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Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 18. To ask the Taoiseach his views on the creation of a new division within his Department focusing on child poverty [1634/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Child Poverty (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: My question aimed to elicit further information and I certainly welcome what I have heard regarding a broad Government approach being needed to address child poverty. Poverty cannot be looked at in isolation and, on that basis, the inclusion of well-being is welcome. One of the issues relating to well-being is education. Access to education is as important as healthcare. Will the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. I just have three questions as quite a bit has already been covered on the moratorium on disconnections. My primary question relates to the outlook on energy prices. How far ahead we are hedging? What are the consequences and effect of that on energy prices? When will the next set of hedging contracts be undertaken or is it an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: I fully accept that these are very exceptional circumstances. However, I ask Ms MacEvilly to consider the matter. She might provide to the clerk of the committee a briefing note with an overview of her views on the matter. My time is very limited, but I very much appreciate the answer. My other question relates to the potential for direct clients or private clients as they are sometimes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: Does Mr. Gannon have a view on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: Absolutely. Obviously, it requires the Government to make a decision and the Department to issue a directive. Would the CRU, as the regulator, feel obliged to frame a policy on it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: A specific section of the Act would need to be changed. I am aware of that. I ask the CRU to provide the committee secretariat with an overview of the system services across the board. It is very helpful to get today's opening statement and for representatives of the CRU to provide answers here on the floor, but sometimes the devil is in the detail. I ask that we be provided with as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: It would be very helpful because at times we are a little bit too much on the overview side and we need to get into some of the minutiae of the grid.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update following his attendance at the Foreign Affairs Council, with specific regard to support for Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4091/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an inventory of non-lethal supports that have been provided by Ireland to Ukraine, within a foreign policy context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4090/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on recent engagements with President Emmanuel Macron. [60872/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (31 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: That is the key to the issue. Does the CRU have any mechanism available to it to discuss the length of hedging with energy suppliers? Of course, it might be beneficial to them and ultimately to the consumer in a different set of circumstances, but in this set of circumstances consumers are being exposed to significant levels of bills and of course debt associated with that. I can pivot to...

Forestry Strategy: Statements (26 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. It is a very important one for many reasons. Forestry offers tremendous opportunities and if we heed the necessity to deliver on the commitments of afforestation, we can contribute to tackling some of the biggest challenges we face as a country. We do not need to think back too far, to the Covid-19 pandemic, to recognise the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Vacant Properties (26 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 159. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the Croí Cónaithe vacant property refurbishment grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3545/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Culture Policy (26 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 35. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will report on the work of the night-time economy forum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (26 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 77. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures she is considering to promote domestic holidaying within the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3544/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Construction Industry (26 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: 123. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the way the construction sector can increase the use of timber framed dwellings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3546/23]

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: Amendments Nos. 56 to 59, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

Communications Regulation Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages (25 Jan 2023)

Alan Farrell: No, not at this stage of the debate. We are on Report Stage. That is done on Committee Stage.