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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Fund (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The €90 million from the carbon tax is just a drop in the ocean.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Fund (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 36. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount of funding being allocated to the climate action fund. [42523/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Fund (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I pose this question to ascertain from the Minister what the total climate action budget will be for 2020. The carbon tax yield was pegged at €90 million in the budget last week. We were told that will be ring-fenced to protect the most vulnerable in society, support sustainable mobility, provide agri-environment schemes and plan for a low-carbon future. I would like the Minister of...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Fund (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I am glad that the Minister of State mentioned NORA. It has been indicated that NORA's current surplus funds will be used for climate action measures. Is it legally possible for those funds to be used in that way now? My second question concerns figures given to the Joint Committee on Communication, Climate Action and Environment suggesting some 17.4% of households are considered to be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Climate Action Fund (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: The Minister of State is telling us, de facto, that it is not legal to use the current NORA excess reserves for climate action measures, but that it is to be made legal by passing the Bill to which he referred. The reference to NORA's excess reserves can be taken off the table as being spoken of as part of the climate action fund. When the Government is allocating funds, it is important...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 45. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he plans to carry out early assessments of the social and employment impacts of climate policies and identify the social protection needs in the changing industries in addition to the active labour market policies as recommended in the recent cross-party report of the Joint Committee on Climate Action; and if he...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I will do some rapid fire questioning, if the Chairman does not mind. Professor FitzGerald is looking hale and hearty before his impending birthday. I congratulate him as he has been a great figure on the public landscape and he has always spoken with a great degree of common sense. It is very easy to listen to what he has to say as it is always based on common sense. I want to speak to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: Does the Climate Change Advisory Council have a mandate to look at that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is at a micro level.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My second question relates to Professor FitzGerald's earlier intervention when he spoke about the need to legislate for the carbon price or tax trajectory. What would such legislation look like? If the Climate Change Advisory Council were to legislate for this tomorrow morning, what would it advise the Government to do? What would that legislation look like? Would it be highly...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: My next question relates to the financing of climate action. It is difficult for us as Members to draw a line under what is currently allocated for climate action. The whole philosophy is based on behavioural change. The people I represent are not in a position to switch from a diesel engine to a fully electric engine. They are not in a position to spend between €50,000 and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: So did I.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Change Advisory Council Annual Review 2019: Discussion (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: That is a big range.

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Applications (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her attention has been drawn to an issue regarding a stamp 4 application by a person (details supplied). [41726/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 440. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to improve support for and promote birthing centres and home births, particularly as an option for mothers in rural Ireland; if he has reviewed evidence on the benefits of birthing centres in terms of safety, less infection and so on; the outcome of this review; and the funding currently set aside to promote and cater for birthing centres and home...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 103. To ask the Minister for Finance the categories of flat rate tax expense for workers which the Revenue Commissioners propose to abolish from the beginning of 2020; the anticipated increase in tax revenue arising out of the abolition or substantial reduction of flat rate tax expenses for workers; and if he has discussed this matter with the Revenue Commissioners in view of the fact it...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Supervision and Substitution Scheme (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the restrictions placed on schools during the economic downturn regarding the employment of substitute teachers in situations in which teachers are on illness leave; the cost of reverting to a position in which all teacher illness leave is covered by substitute teachers; the estimated costs by primary and post-primary schools in the certified,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on his Department's payroll at primary and post-primary level whose only qualification allowance payment is the primary degree pass allowance. [41462/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: 182. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [41463/19]

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Seán Sherlock: I apologise for my voice. I will start on the climate action agenda. Yesterday, the Minister announced that €90 million would be ring-fenced. The language used in the document was vague and non-committal. According to the document, the ring-fencing of that €90 million is to protect the most vulnerable, have sustainable mobility programmes, have agri-environmental schemes,...