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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: Yes, Dr. Byrne did. I appreciate the detail. The information he suggested he could provide the committee will most likely be very helpful. I understand Coillte will re-enter afforestation plans next year. It will not harm sequestration targets but will it help to meet them and help with the benefits of them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: I have two more quick questions. One of them is in relation to the measurement of the benefits of particular uses for particular pieces of land, whether they be rewetted peatland or rewetted forestry lands that were inappropriately used in the eyes of our witnesses. Do we have the expertise for that? Alternatively, does Dr. Moran believe we have the ability to develop that expertise to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: I ask for a little leeway.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: Perhaps Dr. Moran would like to start.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sequestration and Land Management-Nature Restoration: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: On the question of alternatives for certain sectors, there is an ongoing discussion in Ireland, including in the Oireachtas.

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Message to Dáil (8 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: I might also say a word. I commend the Minister and her Department on the considerable body of work that has been undertaken. I fully appreciate that there are a number of recommendations in respect of law reform and legislation on the Statute Book going back so far that it makes our courts process not just time-consuming but expensive. When one reforms Bills, as has been done in this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: As a veteran politician, the Taoiseach will understand the importance of campaigns which led to the important decision by the Office of Public Works, OPW, and the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donovan, to bring the live crib back to Dublin, after Dublin City Council made such a decision. The ESRI launched a report yesterday and addressed the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: Could he bring to Cabinet that all Departments review their campaign methodology in terms of getting information to the public through the media, which is an important means of getting across the message of the importance of climate change?

COP27: Statements (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Minister for his very significant contribution to COP27 alongside the Taoiseach. Most importantly, however, I thank the civil servants who played a very significant role in getting this historic agreement over the line. It seems like every Conference of the Parties has a historic agreement. The importance of delivery is not lost on the Minister or, indeed, the Department. ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pensions Reform (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 71. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide an update on the work of her Department with regard to the auto-enrolment workplace pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59236/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 286. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons currently waiting to be homed who have selected a location within the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59424/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Vacant Properties (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of vacant properties in need of repair under the remit of Fingal County Council within the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59425/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 288. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Council administration staff allocated to the housing department in Fingal County Council with responsibility for the Dublin Fingal constituency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59426/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 289. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional council administration staff have been allocated to the housing department with responsibility for the Dublin Fingal constituency due to the high level of contact from tenants and applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 290. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants receiving homeless HAP through Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59428/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 291. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of housing applicants and tenants who have declared themselves homeless to Fingal County Council in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 713. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the roll-out of the front-line pandemic bonus payment still outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59421/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (29 Nov 2022)

Alan Farrell: 714. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the medical card appeal of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59430/22]

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Farrell: They would never do such a thing.

Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Dec 2022)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the introduction of the Bill and I commend the Minister of State, his officials, the Department, the working group and the Oireachtas committee on the work they have done on this. It is a poor reflection that 100 years after the commencement of our democracy, we are only introducing this now. To promote this sort of political inclusivity and accessibility, we have to make this...