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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Prices (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 129. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the level of engagement that has taken place with energy providers in respect of the cost of energy for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9378/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 130. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to address delays to the roll-out of the national broadband plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9379/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of upgrades completed under the warmth and well-being scheme, by county, in each of the years 2016 to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9380/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the way the warmth and well-being scheme will be incorporated into new schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9381/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given by his Department to engaging with other stakeholders on building capacity to achieve the key measures of the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9382/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Schemes (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to the grouping of homes together, for example neighbours, for the purposes of delivering significant energy upgrades under the national retrofitting scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9383/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cybersecurity Policy (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of staff working at the National Cybersecurity Centre in each of the years 2011 to 31 December 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9384/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Consultations (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of submissions received as part of the public consultation process on carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9385/22]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 639. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in respect of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied) in which an additional requirement of Garda vetting is required; the impact this process has had on the application to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9552/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (22 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: 805. To ask the Minister for Health if the HSE provides peer support workers in the mental health services in Cork; if so, if the HSE will provide the number of posts available in Cork, the locations of such posts and the work involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9665/22]

National Retrofitting Scheme: Statements (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I fully support the very ambitious programme the Minister has launched. There will be major challenges in delivering it. We are speaking about more than 500,000 homes benefiting over a period. It is important that we look at the existing structures and the defects that exist to make sure we can deliver in a timely manner. Recently, I spoke to someone who applied to the SEAI more than two...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I am sorry but I have not seen that happening recently. The situation is that anyone who wants to buy privately has to go 10 miles away to find a house to buy. They are being excluded from the market in the area that they grew up in and went to school and college in because all of these houses are being purchased by the voluntary housing agencies.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I understand that €3.26 million was allocated to local authorities to bring some of these treatment plants up, so that they could be taken in charge by Irish Water. I got the figure of €3.26 million.

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Ms Graham said that 566 such estates were identified. Since 2019, how many of these have been brought in and taken over by Irish Water?

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Graham not accept that there are two problems major problems here? First, there is an environmental issue, where there is no-one actually in charge of maintaining these facilities. Second, people have purchased houses and paid a substantial amount for them but they are now in a situation where if anything goes wrong on the estate, the local authority will not do anything for them....

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Is there a specific target or time period by which all of these will be dealt with? Ms Graham said that these are privately owned, but it must be remembered that the local authorities received contributions from the builders. Many of the companies involved in building these houses ended up in NAMA, and, therefore, there is no one that these people can come back at. Another issue is that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: Does Ms Graham accept that there is a bit of buck passing going on here? The Department is saying that it is a local authority issue, the local authorities are saying they cannot get the funding, and Irish Water is saying it is not their problem because they do not have any responsibility. Can we get everyone around the table and say that this is the programme for the next four years so we...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I want to also touch on another issue, which is voluntary housing agencies buying up housing estates. Whereas a private developer has an obligation to provide a certain number of houses for social housing, when voluntary housing agencies come in, they are buying up entire estates. Then, the person who may want to buy a house there is excluded from the whole area. I have come across a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: This is a case where developers have received planning permissions for building estates, and they intended selling privately, but housing agencies come in. When a housing agency or a voluntary housing agency buy, it is one transaction. Whether it is for 20, 50,or 80 houses, it is one transaction. It is very attractive from a developer point of view but it is not very good for an area where...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 34 - Housing, Local Government and Heritage (17 Feb 2022)

Colm Burke: I apologise for the delay in joining the meeting. I will turn to the issue of funding to Irish Water and local authorities in respect of stand-alone sewage treatment facilities. I have a concern, which I have raised in the Dáil in the last week. The response I am getting is that there is a large number of stand-alone treatment facilities. There is a huge number of these stand-alone...