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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme (24 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 1959. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to address the threat to penalise local farmers on their area based payments as far back as 2014 due to climate change (details supplied); the urgent need for clarity in advance of submitting their 2021 BPS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14481/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I welcome all the Members. At the outset, I remind members of the joint committee that in order to have a duly constituted meeting and for it to proceed members are required to join the meeting remotely from within the defined precincts of Leinster House. I ask members and witnesses to turn off their mobile phones as they interfere with the recording system. As members are participating...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I thank the Minister of State. He has given us a very comprehensive outline of the various strands. That the Minister of State responsible is chairing the social inclusion steering group clearly shows the determination of the Government. The first member who has indicated a desire to speak is Senator Burke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Does the Minister want to come back in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I apologise to the Senator and to viewers on Oireachtas TV. For some reason, while we in the committee room could see him, he could not be seen by viewers on the television.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I again apologise to the Senator and to viewers on Oireachtas TV for the fact that we cannot see him on screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: There seems to be a problem with the connection to the Upper House. I apologise that we did not see Senator Murphy on screen. I also I apologise to our viewers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: The Minister of State might come back on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: If members wish to come in again, they should raise their hand. Deputy Ó Cuív and I have considerable experience of dealing with community welfare officers. On the issue of discretion, an appeal of a community welfare officer's decision was never needed because there was significant flexibility. That has been tightened up. I accept the work the CWOs do in the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Most of this country's biggest producers of fruit and vegetables are in the constituency of the Minister of State. In terms of access to and cost of food, one of the big challenges for people is eating food in season. For example, strawberries do not grow in Ireland in the middle of winter. Perhaps working with Bord Bia I suggest that every schoolchild receives an eating in season calendar...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: Roadmap to Social Inclusion: Discussion (23 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Before we finish I want to refer to a comment made by the Minister in his opening contribution. He highlighted the commitment in the programme for Government both to end direct provision and bring in a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants. I know that this is something that he has worked for a long number of years and it is something that I have had an interest in for a long...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Therein lies the problem. The board and management of the ESB are responsible for the future use of these two power plants. As the Minister knows, the report will recommend their demolition, which is wasting €176 million that Irish electricity customers right across the country have already paid towards their cost. There are alternative options. I said here last December that three...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: If the ESB is so committed to the midlands, why would it go to the regulator to seek to recoup the €5 million it paid over to the just transition fund expecting electricity customers across the country to pay for it? That is the commitment of the ESB to the midlands. All the local public representatives were told last month that the report will recommend that the two plants be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: There are no jobs in battery storage

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Yet the data centres are still being built in Dublin.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the discussions he has had with stakeholders regarding the future use of Lough Ree power station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44952/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: As the Minister will be aware, Mr. Kieran Mulvey, the just transition commissioner, outlined in one of his reports the pristine condition of the two power stations in Lanesborough and Shannonbridge. Both of those power stations have a remaining lifespan of ten years. The Minister has asked the ESB to carry out a review of the feasibility of retaining the plants for some other energy...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: Deputy Stanley has raised an important issue. The problem is that the homes designated as blue, while officially regarded as being in receipt of a broadband service, are not actually getting it. The national broadband contract is very clear on this. If people cannot get a commercial service, they are entitled, under the national broadband plan, to a service under the national broadband...

Civil Liability and Courts (Amendment) Bill 2021: First Stage (10 Mar 2021)

Denis Naughten: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 and to provide for related matters. Insurance fraud should never pay. It has a cost for each and every one of us. The difficulty is that there are no consequences if someone is found out to be making a fraudulent claim. There is no downside to bringing a fraudulent claim....