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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The HSE’s national women and infants health programme has recommended that women only be able to avail of home births if they live within 30 minutes of a maternity service. If this recommendation was implemented, it would eradicate the choice of home birthing for a large proportion of women living in Ireland. For example, in west Cork, where I am from, any woman living west of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the witnesses for presenting to us and for their engagement so far. I have two questions; possibly three, if time allows. I would appreciate as quick and succinct answers as possible to the two questions. Reference was made to protecting consumers. That is what I would like to focus on at the outset. At the weekend we saw companies reporting six-monthly profits of almost...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am wondering why that is the case. The EU has recommended a windfall tax on the low-carbon, renewable energy companies. Clearly the EU has seen an opportunity there to intervene in the market. However, there do not seem to be any recommendations from the CRU that would directly impact things like the unit price, which would have a direct impact on utility bills. Why does the CRU not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: My second question is on security of supply, which the CRU dealt with at the end of its opening statement. Reference is made to the different options around security of supply, including battery storage. Is there an opportunity in the very short term to procure battery storage for public buildings? I am thinking of public hospitals in particular. Cork University Hospital, CUH, has always...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Does the provision of battery storage for distribution merit examination?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I get about reducing demand being incentivised to do that, but what about this as a mechanism?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Thank you.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is a combination. There should be a State strategy for the provision of battery storage in public buildings. I used hospitals as an example because of the nature of their work. Reducing the temperature to 19°C, etc., will not work in every public building. This technology is there but a big issue is if it costs €1 million, then procurement could take months. We are at the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 108. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will consider giving schools the option to apply for an energy audit with the SEAI as currently only registered businesses can apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45720/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Staff (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 187. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current staffing levels of the Department of Transport’s regional offices in Cork; if they have increased or decreased in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45429/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if extra routes, extra buses or buses with bigger capacity have been procured for the Cork South West constituency in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45427/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (20 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 569. To ask the Minister for Health if he will retain the 18-bed capacity at the centre for mental health care in Bantry and reject the recommendation of the Mental Health Commission to reduce the capacity to 11 beds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45907/22]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (15 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 31. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the role of healthcare assistants in nursing home settings will be included on the critical skills employment permits list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45082/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Schemes (15 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 121. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if transitional funding will be made available to bridge the gap in the Leader programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44986/22]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I wish to ask the Taoiseach about the mental health care and recovery centre in Bantry. The Mental Health Commission has recommended reducing the bed capacity at this facility from 18 beds down to 11. I ask Government to reject absolutely this recommendation. The report and request are fundamentally flawed. It does not take into account the geographic nature of west Cork and fails to...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff (14 Sep 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 178. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the motor travel rates for home support sector will be reviewed given that there is an increased demand on staff to travel and rates and distance bands have not been reviewed since 2017 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Jul 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 165. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her Department’s strategy to make sure that social protection payments are in line with an increased cost-of-living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34927/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Ukraine War (14 Jul 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 168. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will consider issuing refugees with a post office account so that they can access their social welfare payment from their local post office regardless of which town or area they are housed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27659/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (13 Jul 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 583. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the condition attached to the pig exceptional payment scheme, requiring breeding herds to be reduced by 10% will be reviewed given that it excludes producers who buy in pigs at a certain weight rather than owning breeding herds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38577/22]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Jul 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: We all know somebody with Parkinson's disease. Unfortunately, in County Cork many people have been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but, incredibly, we have zero Parkinson's nurses in Cork. That cannot continue. It has been proven with Parkinson's disease that early intervention is key. The Minister, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, in fairness, met campaigners last week outside the gates of...