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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: A specific section of the Act would need to be changed. I am aware of that. I ask the CRU to provide the committee secretariat with an overview of the system services across the board. It is very helpful to get today's opening statement and for representatives of the CRU to provide answers here on the floor, but sometimes the devil is in the detail. I ask that we be provided with as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: It would be very helpful because at times we are a little bit too much on the overview side and we need to get into some of the minutiae of the grid.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update following his attendance at the Foreign Affairs Council, with specific regard to support for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an inventory of non-lethal supports that have been provided by Ireland to Ukraine, within a foreign policy context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent engagements with President Emmanuel Macron. [60872/22]

Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Second Stage (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate, in what is another component of the programme for Government and the adoption of the report on the Commission on the Future of Policing In Ireland, which called for the deployment of body cameras for members of An Garda Síochána. As many speakers have said, this is not just for the purposes of rooting out criminality but it is...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Political Funding (1 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 83. To ask the Minister for Finance the quarterly payments to each political party under the Exchequer funding heading under the Electoral Act 1992, since January 2015; and the dates on which each was paid. [4976/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: That is the key to the issue. Does the CRU have any mechanism available to it to discuss the length of hedging with energy suppliers? Of course, it might be beneficial to them and ultimately to the consumer in a different set of circumstances, but in this set of circumstances consumers are being exposed to significant levels of bills and of course debt associated with that. I can pivot to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 29. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the work to implement the Defence Forces Pay Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4092/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on efforts to improve gender diversity and equality within the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4093/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of digital funding for special education in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4095/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (2 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: 152. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the ongoing efforts her Department is making to recruit SNAs and the number of SNAs gaining qualifications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4094/23]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: Wind Energy Ireland issued its report this morning highlighting that 41% of the electricity required in January 2023 was driven by wind. It is the best January on record and is a 9% jump on this time last year. Predominantly offshore wind energy generated 1,479 GW of electricity which is equivalent to the consumption of 320,000 Irish homes. The wind energy potential of Ireland provides us...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I was going to talk about embodied carbon and trying to save buildings from unnecessary demolition, but I think this issue has been covered by both previous speakers. The retention and repurposing of buildings is very important, but it leads into the other issue, which is the over-reliance in the Irish construction sector on concrete. I tabled a series of parliamentary questions in recent...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: And incentivisation. We must accept at this stage, and I appreciate this is the policy side of things, that we cannot be saying, "Ah, here you go; it'll be grand." The cheapest option will be gone with, but we need to start conditioning the sector to respond to the requirements set out in the climate action plan, right across every Department. Incentivisation has to be pretty stark in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: I am sorry to cut across Mr. Armstrong, but this sounds like a body of work to be completed in terms of framing what is suitable for use in Irish construction versus what we are currently using. Are we reinventing the wheel? Can we not look at what the Scots are doing? They have a very similar climate. I ask this because many of the concerns about modern methods of construction,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: That does not tie in with the figures provided to me by the Department.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: In the last couple of weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Building Reform Regulations: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Feb 2023)

Alan Farrell: That is a bit better than reported.