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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 16. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the environment and climate change met last [43783/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Rural communities are leading the way when it comes to sustainability, but if we are to get buy-in from everybody in rural Ireland when it comes to low-carbon alternatives, we must put those alternatives in place. That is especially true of transport. I am a firm believer in the "every village, every hour" concept, so that no matter what village or town you are in in Ireland, there will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister. Everyone on this committee realises the importance of this year's conference of parties. I thank the Minister for coming here today to provide us with an update. I would like to bring things home in terms of what we are doing here in Ireland. I, for one, want to commend the Minister's leadership so far in respect of the direction that this Government has taken since...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Thank you. I appreciate that. There are two other matters after the public transport element in rural Ireland. Farmers are still being penalised for having bits of biodiversity, habitat and wetland areas on their farms. Farmers are getting rid of those bits of habitat or biodiversity because they are being incentivised to do so. We must flip that on its head. That transformation plays a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am very impressed with the Minister's knowledge of the geography in west Cork.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and COP26: Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Could I get a brief comment on solar for schools?

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (21 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 44. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans for the €1.5 billion agri-environmental scheme that will be funded through the carbon tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51713/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 155. To ask the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to assist a service (details supplied) with recruitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50791/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 191. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the shortage of chiropodists in West Cork; and the measure that are been taken to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50796/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 254. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will investigate the possibility of National Broadband Ireland producing a rolling 12-month plan for broadband connection within the Cork south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51328/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 349. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will report on the position of Irish vessels not been granted load lines which will result in non-Irish registered vessels supporting and guarding the future development of floating offshore wind farms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51300/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Oct 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 383. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to the extension of the 9% VAT for hospitality industry past September 2022 to enable the industry to be competitive within the international market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51321/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Like Deputy Costello, I wish to raise the issue of international surrogacy. In Ireland there are couples who may have chosen to avail of IVF treatment and have gone through three or four rounds of IVF unsuccessfully and who may then have chosen international surrogacy. We have ludicrous legislation meaning that they then return to Ireland with their child and the mother is not recognised...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 6. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee that deals with marine and fishing will next meet. [43785/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (3 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank and congratulate the Taoiseach on his performance at, and contribution to, the COP26 summit in Glasgow. While it has been met with much cynicism by the Opposition, I firmly believe it was, by far, the best contribution by any Irish leader at any Conference of the Parties held to date. It reaffirmed our commitment to climate action. It is also important to note that we went there...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (2 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 28. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action his Department is taking to help businesses decarbonise and prepare for the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52654/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Climate Change Policy (2 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 41. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the support his Department is providing to the Climate Transition Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52653/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (2 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 728. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if statutory powers are in place that remove or restrict access and custody orders made by a court in cases in which a person benefiting from those orders is subsequently charged with serious offences such as false imprisonment, assault and or rape; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52264/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (2 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 729. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she plans to bring forward legislation to revoke access and custody orders made by a court in cases in which a person benefiting from those orders is subsequently charged with serious offences such as false imprisonment, assault and or rape; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52265/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (2 Nov 2021)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 730. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if legislation can be enacted to permit a party to family law proceedings to seek the immediate revocation of a custody or access order made by a court in cases in which a person benefiting from such order is subsequently charged with a serious offence such as false imprisonment, rape and or assault; and if she will make a...