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Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 328. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of recruiting a minimum of 300 therapy staff for children’s services over the next four years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36985/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Transport Support Scheme (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 329. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated cost of establishing the transport support scheme to replace the mobility allowance; if this is due to take place as part of budget 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 508. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his emissions budget for methane and nitrous oxide for 2020 to 2030; the emission budget cumulatively for the same period; the specific emissions reduction measures he plans to implement; and the planned reduction amount of each in order to meet emissions reduction obligations under the EU Effort Sharing Regulation. [37594/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: EU Regulations (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 509. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the implications of the proposed EU regulation 2017/2403 for marine conservation and the preservation and sustainable management of fish stocks in Irish waters; the impact on proposed marine protection areas or Natura 2000 sites; the way in which he plans to manage additional vessels fishing in Irish waters to ensure that fish...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 510. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to ensure that Ireland is not a net emitter of GHGs once the LULUCF regulation takes effect; and the measures he plans to increase the level of reafforestation to ensure that soil carbon and sequestration from forestry is maintained. [37596/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 518. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to persuade farmers to engage in afforestation programmes under the recent Climate Action Plan 2019. [37604/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Diplomatic Representation (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 511. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the instructions given to agriculture and food attachés to embassies that have such officials in respect of climate change commitments in the agrifood sector; and the job descriptions of each. [37597/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Activities (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 512. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has requested Teagasc to develop a new MACC analysis for climate mitigation that includes scenarios with a smaller national herd as per the advice of the Climate Change Advisory Council in its 2019 Annual Review. [37598/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Common Agricultural Policy Negotiations (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 513. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to develop rewilding and peatland restoration projects on blanket bogland designated for agricultural purposes; his further plans in regard to a budget for such schemes under the revised CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Scheme Payments (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 514. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to include a requirement that existing hedgerows are maintained and improved as part of dairy expansion projects that receive funding from his Department; and the information supplied to farmers regarding the importance of hedgerows via direct payments under pillar I of CAP. [37600/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Teagasc Funding (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 515. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he plans to take to improve the accessibility and affordability of farm advisory services to farmers from Teagasc under the next CAP. [37601/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 516. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has made calculations of the land that is not under grass that might be available for conversion to tillage or agroforestry without the loss of soil carbon. [37602/19]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Climate Change Adaptation Plans (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 517. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he will take in relation to the new advice from Teagasc that under no circumstances should peaty soils be drained; the way in which the information will be conveyed to farmers; and the measures that will be put in place to ensure that this advice is heeded. [37603/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 553. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he will carry out a strategic environment assessment of the EU Projects of Common Interest list, including proposed LNG terminals which will be importing fracked gas from the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37587/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 554. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has requested the opinion of the strategic environment assessment section of the Environmental Protection Agency to determine if an assessment is required for projects on the EU PCI list. [37588/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 555. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his policy in relation to imported fracked gas or the fracking of gas in Northern Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to recent research by a person (details supplied) which showed that fracking in the United States of America is responsible for at least 50% of worldwide methane emissions increases; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 556. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the reason the inclusion of fracked gas in the energy mix here is supported in view of IPCC reports that the energy system here should be decarbonised and fossil fuel reserves kept in the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37590/19]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Oireachtas Joint Committee Recommendations (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 557. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the efforts he has made to implement the recommendation regarding assigning overall responsibility for the peatland conservation programme under actions 131 and 134 of the Climate Action Plan 2019 and chapter 8 page 75 of the report of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Remit (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 558. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his views on whether the Commission for Regulation of Utilities functions under the 1999 and 2016 electricity and energy legislation are fit for purpose in view of the likelihood of a net zero carbon target for the power generation sector by 2050; his plans to revise the legislation in order that the functions of the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Commission for Regulation of Utilities Remit (17 Sep 2019)

Thomas Pringle: 559. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has instructed the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to advise its networks on the need for new business models and investment strategies to achieve a low and ultimately decarbonised carbon power generation sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37593/19]