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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: Our second presentation is from Trócaire. Our witnesses are very welcome to the committee. I invite Ms Sharkey to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: Thank you, Ms Sharkey. I call Mr. Joe O'Carroll.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: Very good. I thank RECAP and Mr. O'Carroll. Our fourth and final opening presentation is from the Irish Environmental Network. We welcome Mr. Oisín Coghlan from Friends of the Earth and Professor Barry McMullin from the DCU school of engineering. I understand Mr. Coghlan is sharing time with Professor McMullin. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: To briefly come in on that last point, we are conscious of that correspondence and those items are under consideration I am sure Mr. Coghlan will be glad to hear. I thank the four groups and all the speakers. I will now open the floor to members who have questions. Deputy Ryan may be stepping into the breach in many ways shortly, so I will invite him to go first and then I will come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: I am not sure what particular order witnesses would like to respond to the questions. Who would like to respond first?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Implementation of National Mitigation Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

James Lawless: Before we take another response, I apologise for having to leave as I have a double booking this afternoon. Deputy Ryan will chair the rest of the meeting.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (15 May 2018)

James Lawless: 385. To ask the Minister for Health if the situation of a child (details supplied) requiring mental health services with parental consent will be examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20962/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (15 May 2018)

James Lawless: 535. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a carer's allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20904/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Disability Allowance Appeals (15 May 2018)

James Lawless: 536. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of an appeal for a disability allowance by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20920/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

James Lawless: We have already heard today about the announcements made by Facebook and Google and the regulation of posters and printed materials has been raised. Such materials are regulated under the Electoral Act 1992. However, 1992 is a long way from 2018 in political and Internet terms. That is why I introduced the Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017 into this House last...

Questions on Promised Legislation (9 May 2018)

James Lawless: No, the Online Advertising and Social Media (Transparency) Bill 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (9 May 2018)

James Lawless: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if a date for a surgery for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20231/18]

Radiological Protection (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I will speak briefly to the amendments and the Bill as a whole. Fianna Fáil continues to support the Bill. It is a sensible and much-needed Bill that makes a lot of sense. A risk-based approach and the mitigation of threats are essential to the Bill. The amendments appear quite sensible and to concern the risk mitigation of the radon threat. They appear to strengthen and enhance our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I also thank the delegates. I missed the statement made by Insurance Ireland because I was attending another committee meeting, but I have read it and have a number of questions. I wish to discuss some of the cost figures presented. A variety of legal costs seem to be to the fore in the headline figures on the first page. One of the claims made is that there has been a 48% increase in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Cost of Doing Business in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I thank Mr. Thompson. I have questions about motor insurance. The opening statement outlines the situation for returning immigrants. I have raised this issue with the Minister. It seems very unfair that someone who has driven abroad with a full clean licence for a period of time, be it elsewhere in the European Union or elsewhere, is back to square one when he or she returns home. I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Charges: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: I have a number of questions for Mr. Conway and Mr. O'Donoghue. I thank them both for attending. I note in the opening statement the Department mentioned the change in China's policy in terms of not accepting recycling to the same extent it had previously, and the knock-on effect to costs for consumers and for the waste sector. On a related note, since that development I understand there...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (8 May 2018)

James Lawless: 471. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if funding for the proposed ring road is dependent on a particular route being selected as part of the Part 8 process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19743/18]

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: Exit Deputy James Browne, enter Deputy James Lawless. I welcome this Bill. Fianna Fáil will support it. It is important and fitting that we would have such a day of remembrance and recognition for the national shadow which, as Deputy Tóibín eloquently articulated, is cast by the Famine some 150 years later, which continues to shape our demographics, our patterns, our...

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: I will start into Deputy Murphy's time and finish within two minutes. I spent some time in Connemara and I always think about these things. We tend to think of Connemara, the west and Munster as being the most ravished areas, but the east coast suffered too. One phenomenon I came across in Connemara was that of the hungry grass. The hungry grass was a concept written about by the poet...

Select Committee on Justice and Equality: Data Protection Bill 2018: Committee Stage (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

James Lawless: I agree with the Minister's comments. I worked in the insurance industry and the health insurance industry, in particular, and, therefore, I am familiar with the motivation behind the section. Deputy Daly will be glad to know that the advertisements that the VHI or other health insurers run and any tests they may perform as regards a predisposition to various conditions and diseases under...