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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Is Professor Masson-Delmotte saying that even with the pledges the Government made over the past three years, we could still reach an increase of 3o Celsius in global temperature?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: What can be done about haulage and freight?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: I was thinking more of the haulage industry. Hauling goods by truck involves using diesel oil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: I have a question for Dr. Aubert concerning the use of biomass in agriculture. In the context of sustainability and land use, this requires using land that might be used for growing food. What is the science behind the benefits of it? Does it stack up? There are emissions from using biomass. My other questions relate to agricultural waste. We have a large agricultural sector in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Wet.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: My final question is for Professor Seneviratne. In terms of technology, what would be the big game-changer? What would be a major win-win in terms of a country such as Ireland that has significant carbon emissions? We are producing about 60% more per head of population than the rest of the EU. What are the two or three major things we need to do now?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 76. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department, in conjunction with the command structure within the Defence Forces, has reached a decision on improving the special allowances paid to soldiers. [48209/18]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (21 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 78. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress made in addressing the low pay rates for lower ranked members of the Defence Forces. [48208/18]

Local Government (Water Pollution) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (20 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: I welcome Deputy Martin Kenny's Bill. It is a practical measure aimed at solving a problem in areas where there is rural decline. The previous speakers mentioned the north west, Donegal, Leitrim and such counties where there is heavy soil. There are areas across the midlands which have problems with soil types, such as the western part of County Laois including the Slieve Bloom area,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: I rise to speak about the same issue. There is huge concern about the potential closure of the mail centre in Portlaoise. Some 250 people are employed there, and a further 40 or 50 seasonal jobs are available there during the Christmas period. There is huge uncertainty around its future. This issue has bounced around for two years. There have been rumours about Athlone, Portlaoise and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (20 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 351. To ask the Minister for Health if he and the HSE have plans to expand the sponsored nursing training scheme for persons already employed in the health service such as care assistants. [47743/18]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Eligibility (20 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: 604. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to change the criteria for fuel allowance in cases in which a person that was on a community employment scheme and in receipt of fuel allowance but had to cease employment due to injury was then placed on jobseeker's benefit and is no longer eligible for a fuel allowance payment. [47742/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Looking at the vehicle charging structure for electric vehicles, at the moment the regulator has said that the charging points must be moved from the ESB. The ESB has been providing these points free of charge. That will not go on for ever. Progress on that needs to move ahead of the take-up of EVs, because if the charging infrastructure is not there, this take-up will not happen. While...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Overall, what I am trying to get to is that we have a lot of bits and pieces happening around the place. A person was in contact with me today about solar power. LEADER seems to be handling some funding for it. SEAI has some elements of grants as well. The public find it very hard to get plugged in - pardon the pun - to all of this as to what is available. As a public representative who...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: Little initiatives announced every now and again. Presumably these are drawn up by the Department and the Minister announces them but the Minister should be really be in charge.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: That was the fault of the Greens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: The range anxiety issue can be addressed in a few ways. One is for car manufacturers to extend the distance that can be travelled without needing to recharge the battery. There is obviously considerable research to be carried out on that. The only thing we can do in the interim is to have more charging points. Even if it is extended, we will need a significant number of them, with one in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: I am asking the representatives of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform about the funding for this. The ESB has been carrying this. The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment officials will approach officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Have Mr. Watt and his colleagues had discussions with officials in the Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: It is a really serious matter. We are talking about eliminating diesel and petrol by 2030. If between those two key Departments, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, we have not even got around to putting the charging infrastructure in place except what has been put there by the ESB, a stand-alone semi-State...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (14 Nov 2018)

Brian Stanley: The only other question not answered fully related to renewable energy. While the €50 million has been announced and is in the capital programme, do the senior officials in the Department see any need to escalate that fund as we move along to 2021 and 2022 because we have a lot of catching up to do here?