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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: As long as those other things had a positive impact on removing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The big thing for me -----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Does the Department have a number that it uses for the creation of a hypothesis?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: That is why we have to get the activity on the heating and transport area rather than the productive side, such as agriculture. Yesterday, Bord na Móna appeared before the committee and it had some exciting new opportunities in addition to its decarbonisation programme. Bord na Móna has a remit to try to stabilise the economy in which it is based and to create employment. It has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I have some concern about that. When one sees the fluctuation in the price of fossil fuel at the pumps at present, it does not seem to be enough of a deterrent. In Ireland we are quite used to massive fluctuations in oil prices. The Government has to go further with the carrot in the initial stages to try to achieve that change.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (14 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 20 September 2018, when a person (details supplied) will receive the outstanding payment in view of the fact that the error was made over a year ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Mr. Donnellan and his team for their presentation. Many of the questions have been asked and addressed so I will try to avoid repetition. Mr. Donnellan finished off where I was about to start, which is the mandate under which Bord na Móna was established and, in principle, the recognition of the necessity to address a jobs crisis that existed in that region. As the company...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: I was thinking more in terms of any vegetation that would be useful for carbon sequestration and perhaps not a cash crop. I recognise that Bord na Móna will no longer harvest peat. I am sure that much of the company's land will never generate any income or activity in the future but there is a potential that some vegetation will grow, which will have some carbon capture over and above...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Yes.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (13 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 354. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will be seen at University Hospital Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46705/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Equality Proofing of Budgets (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 55. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated cost of the introduction of equality budgeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46227/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 219. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the Celtic interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46230/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 220. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the implementation of all recommendations contained within the report of the mobile phone and broadband task force. [46231/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Incentives (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 221. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the actions taken to apply for state aid with regard to the renewable electricity support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46234/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Car Test Data (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 234. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of NCTs provided for electric vehicle users from 2014 to 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46228/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Tax Exemptions (8 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: 235. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of a waiver for motor tax on electric cars; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46229/18]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: On page 46 of the programme for Government Fine Gael outlines a guarantee to deliver high speed broadband to every home and business in the country by 2022. In the same document it indicated that a contract would be signed by a bidder in or about June 2017, but that did not happen. In the light of the delays, will the Minister outline the Government's commitment to roll out high speed...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Completion by 2022.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: The Minister should know in that case.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Nov 2018)

Timmy Dooley: Will the Minister come out of the fog for God’s sake?