission process for other forms of microgeneration aside from solar panels, such as wind turbines and hydropower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22403/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electricity Generation (5 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 148. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on replicating the microgeneration process in Northern Ireland in which projects do not require additional planning permission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22404/22]

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: I am grateful to have an opportunity to speak in this debate. I know time is limited. To be honest, when I see members of Sinn Féin come into this House criticising the Government for not delivering affordable homes to buy, I take a very deep breath. They come as a wolves in sheep's clothing. The reality is that they oppose five important measures from the Government that will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of Ireland in tackling the future challenges for the European Union in the aftermath of the invasion of Ukraine. [22925/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role of Ireland in supporting efforts to end the war in Ukraine. [22924/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 186. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the terms of the financial support made available to the generators of renewal energy under RESS 1 for the different types of renewable energy. [22826/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 208. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the Irish reserves of oil and gas; the way that they are held; if they comply with European Union requirements; and if there are plans to expand such reserves. [23283/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 209. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of Irish energy interconnection for the supply of energy that is, gas, electricity, oil and so on; and the way that the capacity for delivery compares to average daily usage in each case. [23284/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 210. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the total capacity of battery storage either held by energy utilities or through supply and demand management agreements; and the way that the capacity compares to average daily usage. [23285/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 211. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the obligations in Ireland to share access to gas supplies should the supply of gas from any source to be curtailed; and the way that this is being factored into preparations. [23286/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 212. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the aggregate offshore areas in which licences to explore for gas or oil exist; the areas in which recent activity in terms of surveys or preliminary drilling have been sought; if these have been approved; and his views on their potential. [23287/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Offshore Exploration (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 213. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the volume of recoverable gas which remain in proven fields in the Irish offshore; and the way that it compares to Irelands annual gas consumption. [23288/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 214. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union creates new concerns from an energy security point of view; if not, if it creates new obligations for Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23289/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a person who paid for a ten-year licence, but whose duration was curtailed due to their reaching 70 years of age before the ten years were reached, should now be able to extend the cover of the ten-year licence to its full ten-year duration without incurring further charge; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23282/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if dates have been set for the publication of the leaving certificate results 2022. [22833/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions (10 May 2022)

Richard Bruton: 588. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if dates have been set for the publication for the first round of CAO offers. [22833/22]