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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Anaerobic Digestion: Discussion (5 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: I was thinking Mr. Finan might know more about the farm situation because of IrBEA's three on-farm projects. The first speaker from Cré might be best placed to answer the wider question as to how we approach the small versus the large.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: I welcome the Minister of State and the officials. I am interested to hear a little bit more about the cost of the investment in generating units for a short period. It is a very different provision from the norm. It is a sort of outside-of-the-market provision. What penalty are we paying for going for short-term standby capacity compared with what we would have paid in normal auctions?...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: Does that fall to the State? Do we own the asset and then sell it at its second-hand value back into the marketplace or are we just contracting it for the three or four years or whatever it is?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: It would be interesting to hear how that will work out because the second-hand cost will, presumably, be very high. I imagine that these generating plants have a fairly long design life so, presumably, the State has a fairly valuable asset. Is there any difficulty for the State, having procured this under this exceptional arrangement, which, as I understand it, is outside of the market or...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (Supplementary) (12 Jul 2022)

Richard Bruton: Maybe the Minister of State could send a written reply to confirm that the asset can be sold back into our network as opposed to having to be displaced and sold away.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Richard Bruton: I should say I have allowed a piece of land I own to be part of a planning application for renewable generation. I say that so there is no question of not declaring that fact. I do not think it prejudices me but I want to put it out there. It is important to go back to the definition of "energy security" to underline the Minister's point. It is "uninterrupted availability of energy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Richard Bruton: There is the making of something in all those answers that would give people a certain reassurance at the moment when there is much unease out there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Engagement with the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (13 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate the Minister and his officials on the mammoth task of not only appraising the policy and developing the plan but also on the political challenge of getting various Departments with various priorities to come on board. I have a little experience of it and it is a mammoth task. I want to pursue the issue of what is unallocated in the target setting. The Minister mentioned...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: The Ceann Comhairle knows we are facing a climate crisis as well as the energy crisis. Does the Taoiseach agree that we now need a national energy resilience campaign to reduce our reliance on imported energy? The Taoiseach will know that other member states are proposing such a campaign to cut 10% of their energy use and up to 25% at peak time times. I would suggest seven S's: shallow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank the witnesses for their presentations. They were very valuable. The Consumers Association of Ireland has made valid points about what we need to clarify in regulations to create some sort of transparency. Those points are well made. I refer to the wider issue of it being too difficult to be a qualified entity, QE, and the level of Government support in that regard. I would be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: It may be within the principles of a model that is permitted under the directive to have support directed to a qualified entity to take this action.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: Is Mr. Godfrey going to be drawn on consultation before injunction or whether we should have QE-only models?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: A few points just came up. Mr. Godfrey said that in some cases, enforcement can deliver compensation to consumers. Where does that interact with a class of people who might be affected by something? If an individual takes an action and wins the case, does it require a qualified entity to take a case on behalf of a group of consumers who are similarly aggrieved, or does that individual's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: Can a qualified entity get onto the bandwagon without the same degree of risk?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Bill 2022: Discussion (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: Does it require any sort of legislative provision now to facilitate that sort of co-operation and sharing of information between a regulator and a qualified entity?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he is considering changing the administration in relation the 80% grant for certain retrofit measures as suggested by the Climate Action Council; if he is considering an extension towards other actions delivering swift energy savings; and if solar panels with battery storage, heat controls or other measures warrant...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: 95. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the potential to support battery storage alone in residences, separate from solar generation; if he has received advice on the potential for residential scale wind generation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44645/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: 101. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way that restrictions on replacement oil or gas boilers as early as 2025 will impact on families that cannot easily switch to a heat pump replacement, which requires a great deal of ancillary works to the home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44850/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (14 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if he has received an update from the HSE on the roll-out of the pandemic bonus payment; and the arrangements in particular that have been made for contract workers [44953/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Derelict Sites (15 Sep 2022)

Richard Bruton: I thank Deputy Alan Dillon for putting in this question, which I am taking on his behalf. Everyone knows that the vacancy and dereliction of community buildings in our towns and villages are a blight not only on those towns, but they are a missed opportunity to deliver an asset that can be really valuable, not to mention the impact they can have on better climate policy. I urge the Minister...