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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: General Scheme of the Right to Request Remote Work Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers for coming in. We have seen significant progress in remote working over the past two years, helped in part by the pandemic. We have also seen the springing up of a large number of hubs across the country. We recently saw the opening of the co:worx hub in Edgeworthstown in County Longford. It is a wonderful initiative which is really going to help champion the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 26. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated cost of the recent cuts to excise duties on petrol, diesel and marked gas oil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20524/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Cost of Living Issues (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount he has allocated in expenditure measures to ease cost of living pressures since and including budget 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20514/22]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if capital expenditure to date in 2022 is within profile; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20515/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank the Chair and our colleagues for facilitating us and I thank the witnesses for the informative presentations. It is great to see a sea of work under way in this area. It is important and is a key pillar of our programme for Government. I will tee off with some key questions for each of the witnesses. Starting with Dr. Byrne, regarding the BER reclassification, this is being done...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: What will be the percentages from A to G?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I will stick with Mr. Hughes to ask my next question as well. Taking percentages, how many of our homes are now BER rated? Obviously, people who want to sell their house have to get a BER or if someone gets work done-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: On the issue of assessors and other specialists in this field, there seems to be a major shortage of people in this area. I notice that since local authorities have moved into the area of retrofitting that many companies are specialising in that work to the detriment of the private sector, which are not doing this work. Has the SEAI made any recommendations to Government as to how we can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: My apologies for interrupting Ms Stewart. How many of those assessors are active? Are there any who have registered but are not operational or active?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I am conscious of the time but I have two quick questions for Mr. Deegan on the one-stop shops. When will they be up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Will that target be met?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: That is grand. My final question, for Mr. Armstrong, is on the local authority retrofit programme. I am aware that local authorities had a concern that there were cost overruns which were not being addressed when the authorities went back to the Department. I do not know if Mr. Paul Benson is with the Department group today but I believe the Department has issued a directive indicating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I would appreciate if Mr. Armstrong could come back to me on that point, just to give me peace of mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: I thank all the speakers for coming in. It is like a lot of things in energy at the moment and we never start talking about the money so we will talk hypothetically. I have a 50 acre farm and I can connect to the grid and everything else. What is my return?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Can we speak generally because that is what people want to know. The witnesses have given ambitious targets and said that we want to go to 6 GW but we need to start getting the message out there, even if it is in broad strokes, because it is a huge leap of faith for a farmer. The witnesses paint a rosy picture but it is a huge leap of faith for a farmer to make such a big transition. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Joe Flaherty: Let us say in the midlands; in the capital.