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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (5 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 169. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to instances in which tenants in private rental accommodation are tolerating substandard housing conditions, breaches of their rental rights and even threats and abuse because they are reluctant to report these issues out of fear that they will be evicted and made homeless in a virtually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the witnesses. The current rules allow farms with solar panels to qualify for the relief if no more than 50% of the land area is covered. Is that holding farmers back from getting involved in the business? Mr. Connolly stated that some farmers would like to go into this full time and big time. Are there any stipulations that are holding farmers back? What is the reason for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: The Irish Farmers Association, IFA, has stated that Ireland ranked 23rd out of the 27 EU countries for generating energy from agriculture in 2018. Have we improved our standing in 2022? In 2018, we were only producing 2.6% compared with an EU average of 12.1%. Has this improved in the four years since that report was done by the IFA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: The issue was raised about the planning obstacles being put in place by the Government. Has the Irish Solar Energy Association been kept up to date with the progress on where we are now in the context of planning?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I have two quick questions. I am interested in what the witnesses have to say about direct lines. Will Mr. Bolger clarify a point on the direct lines? Does the electricity have to go just in one direction or can it be redirected to different projects? I am thinking, for example, of a family resource centre and community hall in Cashel. Can the power that is generated on the top of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Can Mr. Bolger tell us something about power storage and how long that power can be stored for. Is it affordable and does Mr. Bolger see it is as something that is needed on farms themselves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I welcome the guests. Did the witnesses say that, by 2030, 80% of our power needs to come from renewable energy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: We have one of the lowest levels of solar panel usage in Europe. What is the witnesses' view on changing the planning rules for farm buildings, schools and so on?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Are the changes to planning matters happening quickly enough to reach the targets that we need to reach?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Is there an estimate of the average annual electricity needs for a dairy farm, pig farm, or such? Are there figures for how much land would need to be covered by solar panels to produce that much? Has research been done on that for individual farms?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Dr. Upton gave a figure for dairy farms. What area would need to be covered by solar panels to give the equivalent of what is required for a dairy farm? Has he that figure?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I thank Dr. Upton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: I have been called worse.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: The Ministers may be able to give us answers to these other questions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Overcrowding (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: 521. To ask the Minister for Health the details of the specialist team tasked with addressing trolley numbers at University Hospital Limerick; the options that will be open to this specialist team to improve patient pathways; the way this specialist team will address the impact that high trolley numbers at UHL is affecting services at Nenagh Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Solar Energy and the Agricultural Industry: Discussion (4 May 2022)

Martin Browne: Yes, rooftops specifically.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Vacant Properties (28 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: 17. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is committed to introducing a vacant property tax following the collection of data on vacancy levels under objective 19.12 of Housing for All; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21438/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (28 Apr 2022)

Martin Browne: 59. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason that the eligibility criteria for access to the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme were inequitable and needed to be changed; the further reason that he and his Department failed to respond to those concerns despite warnings from members of the Disabled Drivers Medical Board of Appeal and when those warnings were first raised with...