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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The reality is that people who want to invest in the biomethane sector in Europe are not coming to Ireland to invest. They are going elsewhere, because we do not have the structures within which they can invest. We did not even apply to the EU for that money. The reality is that Moneypoint is gearing up production at a time when we are saying that we are bringing in green energy, that we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I want to discuss the growing disconnect between the Government's stated aspirations on energy and the reality on the ground. This week, the Government is asking the Dáil to vote for the provision of emergency generators that will run on liquefied petroleum gas, LPG, and, crucially, will also have the capacity to run on green hydrogen, if and when it becomes available. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will address the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53437/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (25 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school bus service route (details supplied) in County Clare which was cancelled without notice will be reinstated as a matter of urgency given that it affects approximately 50 students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53458/22]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: That is welcome. I thank the Minister.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am sorry if I went a bit over time.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Is it?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: The written replies are sometime provided but if there is not one, that is fine. I am sorry; I did not mean to interrupt.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am afraid what the Minister just told me differs somewhat from what I heard is happening on the ground. There is a new enlarged border control facility at Dublin Airport. However, there was always a border control facility at Dublin Airport. Items marked for Shannon Airport previously came through Dublin Airport where there was a Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine facility....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: It is not transshipment.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I thank the Minister for taking this matter himself, which I appreciate. I raise the change in practice in respect of goods that are determined to involve health or agriculture and how they are checked. Until recently, any goods marked for Shannon Airport were checked at Shannon regardless of where they had come into the country or, in fact, where they had come into the European Union...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I raise a similar issue relating to the high price of gas. The Minister will be aware the European Commission has identified Ireland and Denmark as the two countries best suited to the production of biomethane. The Commission also introduced the REPowerEU scheme, the first tranche of which was to fund countries to improve their biomethane sector. Italy drew down €4.8 billion, while...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: I am glad we are not buying second-hand ones from Afghanistan.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: Did the Minister say the generators are not going to be needed?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: We forgot to apply for funding, however.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: And the Government will apply the next time.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Generation (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount (GWh) of electricity produced from coal at Moneypoint power station in the period January to September 2021, all of 2021, and the nine-month period from January to September 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 193. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the details of the engagement he had with (details supplied) prior to their withdrawal from the Irish wind energy market; if he will include dates of any meetings he participated in with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52577/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 216. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of domestic and international tourists, respectively, visiting each county annually since 1 January 2010, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52580/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Derelict Sites (20 Oct 2022)

Michael McNamara: 229. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of sites on the derelict sites register of each local authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52582/22]