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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (4 Nov 2020)

Réada Cronin: My question is for Ms Finegan. Is it true that the current format of the annual plans allow for backloading so, according to the current draft of the Bill, to reach the average 7% reduction, the plans could delay action and leave it to the next Government?

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (3 Nov 2020)

Réada Cronin: 1253. To ask the Minister for Health the amount collected under the fair deal scheme in each of the past five years; the number of persons contributing to and availing of the scheme in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32799/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the witnesses for giving of their time to the committee. My first set of questions is for Professor Buckley. We all realised during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic how important our natural world is to us. We learned that we humans are lucky to be a part of it but we are not the owners of it. In this context, the Bill's neglect of biodiversity - as Professor Buckley noted,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: My question is to Professor Buckley. The climate emergency is awash with fake news and is disfigured and defaced by greenwashing by huge polluters with massive amounts of money. These days, one would almost think that these fossil fuel producers were going to chain themselves to the trees they are planning to plant, so powerful are their advertisements, PR and marketing. They are spending...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (29 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the witnesses for their submissions and for the time they have given the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (28 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank Professor FitzGerald. I wish to ask about the climate justice aspect of his presentation. I have two questions. I am very glad he raised the fact that the climate council will take into account climate justice. He reminds us how the council has been at pains to say how vital climate justice is in reassuring us on a just transition. In raising this, Professor FitzGerald rightly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (27 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank the two witnesses for assisting us with the Bill. My first question is for Dr. Muinzer. I am interested in his mention of sanctions. Without a just transition being mentioned in the Bill, we do not want people to think sanctions will be placed on them. The sanctions should be on the Government. Will Dr. Muinzer speak a little about that please? It feels as if we are in the...

Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (21 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: What is wrong with this State that it wants to put away now the records of the women it put away before? What is wrong with this State that it will add public insult to the personal injury it inflicted on thousands of girls, women and their babies? Its pursuit of decency, morality and respectability resulted in the persecution of the poor, the innocent and their children. What is wrong...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I thank our two guest speakers. My first question is directed at Dr. Andrew Jackson. He mentioned his concern about the CCAC having ex officiomembers, which is contrary to the recommendations made by the Joint Committee on the Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht in 2013. Is this the practice followed in other jurisdictions? What are the potential downsides of their presence on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: Would Professor Sweeney comment on voting rights on the CCAC?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (20 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the precise timeframe for the phasing out of religious education in schools; her views on achieving it in the lifetime of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31721/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (20 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 431. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the increase in the parent's benefit from two weeks to five weeks as announced in budget 2021 and planned for 2021 could take effect in 2020 due to the extreme difficulty and uncertainty facing families with Covid-19; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31718/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: I wish to follow on from what Senator Higgins asked, because she asked the question I was going to ask, but I was not satisfied with the answer. Could we have a proper definition of climate justice and sustainable development? We have talked about bringing people along with us, and we all know by amount of emails we have received and the engagement we have had locally, that this is a really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: My question was brief. So, Mr. Carroll is willing to consider the issue of definitions and come back to the committee?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Climate Action and Low-Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: We will look into that over the next couple of weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 113. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal, not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29316/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 114. To ask the Minister for Finance the steps taken to determine the case of a person (details supplied) in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court to quash the decision of the Disabled Drivers Board of Appeal, not to grant a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29317/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (8 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 115. To ask the Minister for Finance if, in view of the recent judgment of the Supreme Court (details supplied) he plans to provide a statement on the continued processing of applications for primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29318/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Funding (8 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: 252. To ask the Minister for Health the reason HSE audiology has not been ring-fenced as an essential service for children who are deaf and hard of hearing; if he will make a commitment to ring-fencing that vital service in the future even in the event of further Covid-19 restrictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29319/20]

Brexit and Business: Statements (7 Oct 2020)

Réada Cronin: Businesses in north Kildare were just accommodating the prospect of Brexit when the coronavirus hit Ireland. Now they face the double whammy of a novel virus, about which little is known, and a British Government that is novel about Brexit in ways that some never imagined. However, what is imaginable and reachable now is a united Ireland in the broader context of Brexit. My party leader,...