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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The answer Mr. Griffin has outlined shows why oversight is needed. It is not clear and even Mr. Griffin was not clear on it. We must make it clear for everybody in order that everybody can see it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: There is one other point. This offshore wind issue has been ongoing since approximately 2014, and the legislation needs to be updated. As the Department with responsibility for climate change, does it see that as a problem in dealing with climate change issues? We are now in 2018, which is four or five years down the line, and it will be another couple of years before it will be dealt...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Is the reason that this is so many years off-track because this has not been done?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I would like to ask a question on rural Ireland.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: There are no barriers in the first scheme.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The ESB will respond within a timely-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: No, I had not.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: That makes the system more efficient so the ESB is making money out of it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: It makes the ESB's assessment more efficient.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: The ESB does not lose from the generation to the consumer because the loss has been taken on by the consumer who turns it on. As a result, the ESB has less electricity to generate to get from A to B.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: All of the suppliers will get more efficient.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: There are fewer losses to the suppliers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: Will Mr. Lawlor explain how a power plant can generate the same amount of electricity, the ESB can add that electricity into the network and it all gets lost? It would be very interesting to hear that.
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 117. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the CFRAM report into Kerrykeel, County Donegal; if funding has been allocated for bridge replacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38957/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 118. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the bridge at Kerrykeel, County Donegal is included in the €3.2 million funding for the Burnfoot and Castlefinn flood relief scheme; when the €3,000 in funding referred to by Minister of State, Deputy McHugh, in a press release (details supplied) will be granted and used to build a new bridge design to address the...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Structures at Risk Fund (26 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 262. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if an application by a church (details supplied) in County Donegal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38976/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (25 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills that status of a new school building project for a school (details supplied) which is due to start in 2019; if the school is being prioritised due to the continued deterioration of the prefabs which make up the school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Direct Provision Data (25 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: 210. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons in 2018 who have been refused accommodation in the Reception and Integration Agency’s accommodation portfolio due to the lack of bed space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/18]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Engagement with Ms Marie Donnelly (20 Sep 2018)
Thomas Pringle: I thank Ms Donnelly for her presentation. It was very useful. I have some questions that I prepared before she made it. Some of them might have already been answered. Then I have some questions about what she has said today if that is okay. The questions I had earlier were based on the Citizens' Assembly presentation. I could be wrong but my take on what she is saying and on the pitch...