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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Renewable Energy Generation (26 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: 70. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to increase the production of renewable energy on agricultural land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37610/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: This is a meeting held in conjunction with the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action. Its purpose is to discuss the relevant European Court of Auditors report relating to the remit of both committees. On behalf of members, I welcome the president of the European Court of Auditors, Mr. Tony Murphy, secretary in the cabinet of the president, Ms Emily Davis, and attaché in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Murphy. That was an informative briefing. I get the distinct impression that committee members could have listened to it for quite a bit longer. As this is a joint sitting of two committees, it is appropriate for me to ask Deputy Leddin, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action, to say a few words first. We will then take other speakers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Bruton, followed by Deputy O’Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank the Deputy for stepping into the Chair for a few minutes. As Deputy Leddin rightly pointed out there is a lot of reading for us as committee members of to go through but the reports are extremely helpful and the engagement has been both welcome and really informative from that perspective. My first question relates to the charging infrastructure for EVs. During the slideshow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Joint Meeting with Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action
Remits of Committees: European Court of Auditors (25 Sep 2024)

Alan Farrell: I thank Mr. Murphy for that and for his appearance; it has been really interesting.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 8. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his Department's efforts to further reduce the cost of childcare in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39013/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: Timing is everything. I would like to ask a question about the Minister's vision for budget 2025 and the further investments he proposes to reduce the cost of childcare for parents up and down the country but also in addition to the question that has been legitimately asked, and that is about public childcare funding. I am delighted to hear the Labour Party reiterate its position on that....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: I am delighted to see the level of funding being allocated by the Department. I commend the Minister, his officials and the Government on the level of attention paid to this crucial area. The national childcare scheme has been a game changer for hundreds of thousands of people, which is tremendous, but there are some constraints, particularly in large urban settings where childcare places...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (2 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: The Minister's colleague in Dublin West, Senator Currie, has brought this up and brought it to the Minister's attention before. I am delighted to hear the Minister has been so proactive as to get together with local authorities across the State. It is crucial. On the publicly funded model of early years education, I wonder whether the capital scheme would involve the Department...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Poverty (2 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 49. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on his Department's efforts to tackle child poverty in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39014/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (3 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: 49. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on progress to develop community healthcare options in Swords, County Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39011/24]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Gannon could have raised this issue during Leaders' Questions. He had a slot with the Taoiseach and he did not ask him to answer those questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Gannon knows the Taoiseach is not going to be here to answer those questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: Deputy Gannon could have asked him about this issue during Leaders' Questions.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: This is pointless grandstanding.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: It has nothing to do with the issue; it has to do with the Deputy's timing. The Deputy had loads of time to deal with it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Oct 2024)

Alan Farrell: The Deputy is just grandstanding now.