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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (1 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 390. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the proposed new fire station for Clonakilty, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11796/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I get that there is limited time but there were many statements and much information. Two minutes will be really difficult. Would an extra minute be allowed?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank all of our witnesses for attending today. This discussion is incredibly timely. The need to accelerate the development of renewables has been brought into sharp focus by the IPCC report and obviously more recently by the geopolitical situation and the cost of energy. Co-operation between Germany and Ireland comes into sharp focus as well, with Germany's reliance on gas from Russia...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I might ask a supplementary question on the length of time that applications spend going through the planning process. Some projects, in particular onshore wind, become political hot potatoes, in that there is sometimes an element of NIMBYism. Politicians then find it difficult to get behind an energy source that will help to decarbonise our energy system. Is that a significant barrier to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Energy - Ambition and Challenges: Discussion (1 Mar 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: The question about objections related mainly to onshore wind, which is far more problematic. I do not envisage there will be the same number of objections to floating offshore, although there could be.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (24 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 74. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will implement a plan to facilitate tourism on Dursey Island in the absence of the cable car, which is scheduled to be closed during the summer months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10511/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (24 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 240. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the progress that has been made towards the development of An Ghaeltacht Ghlas, the Green Gaeltacht as a key component of the Údarás na Gaeltachta Strategic Plan 2021-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10429/22]

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Haugen for attending. I welcome her to Ireland in a virtual way. I apologise if some of my questions have been answered. I have not been able to listen to the entire meeting. If I repeat points, I ask to be indulged. It is now widely known that in 2016 Facebook made changes to its algorithms. These resulted in Facebook becoming a much angrier place. That was evident to all...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Ms Haugen just painted an incredibly bizarre picture of the period before 2016, when neo-Nazi pages were being recommended to people whom Facebook thought might relate to or like them. On that approach from Facebook, did any other Facebook staff at the time raise concerns about this approach? If so, what was the corporate response of Facebook to any concerns raised regarding that type of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Online Disinformation and Media Literacy: Ms Frances Haugen (23 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I thank Ms Haugen. I am going to squeeze in one more question in the ten seconds I have left, if that is okay with the Chair. This atmosphere and approach have led to a situation where, as we have already said, partisan pages and organisations have exploited it to a point where many people have trouble distinguishing factual and non-partisan material from that which is partisan and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Cork County Council should have acted faster on this. It knew that the towers were deteriorating and that corrosion was happening. It should have acted before this. The Minister of State probably knows west Cork as well as anyone in this Chamber. He frequents it often. He knows that Dursey Island is about as far from Dublin as one can get in Ireland. It is on the western periphery of...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Island Communities (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Dursey cable car is more than just a form of transport. Fáilte Ireland uses it in all of its promotional material to sell Ireland across Europe. It is also, more importantly, a lifeline for the eight farmers who keep livestock on Dursey Island. Lambing and calving season is upon us. These farmers need to get across to their livestock. It is an animal welfare issue. Cork County...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 874. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a plan for improving podiatry services in south-western areas of County Cork for persons with diabetes; the plans that are in place to address the staff shortage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10027/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: 885. To ask the Minister for Health the way that healthcare workers who worked in Ireland during the pandemic who qualify for the recognition payment of €1,000 but left the country after June 2021, will receive the bonus payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10113/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I will get the ball rolling. I might come in for a second round because as members ask questions, we might tease out more what this means and the consequences. I welcome strengthened directives and legislation around environmental crime and crimes against biodiversity causing habitat loss. Currently it is fair to say that in Ireland we have a weak position and we do not have a very good...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Mr. Finnegan is saying EU cross-border co-operation will be more effective. However, would he advocate a strengthening of resources in Ireland because our record on environmental crime, wildlife crime, prosecutions and charges is not good?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (22 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: I echo the concerns expressed by other members and the Chairman on the gate being left open on grey hydrogen, particularly as low-carbon hydrogen has not been defined yet. The fear is that the roll-out of our own green hydrogen, offshore wind and floating offshore wind will be delayed if we leave the door open to the development of grey hydrogen which would be sourced from fossil fuels. We...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: Kilbrittain National School is located in a part of the world with which the Taoiseach is very familiar. It is a terrific school with two classes for pupils with autism spectrum disorder, ASD, which are an incredibly important resource for those children. What will be an even more important resource at this school is early intervention preschool class, which will be for children who are...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: A Safe and Respectful Working Environment in the Arts: Discussion (16 Feb 2022)

Christopher O'Sullivan: In Ms Daly's last comments, she underlined the seriousness of the issue, which is still ongoing. There is a closing of ranks and pushback from the sector when someone is brave enough to report something. My first question is for ITI and Safe Arts of Ireland. The ITI report was published in October and there has been significant media coverage around it since then. We have an Oireachtas...