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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Bord Bia (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: I accept the importance of providing that verification to customers. However, the Minister has been asked to provide that verification to Parliament and he cannot do that. There is something fundamentally wrong with the system if he cannot provide Parliament with the figures that he says are being provided to customers. They are being provided to customers but not to the elected...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Reports (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 19. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the wool feasibility study; when the final report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60285/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 20. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to introduce a State owned and controlled beef blockchain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60288/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 50. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will expand the use of the gamma interferon test to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in the national herd; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60284/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 57. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of the application to secure EU PGI status for Irish beef; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60286/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 68. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the purpose of Bord Bia assurance under the new suckler scheme for farmers that do not produce animals for slaughter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60287/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Creation (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 103. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support job creation in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60289/21]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Schemes (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 160. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to support existing levels of employment in regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60290/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 225. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 304 of 22 June 2021 and 440 of 19 October 2021, the reason such a tenant cannot purchase a rural local authority house when they do not require a loan from the local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61101/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (9 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 343. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of quality assured beef produced in Ireland in 2020; the corresponding figure for non-quality assured beef; the breakdown of tonnage that attracts each quality assured bonus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60435/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: We should have a debate on the NBP. As the Taoiseach knows, the Minister of the day was kept at arm's length from the procurement process and the Department itself was responsible for the governance of the NBP. If the review of this contract is now completed, it needs to be published. Departmental officials need to be brought before the relevant committee to answer questions on the content...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: In September 2000 the Government signed the optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. While the Government has stated over the past 21 years that it is strongly committed to the ratification of the protocol and has enacted significant legislation to ensure Ireland is in compliance with the obligations...

European Council Meeting: Statements (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: European leaders will this week discuss energy prices and resilience across the European Union. One of the ways in which they can improve resilience throughout the Union is to improve digitisation of the EU economy. To do so, they need to change what meets the definition of "high-speed broadband" at European Commission level. Today the threshold that has to be reached for high-speed...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 30. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the detail of the discussions he has had with the just transition commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61989/21]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: The just transition commissioner was appointed by the Government to facilitate dialogue and bring forward concerns from affected communities, residents, workers and businesses from right across the midlands. I am deeply disappointed that the Government does not support the continuation of the commissioner's advocacy role. Kieran Mulvey very honestly exposed the duplicity of some of the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: It is deeply disappointing that Kieran Mulvey or his replacement will not be appointed from the beginning of next year, particularly when the EU just transition fund will not be in place until later in the year. Kieran Mulvey has exposed weaknesses in the existing just transition fund, pointing out that communities such as Ballyforan, County Roscommon, where €1 million in investment...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Change Negotiations (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: Kieran Mulvey, in his engagement with the ESB, pursued the company on the release of the Dalton building in Shannonbridge and the tomato shed in Lanesborough for community use. As the Minister of State will be aware, the commissioner has highlighted the fact that the tomato shed will not be released to the local community for now. The ESB is making its release dependent on it being taken...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 61. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will be passed by National Broadband Ireland by 31 December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61145/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Strategies (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 76. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the current status of Ireland's first clean air strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61144/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (14 Dec 2021)

Denis Naughten: 116. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that will be retrofitted in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61990/21]