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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 48. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; the number of reviews and successful reviews, respectively, which have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53419/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: This is to ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; the number of reviews and successful reviews, respectively, which have been completed to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: That threw me as well.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I am familiar with quite a number of community groups around the country, including in my constituency, where people came together in the aftermath of the proposal to close a significant number of post offices. Of course there were some for whom the business and the level of transactions had gone so low that some communities accepted it was not possible to retain them. In many cases there...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I thank the Minister and I know there are many other matters in his brief on which he has had to concentrate in his short time in office. When he gets the opportunity to review some of the discussion and debate, particularly the proposals made by Fianna Fáil, he may recognise that there are people and communities who see the post office service as being essential, and the distance they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 50. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the United Nations climate summit in Katowice. [53443/18]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I am concerned that Ireland did not join the 27 countries that formed the High Ambition Coalition. During the summit, this group committed to scaling up commitments in line with the Paris Agreement targets. The Minister might provide some detail as to why we did not do this or why it was not possible for us to do this. However, Ireland did join the eight other countries to work together to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Policy (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The draft EU long-term strategy on greenhouse gas emissions, which was published on 28 November, also proposes a climate neutral vision by 2050. A number of key decisions are scheduled for early next year, such as the future of the carbon tax, the report of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action, and the Government's cross-departmental plan, which the Minister spoke about and indicated...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Electricity Generation (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 92. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the position regarding the development of facilities to support the sale of electricity back to the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53179/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Data (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timeline for the completion of tenders submitted for the national broadband plan. [53177/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Bord na Móna (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress made on the application for EU funds to aid affected Bord na Móna workers in their transition into new employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53180/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Post Office Closures (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 85. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process to review decisions to close rural post offices undertaken by An Post; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53178/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Efficiency (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 104. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the specific actions he has taken to address split incentives for landlords and tenants as it relates to retrofitting for rental properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53181/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Biofuel Data (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 501. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of used cooking oil used in the production of biodiesel here annually; the volume of used cooking oil collected; and the volume of such oil that was imported by country of origin since 2010, in tabular form. [52742/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 524. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if applications can be made by a business to the eel fisherpersons support scheme in cases (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53212/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Household Waste Collection Price Monitoring Group (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the establishment of regulation for the household waste collection market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53213/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Fianna Fáil supported this Bill from the start. I expressed certain concerns on Second Stage which I will address by way of amendment on Committee Stage and I still hold firm to those concerns. There are issues about whether we start by way of cliff edge or have some sunset to allow an appropriate transition, but those are matters which can be addressed on Committee Stage. There has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I seek clarity from the Chairman. We will go through the amendments which will either fall or be made before getting to the final draft of the report which we will receive at some point in January.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I assume the committee will then decide whether the final report recommends that the Dáil should proceed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Petroleum and Other Minerals Development (Amendment) (Climate Emergency Measures) Bill 2018: Discussion (18 Dec 2018)

Timmy Dooley: It will decide on the adoption of the report, which is to go to Committee Stage. There will be a vote taken by the committee on whether to recommend that the Dáil should proceed or not.