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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Bord na Móna has been around much longer than Mr. Donnellan. How long has the company known?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It has known about climate change.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It has not known what its role in climate change is.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It has known about it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Everybody has known since the early 1990s and Bord na Móna has been aware since then as well but it has been getting into a transition programme for only six months. That is not only true for Bord na Móna but the State and everything else.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: How long has Bord na Móna known?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It is worrying from the point of view of the State. Bord na Móna has known for only ten years and the State does not seem to know yet. Mr. Donnellan said, after talking about renewable energy projects and so on, that investments in this area will support the creation of considerable numbers of long-term jobs. What are the long-term jobs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: After that is built, what will provide long-term jobs?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: EirGrid manages the electricity for a centre in Ballsbridge and I have heard that the technology is very interesting. Can the committee visit the centre?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I want to ask a few questions about the Baringa report which states: "The Renewable Energy scenario assumes a linear increase in energy market battery capacity from zero to 1.7 GW installed battery capacity from 2020 to 2030." The report did not mention pump or water storage. Ireland has a history of managing such installations. Should we explore such technology in terms of how to manage...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: When Mr. Foley refers to viability, is he referring to financial viability?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The technology is more than viable.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: How is that going?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Offshore wind farms.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Build it near Donegal.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The reality is that, unfortunately, there will not be sufficient demand on the west coast for the foreseeable future.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: There is the possibility of generation on the west coast but the demand does not exist there. We have to get it out to the demand centre, which is on the east coast. Our problem is how feasible it is to get it there.
- African Development (Bank and Fund) Bill 2018: Second Stage (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The Bill seeks to establish Ireland’s membership as a non-regional applicant country to the regional multilateral development finance institution, known as the African Development Bank. The bank established in the 1960s declares its aim to be to contribute to the economic development and social progress of African countries. The African Development Bank declares its central mission...
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Illness Benefit Waiting Times (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 125. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of her handling of delays in the issuing of illness benefit payments; if these delays have been fully addressed; if not, when she envisages payment issues will be resolved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46624/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: JobPath Data (13 Nov 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 119. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of JobPath attendees that gained work after completing the course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46625/18]