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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: It is a matter of changing culture as well. At recent meetings, we discovered the gender pay gap is higher among higher earners and close to zero among the lower paid workers. The gap widens for mothers of children – really, we could say working women. When a woman goes to work, she has to earn enough. She is trying to earn as much as her male counterpart but also has to earn...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: They are having a problem with recruitment and retention also because of the minimum wage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Does Ms Lennon believe legislation might need to be improved to make that happen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Does Ms Lennon have any comments on affordable childcare?

Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Second Stage (12 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Covid-19 did not come bearing any gifts but it did bring us a new awareness of how we are living both for better and for worse. Many people have made major changes to how they work and live. I know there are many more who would do so if they had the proper opportunity. We also know that during lockdown, many fathers welcomed the opportunity to spend more time with their children and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (6 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Yes please, that would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I wanted to ask a couple of questions around district heating because it sounds very promising. I am thinking about people in my own constituency who are worried about the little district in their own home and they cannot put the heat on in the kitchen and the sitting room at the same time or they have to deal with cold bedrooms. I know there is a pilot scheme in Tallaght running off a data...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Where are the clinics held?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Has the SEAI thought about conducting anything like that in libraries, where people who are vulnerable might be going to get heat during the day?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: How is the SEAI deciding what areas might be eligible for district heating and making sure people are not wasting their time and money by applying for heat pumps?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Sorry, but I am watching the clock. Has the SEAI worked with NGOs like Age Action or the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to target the people most in need when it comes to the warmer homes scheme and that? Some people might not know about the scheme.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Has SEAI engaged with Age Action?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Last time SEAI was before the committee, it said it was going out to tender on a process of community-based social marketing. Is that up and running?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I wish to follow on from Deputy Whitmore's question on solar power for the medically vulnerable. What are the witnesses' opinions on the fact that storage batteries are not provided with panels? Is it not a waste not to have a battery provided at the same time, particularly for people who are medically vulnerable?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: What is the approximate cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: There are not many people who fall into the medically vulnerable cohort.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I wish to ask about the data that are available on income demographics as they relate to those homes that have availed of the SEAI's grants thus far. In response to Senator Boylan, it was stated that providing those data was not possible because of GDPR. The SEAI is a Government agency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: It might be possible to collect the data in an anonymous format; we do not need to know the names and addresses of the people in question. The SEAI is a Government agency. Has it spoken to the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, about trying to push this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: Of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Retrofitting Schemes: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (11 Oct 2022)

Réada Cronin: I thank Dr. Byrne.