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Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: That is the way we will have to go.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis and all that sort of stuff has been around for a while. Will any example or demonstration happen in any public sector area? Given the volume of waste that comes out of any hospital in Ireland, for instance, if that waste were to be used in an appropriate way regarding energy, surely we should be trying to demonstrate that this could be used to perform the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: It should be looked into. That is the future. It is all very well saying we will put it into Ringsend and all of that sort of stuff. However, I am talking about the effect from a carbon point of view of trucks going from Bantry hospital to Dublin. We will have to look at on-site solutions for public sector buildings. With the amount of waste that comes out of them, surely solutions can...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: The technologies are advancing so quickly. I look into this myself, given my background. The technologies are moving on so quickly that this is a space we need to move into quickly. Other countries are moving into this space. I thank Ms McCarthy and I might follow up directly with her on that. On the famous electric vehicles, EVs - the SEAI got lumped with that as well, but anyway...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: How many last year?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Is that above or below what was expected?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: I have one small, final thing. The SEAI administers the grants and I get all that. Is there a hindrance to people taking up those the grants to get EV cars because the public infrastructure around the country is not strong enough? Is that part of the reason the volume of people applying for the grants for the chargers etc. is not there? I would expect that to be the case. I live in rural...

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: A total of 80%.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: I presume it is. It is not a criticism. It is just reality.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: I respect that. I think there is a major issue which is wider than this committee's remit to try to get people into the industry. I ask Mr. Walsh when the SEAI last met the Office of Public Works, OPW.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Exactly.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Are on-site solutions looked at whereby waste is used on site to power these buildings?

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: That is education.

Public Accounts Committee: 2021 Financial Statements of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland: Discussion (9 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: Yes, because I have one last question.

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Bodies (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of WTE vacancies, by job title, in the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as of 28 February 2023. [11222/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Emergency Services (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when the current contract for the provision of handling emergency calls services is due to expire; and the amount his Department spent on this service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11216/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 208. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of times the Irish Aviation Authority was informed of military exercises by foreign military or naval services affecting Irish-controlled airspace in the past three years; and the countries involved. [11223/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Semi-State Bodies (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 209. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost in 2023 of doubling the number of revenue protection officers within Iarnród Éireann. [11224/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 265. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the funding he intends to make available to address serious flooding concerns in Ballina, County Tipperary following on from a number of flooding incidents that have taken place in the town over the last couple of years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10808/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Parks and Wildlife Service (7 Mar 2023)

Alan Kelly: 300. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of district conservation officers, wildlife inspectors, conservation rangers and ecologists recruited for the National Parks and Wildlife Service in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11226/23]