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Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I will get to the national herd in a moment. Does the Department have an obligation to ensure that agricultural emissions are reduced? Is that now one of the clear remits of the Department given that we are being told there is an all-of-government approach and a special committee of the Oireachtas to hold Secretaries General and Ministers to account? I accept it might be the case that...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Does the Department have an obligation to make sure that the figures go in the opposite direction?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Does Mr. Gleeson expect that next year we will be looking at a decrease or will there be a further increase?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I sit on the Joint Committee on Climate Action. I think Mr. Gleeson came before it recently.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Scientists and environmental experts have come before us and they say the ship must turn around very quickly. We do not have a choice.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: It is not something that we can have an à la carteor relaxed approach to, we must reach the targets. I have not heard a sense of urgency in the Department's response to being challenged on the issue. There is almost an acceptance that it is a big challenge and it is a big ship that we must turn around. It is Mr. Gleeson's job to turn the ship around, however challenging it is. Mr....

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: What is that?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: It is not broken down by year. The target just has to be achieved by 2030. That is the problem with such targets. When one says one must do something by 2030 it is very hard to hold anybody to account. Every year it can be said the target is a ten-year one. For accountability purposes, it would be much better if there were yearly targets on which we could then hold the Department to...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I am sorry, but there would have been an anticipation that the Department would have reduced the emissions in 2018 because the State signed up to international targets and obligations, not yesterday or last year but many years ago. For many years we have had targets, following on from the agreement at Kyoto and other European Union targets as well. Targets have been set for this country....

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I am only giving Mr. Gleeson the facts, what we have is increased agricultural emissions, an increase in dairy production and I will move on to an underspend in forestry. Mr. Gleeson answered some questions in that regard asked by Deputy Aylward. Mr. Gleeson is in one of the key Departments that must play a leading role in reducing carbon emissions and our carbon footprint. One of the...

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: It was a whole chapter in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. Mr. Gleeson needs to give us a better explanation as to why the target was not met.

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Telling me that the Department does not rest on its laurels does not answer the question. Mr. Gleeson has outlined a lot of what he sees as the challenges but I am looking for him to outline the solutions. One of the points the Comptroller and Auditor General made in his special chapter is that there was a concentration in a small number of areas but very uneven development. Is that right?

Public Accounts Committee: 2018 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 30 - Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Chapter 10 - Forestry Grants (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: There was also mention of Sitka spruce, this monoculture afforestation, which seems to be prolific in those counties as well. I commend the changes that encourage more broadleaf plantation. I have only a minute remaining and I am going to stick to my time. Perhaps Mr. Gleeson could provide a detailed note as to exactly what the Department is going to do to in response to what was in the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: 215. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the estimated full-year cost of monitoring the prices of residential waste collection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44044/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (24 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: 359. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to support nature and biodiversity on a whole-of-Government basis; her plans for future funding of the national biodiversity data centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43885/19]

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: I welcome the opportunity to speak on the Finance Bill and to again offer a critique of the Government's budget, some of the measures included in it, and more importantly for Sinn Féin, some measures that should have been included and were not because the Government made the wrong choices and failed to give workers and families a break that they needed. I will begin with the increase...

Finance Bill 2019: Second Stage (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Hear, hear.

Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion [Private Members] (23 Oct 2019)

David Cullinane: Flashing red buttons.