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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Waste Disposal (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister is giving some hope with that answer. I am glad to see he is open to considering other bulky items. Couches and armchairs present the same problem. It is not an easy fix, particularly in urban areas where people might not have their own car to dispose legally of couches and suites of furniture in a proper environmental manner. Measures were also put in place to ensure the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider introducing a support to develop biogas here as an indigenous source of renewable power. [14005/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The question relates to biogas. The Climate Change Performance Index, CCPI, sees Ireland as one of the worst countries in the world in its attempts to address climate change. We know this and must accept it. We have a very valuable resource when compared to many other countries in Europe as there is potential for the use of biogas. What actions has the Government taken to utilise or...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The first biomethane injection point is coming online, generating electricity and producing biomethane for the grid. It is operational near Athy. I went to look at a facility a couple of years ago that was very impressive. However, there are 8,000 of these in Germany and 600 in Britain, so we are only getting going at this. We need to complement intermittent sources of electricity. We...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It is a practical capacity.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Bioenergy Strategy Implementation (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The Minister mentions cost but when we start anything new, there will be a cost differential and we recognise this comes from scale, expertise and everything else. This technology is already up and running in other European countries on a large scale. The lack of facilities for biogas in this State demonstrate a lack of effort to date to drive this on. The focus has been completely on...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Most of them are leased.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It works in other countries.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management Data (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated number of households here without a waste collection service; and the actions he is taking to help address this issue. [14007/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Projects (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to consider initiatives, or if his officials have worked with other Departments, on establishing an indigenous biomass crop supply chain to the peat plants in the future and to complement biomass currently being used for electricity generation to help maintain security of supply. [14006/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Waste (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: 93. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the communications he has made in recent months with officials in Britain regarding their plans to place nuclear waste material on the island of Ireland. [14008/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: We need to be careful about what this amendment is about. It is about multiplying by four the carbon tax that we have at the moment, from €20 per tonne, which brought in about €450 million in the past year, to €80 per tonne. This is happening without any consideration for the impact it will have on low and middle income households or, indeed, on businesses and on rural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The amendment that has come in today from Fianna Fáil was introduced on the third or fourth opportunity after final dates being set and all the rest. We have voted on an amendment to the Fianna Fáil's substantial amendment, which sets out a clear course. It would be unusual to leave the Fianna Fáil amendment hanging by going away from it. We believe the amendment should be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Having voted on the amendment to the amendment, we should not walk away from the amendment itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: I want to clarify something. What is the decision in regard to the amendments to the text? In what way are we going to deal with them? When will the committee members vote on this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: We are just dealing with recommendations now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: We are dealing only with amendment No. 6 now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: Is that Deputy Bríd Smith's amendment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: The section on the just transition is important. We put a lot of work into this and have met union officials and workers. It is particularly relevant in the midlands, and a major issue in Laois and Offaly is that the area does not become the rust belt of the country. It is very important that we have that. We had a section in the report, which was deleted, to insert the International...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Mar 2019)

Brian Stanley: It is down to a footnote.