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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 47. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on his work to ensure that all households with a waste collection service are provided with an organic waste bin by their waste collection company by the end of 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28667/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (15 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 128. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will clarify whether the Energy Security Review must include liability and insurance cover in the consideration of new energy projects; if he will comment on the contraction in the market of insurers willing to extend cover to the construction of new LNG terminals; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Sanctions (15 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on US sanctions imposed on Cuba in relation to banking operations and how that aligns with current EU policies on those sanctions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21314/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (15 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 257. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the supports and services available to adults with special needs to continue to live independently in the community following the death of a parent who had previously cared for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28888/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reviews (15 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 262. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the review into the North Inner City Drugs and Alcohol Task Force; when this review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28890/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Data (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the well-being framework for Ireland, overseen by his Department. [29295/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 1. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the first progress report for the first quarter of 2023 of the climate action plan. [29296/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Climate Action Plan (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: I thank the Taoiseach for the progress report. There is renewed concern about meeting our climate targets and about our emissions, given recent reports. Something I have been chasing up is our progress on geothermal energy. Based on the reply to a previous parliamentary question, it seems that what we really need is completion of the policy statement. The Minister tells me the policy...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [29297/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (21 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: Will the flagged idea of a sovereign wealth fund be on the agenda for the next meeting, as it is possibly one of the most important investments this Government will make? We have seen sovereign wealth funds perform very well around the world. However, they are now almost all engaged in an environmental, social and governance, ESG, framework, which acts very similarly to climate targets...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he plans to attend the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in July 2023, where Ireland will present its Voluntary National Review; the concrete commitments he will make between now and then to ensure we are reaching the furthest behind first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28429/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sustainable Development Goals (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 154. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied) published last month which assesses Ireland's progress on meeting UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically the commitment to reach the furthest behind first; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28430/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide an update on the timeline for completion of a policy on geothermal energy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29451/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline work undertaken by his Department to map the Dublin city area for geothermal energy potential; when it will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29452/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 245. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the items of which the reduced VAT rate of 5% have been applied in the Irish context to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29300/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 247. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the items of which the reduced VAT rate of less than 5% have been applied in the Irish context to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29302/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 246. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the reduced VAT rate of 5% has been applied to all 24 points of goods and services, as per the VAT Directive, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29301/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 248. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the reduced rate of 0% VAT has been applied to a maximum of seven items as per the VAT Directive to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Regulations (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 392. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on plans to amend Part M of the Building regulations to include UD++ Wheelchair liveable accommodation; if he will provide a timeline for the same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29717/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (20 Jun 2023)

Neasa Hourigan: 408. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will outline the work undertaken by her Department to date to develop proposals to benchmark rates of pension payments to gross average industrial earnings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29222/23]