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Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages (16 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I am proud of the input Sinn Féin had in tabling amendments to this Bill. The essence of our amendments are about what "just transition" should mean. I am bitterly disappointed with the just transition aspect of the Bill and I assured my constituents in north Kildare that we would do everything we could to define it. This Bill is the easy part. I have no doubt that it will pass but...

Pyrite and Mica Redress Issues: Motion [Private Members] (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Go raibh maith agat freisin to all the people who travelled to Dublin today to protest against the lack of action on their cause and brought their protest to their capital city. I am delighted to speak on the Sinn Féin motion. Wherever a dodgy block is sold or big bucks are to be made off the backs of the home buyer, home builder or...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance the preparations his Department is making in conjunction with business stakeholders and representatives on the impact on businesses of possible changes in the global corporation tax environment; the meetings he has had with business stakeholders and representatives regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30160/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 608. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if information will be provided on the review by his Department of siting and size conditions for rooftop solar panels on homes and the review of exemptions for educational and community buildings as part of the current development of interim planning regulations; if information will be provided on the stated need to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I thank our guests very much for their presentations. Professor Matthews has pointed to the reimagining of our agriculture industry as opposed to mere management of the new regulations. I believe he is looking at a new departure for agricultural incentives. As he points out, they are critical. Does he believe that the State is giving enough attention to this reimagining and to assisting...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Discipline (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of expulsions that have been recorded from special schools in each of the past five years by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31909/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the arrangements her Department has in place to assist the seamless transfer of a child expelled from a special needs school to another; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31910/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether it is acceptable that a teenage child with severe ID, ASD and a genetic disorder has been without a school place for over a year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31911/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child and Family Agency (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 985. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if the post of director of ICT in Tusla has been filled continuously since 2017; the dates on which positions (details supplied) were advertised and filled; the number of staff these managers have; the number of data breaches in each of the years since 2017, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Reduction of Carbon Emissions of 51% by 2030: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: Professor Matthews touched upon the idea of a cap and trade scheme in his exchange with Senator Higgins. I missed some of what was said because somebody came into my office. Given the short deadline we have to achieve reductions, it would be risky to rely on the market to come up with a solution. The time for tinkering around the edges has long passed. I also worry about negative social...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I move amendment No. 92: In page 12, line 7, to delete "A Minister of the Government, shall, in so far as practicable, perform" and substitute "The Government and a Minister of the Government, shall, in so far as practicable perform its or". The sentiment is similar to that of the previous amendment. We can withdraw it with a view to bringing it back again on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (9 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I move amendment No. 171: In page 18, to delete lines 22 to 27. I am going to withdraw this, with leave to reintroduce on Report Stage.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) (8 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I ask the Minister to study this amendment and reconsider his intention not to accept it. The essence of all our amendments is trying to frame exactly what is meant by just transition. It is not only in the midlands but all over the country that good, well-paid jobs are needed. Just transition affects every aspect of what we are doing. We are going through a complete change from the old...

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

Réada Cronin: I intended to raise the lack of child psychological services in my constituency of North Kildare, but news that Kildare County Council intends to close the playground in Kilcock next week, for 18 months, has me seeking urgent intervention. This playground is a lifeline to children and families, particularly children with additional needs, because it proactively and inclusively provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Rights (3 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 69. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will liaise with the Minister for Justice and ensure free legal representation for workers in labour disputes with their employers at the WRC and Labour Court given that such services are currently unavailable in both fora and resulting in inherently-disadvantaged lay-litigant status of workers due to their lack of ability to...

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (3 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I do want to labour the point either. Previous speakers covered what I wanted to say. Scotland got it right; there is a whole section on just transition in its Bill. Principles are something we need to stand over. The whole committee agreed that just transition must be central to this. We have to make sure that politically, morally, ethically and every which way, just transition is a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Data Protection (2 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will commence and lead a public conversation on privacy (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30058/21]

Situation in Belarus: Motion (1 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: I am pleased to support the motion. What happened last month was like something one would see in a Netflix movie - a Ryanair aeroplane taking off from one European capital, heading north towards another European capital, and being subjected to an effective hijacking by a leader styling himself on a dictator. In reality, it was the news. A plane full of Europeans and Americans flying from...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Natural Gas Imports (1 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 80. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the studies that have been undertaken to assess the emissions, climate and humanitarian impact of imported gas vis-a-vis Ireland's own offshore gas up to 2030; if undertaken, if he will publish same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29411/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (1 Jun 2021)

Réada Cronin: 114. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the energy security of the State in the context of meeting Ireland's emissions targets under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Just Transition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29410/21]