Results 101-120 of 11,201 for speaker:Timmy Dooley

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: A scheme has been deployed for those most under threat of energy poverty where the entirety of the cost is recovered. That is clearly for those in low income homes, whether they be elderly or significantly dependent on social supports. The Deputy should not hold me to this but I think 25,000 homes have been upgraded in that particular sphere. That is an area that can be looked at. This...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Schemes (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The home energy upgrade loan scheme, HEULS, was launched in April 2024. It is intended to play a crucial role in helping homeowners invest in their energy upgrades to make their homes warmer, healthier and more comfortable with lower emissions and lower bills. It was developed by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Finance, Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland, SBCI,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Just Transition (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I have an extensive list, which I can share with the Deputy. If there is a necessity to meet with some of his constituents about their concerns, I am happy to meet with them. This was a call-led approach, so it was dependent on projects being brought forward to seek funding. It was not as if the Government identified specific locations and sought to create a demand around that. The...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Just Transition (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In fairness to the Deputy, he has always made those points. I appreciate his interest in this matter. The Minister, Deputy Darragh O'Brien, launched a public consultation on the development of Ireland's social climate plan last Thursday. The plan will set out measures to be financed under the EU Social Climate Fund over the period 2026 to 2032. The EU Social Climate Fund is the first EU...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Just Transition (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I recognise the efforts many communities have made to try to assist. Deputy Stanley should please share with us if there are other viable projects or assistance is required.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Just Transition (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I thank Deputy Stanley. From previous Oireachtas terms, I know he has shown a great interest in this particular area and championed it over that time. In total, more than €29.2 million under the EU just transition fund has been allocated to projects that are fully or partially based in County Laois. Of this, almost €3.6 million has been approved for projects under way solely...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I appreciate the Deputy's question. Ireland engages with the US across a broad range of multilateral energy forums, from the United Nations and the G20, where Ireland is a guest country under the current South African Presidency, to the IEA and IRENA. While respecting different policy emphases regarding, for example, energy mix and the role of renewables in particular, we also enjoy an...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Government's intention on the installation of a facility like the floating LNG facility that is proposed is that it is being led by the State rather than a commercial entity. It is being done in a controlled manner that will, as I outlined in the earlier answer, allow us to protect a critical supply in the event of anything happening to the two interconnectors or indeed the subsea...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In addition to our support for the renewable energy sector, particularly with wind and solar, we are also enhancing our support for biogas. The Deputy will know that the Government has a strategy on that. We will see seven or eight projects in the very near future coming into play for that biogas system through the anaerobic digestion system. We are absolutely committed to eliminating,...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 100, 118 and 145 together. I want to acknowledge the seriousness of the fish kill that occurred on the River Blackwater and its tributaries near Mallow, Co Cork, and I fully recognise the enormous impact this incident has had on local communities, anglers and users of this important river catchment. From the outset, I have been in regular contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: My Department is currently drafting Marine Planning Guidelines for Offshore Wind Energy under section 7 of the Maritime Area Planning Act 2021. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide clarity and advice on the assessment process to statutory planning authorities for planning applications for offshore wind energy. Within the context of the plan-led marine spatial planning system and...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Marine Protected Areas (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Following the transfer of marine environment functions from the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government to my Department, the Department has undertaken a review to identify the optimal legislative vehicle to designate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Options under consideration include alignment of the approach to designating MPAs with provisions of the Maritime Area Planning Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Policy (18 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Following the transfer of marine environment functions from the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government to my Department, the Department has undertaken a review to identify the optimal legislative vehicle to designate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Options under consideration include alignment of the approach to designating MPAs with provisions of the Maritime Area Planning Act...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Inland Fisheries (17 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I have had regular contact with the Acting CEO and other senior officials from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) since this incident was first reported. I have also spoken with the IFI Chair and with senior executives from other relevant agencies as the investigation has progressed. I have visited the site on two occasions, where I chaired a well-attended town hall meeting between agencies...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Measures (17 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: Following the transfer of marine environment functions from the Department of Housing, Heritage and Local Government to the Department, the Department has undertaken a review to identify the optimal legislative vehicle to designate Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). Options under consideration include alignment of the approach to designating MPAs with provisions of the Maritime Area Planning Act...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grant Payments (17 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The responsibility for the development and maintenance of local authority owned piers, harbours and slipways rests with each local authority in the first instance and their parent Department, the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage thereafter. The Brexit Adjustment Reserve Local Authority Marine Infrastructure Scheme 2022-2023 (BALAMI) was a once off scheme exclusively...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (17 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) is an independent statutory body which has responsibility for seafood safety controls and the enforcement of seafood safety law. As the competent authority for the export certification of Irish seafood, the SFPA provides assurance of compliance with EU food hygiene legislation and any other certification required for export to non-EU countries. ...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Aquaculture Industry (17 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 974, 975 and 976 together. I wish to advise the Deputy that razor clam can only be harvested from areas designated as classified production areas by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA). The Malahide classified production area (CPA) is one of four production areas in the north Irish Sea classified for razor clam fishing. This CPA extends to an...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Investigations (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 to 93, inclusive, and 135 to 137, inclusive, together. I have had regular contact with the Acting CEO and have also met other senior officials from Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI). I have also spoken with the IFI Chair and with senior executives from other relevant agencies. I have established an Inter-Agency Group, to collaborate on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fishing Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Timmy Dooley: In instances where fishing rights are reserved on a property (i.e. not belonging to the landowner) this would typically be recorded on Part 3 of the Land Registry folio as a burden. That folio will also include reference to the instrument under which those rights were reserved and the registered owner of the folio may apply to Tailte Éireann to inspect or obtain a copy of that...