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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (30 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will review decisions on SUSI grants that were turned down for the 2021-22 academic year due the inability of students to prove their place of independent living from October 2020 given that the housing and rental situation was abnormal due to Covid-19, as in the case of a mature student (details supplied) who would otherwise have had...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank the Minister for taking this Topical Issue matter. He will remember that I intended to submit this matter a number of weeks ago and the Minister was not available to take it at the time, so I said I would come back to raise this important issue, which I am doing now. I know the Government is motivated to reduce childcare costs and that the Minister is motivated to do so as well....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Childcare Services (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I appreciate the Minister's response and I do not question his motivation on better pay for staff involved in the sector and in making childcare affordable and accessible for parents. We have to come back to the facts of the matter. We had hundreds of people protesting outside Leinster House last week. Many of these operators were being sustained on the employment wage subsidy scheme,...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 8. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when Ireland's long-term climate action strategy will be published as the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34783/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Fuel Poverty (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 9. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the review of Ireland's energy poverty strategy; when the review will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34784/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Supports (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 204. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if non-SMEs can be included in Brexit Adjustment Reserve funding from the processor's capital funding initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34634/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Yes, go to our colleagues as I have just arrived at the meeting. I will speak later.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I feel we are all going to be leaving this meeting with a Donegal accent.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Exactly, you could have a Cork accent. I took time to read the opening statements. I apologise for missing the initial opening statements. It was unavoidable but I did read them. I apologise if I am asking questions that have already been asked. Certainly, it strikes me, as a project and idea, as something we can really get behind. It is our job to dig deep and find out if there are...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I am very conscious of time as I am running out of it. I appreciate that. In fairness, that is a very satisfactory answer to what could have been a tricky question. Mr. McGroarty mentioned that with this project, sometimes it is hard to make policy now for what will bring long-term benefits and savings, particularly in relation to health and well-being. He mentioned a figure of overall...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Social Outcome Contracts in Irish Sport: Discussion (29 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It answers it 100%. That is it. This investment saves long term. Whether it is on an individual scale or the grander scale, it saves in potential health costs down the line, which is certainly one of the main pluses of a scheme such as this. Mr. McGroarty outlined very well the inclusivity part of it. He spoke about the outcomes from the perspectives of mental health, general health...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: This Government made a promise to tackle the cost of childcare, and we will do that. In doing so, however, we must ensure there is an early childhood care and education, ECCE, sector there to provide the service. If the current core funding model was fit for purpose, we would not have had a situation where hundreds of our early educators and childcare providers descended on Leinster House...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: There is correspondence-----

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 106. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the Defence Forces monitor naval exercises by other countries off the Irish coast; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34149/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Mr. Callanan and the other speakers for the opening statements. Through Ag Climatise and the marginal abatement cost curve, MACC , agriculture is one of the only sectors with a credible roadmap on paper. There is a roadmap to follow. There will be challenges in ensuring that what is in that roadmap achieves the reductions we need but at least it is there and that has to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: What has been done to increase the rate of approval of licences for plantation and forestry? That seems to be a huge issue. The felling seems to be smoothing itself out a small bit. There is an increased rate of applications or approvals but that is not happening with plantations. It completely flies in the face of everything we are trying to do through agriculture and climate action.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Just one more question on transport and then I am-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I want to again stress the importance of the afforestation targets and how important this is for sequestration into the future. There is that old saying that the best time to plant a tree is 100 years ago and the next best time to plant a tree is today. We do not seem to be any closer to planting in the near future and we really need to get on top of that. I want to stress that point. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Sectoral Emissions Ceilings: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: It is good news that the Department is looking at a differential and, potentially, a taxation strategy to make it more affordable. As I said, it is just out of that affordability range at present but efficiency and reduction emissions could be key. It will bring a whole sector on board as well.