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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: You cannot turn it off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: Customers have to see that there is a national dividend from people's needs being met by the use of green energy. We have to sell this and make people feel they are getting benefits from green energy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: What about some kind of support for SMEs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: I was talking to somebody in SuperValu in Sallins and Clane who told me that under the green transition fund, they are not eligible to apply to update any products they have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: So the CRU will be collecting that data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: We might talk to the CRU about that to ensure we get that in place. What about an energy poverty strategy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: The energy poverty strategy has lapsed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy Supply and Security: Discussion (30 Aug 2022)

Réada Cronin: In relation to the windfall tax, we seem to be being softened up that this will be minimal, even though profits have been maximum. It is as if it is an act of solidarity and I do not think that will be tolerated. The CRU spoke of optimising large-scale battery storage. Can we get confirmation from EirGrid that the grid will be able to manage that? It is welcome that the Government...

Green Hydrogen Strategy Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am also delighted to be co-presenting this Bill with my party comrades, given the urgency of the climate crisis we are in and the need to adapt to clean green technology as soon as possible. I have noted the Government's amendment. Normally I would be very disappointed with such an amendment but I acknowledge that we are having a public consultation with interested stakeholders. It is...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: With regard to delivery of the school's permanent accommodation and the promised refurbishment, works have not started yet. The school has been aware of this for several months according to the parents in Maynooth. I can tell the Minister of State that you could not move anything with regard to their children's education without the parents of Maynooth knowing. It actually has not started...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: Perhaps it is imminent.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: I expect Deputy Lawless, my constituency colleague, to join me. I hope he is running across the corridors as we speak. Tá an t-ádh linn scoil cosúil le Gaelcholáiste Mhaigh Nuad a bheith againn i dtuaisceart Chill Dara. Is scoil iontach í. Cuireann sí go mór le deiseanna oideachais i Maigh Nuad. I am glad to share my time and am glad that an Teachta...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: 52. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that forestry licence targets are not being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38071/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: 63. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made on the Programme for Government commitment to double ex-gratia grants to animal welfare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38072/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: I thank our guests for coming in and for the presentation. Formal training was covered a little in response to earlier questions. A DCU study published earlier this year found that almost two thirds of student teachers indicated they were not receiving enough RSE training. While many of them stated they were prepared to teach RSE in schools, they felt they were not getting the training...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: How often are in-service training days provided? If these are the results from student teachers, who we imagine are quite young, how is the council reaching older teachers who may not have received that training?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: I am interested in what was said about the ISSU. The committee was previously given evidence that the ISSU had not been consulted on the new RSE syllabus. It has also said the existing curriculum deals more with biology than consent. The witnesses are now saying that has changed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: Is the new syllabus going to concentrate more on consent than biology?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Gender Equality: Recommendations of the Report of the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Jul 2022)

Réada Cronin: I thank Professor O'Hagan for her submission, which was interesting. In the Sinn Féin submission to the Citizens' Assembly we suggested that DPER-----