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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for that reply. Again, I am a bit puzzled that we have the incidents repeating and we have the technology to alleviate the problem. While we can say in the long term that we can reduce emissions, which is beneficial to the environment, at the same time we have a situation where parts of the island are being rewetted. I would think most people would agree that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I can assure the Minister of State I have done so.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 64. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which broadband provision throughout the country is progressing as intended; if efforts continue to bridge communication gaps that have become obvious; if he can see a means whereby the provision of broadband throughout all the regions can be maximised in early date; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I know there have been similar questions to this on broadband. It is on the ongoing drive to provide a full scale level of high-speed broadband throughout the country. We have had tremendous success and there are areas where there have been huge improvements. Then there are other cliff-edge areas between those areas which have received no adequate service at all yet. When will we join...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We should recognise and acknowledge the fact the provision of broadband is a massive leap forward in communications in this country. It is hugely important to business and industry, education, hospitals, schools and science in general. It has been speeded up dramatically by the availability of a reliable and adequate high-speed broadband. However, there are chasms in the system still that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I agree entirely. There may be other blackspots that have not appeared just yet, but the lack of appeals on their part should not inhibit us in any way from making the changes the Minister of State referred to in identifying blackspots that need urgent attention and to do it now, insofar as it can be done and thus eliminate many of the delays.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 63. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which Ireland continues to make progress towards meeting climate change issues with particular reference to flooding prevention, land drainage or management and any other issues of potential positive impact in meeting the various climate challenges in the future; and if he will make a statement on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: This question seeks to ascertain the extent to which measures to meet climate challenges are successful, and if there is available to the public some scientific evidence to indicate that their efforts are being rewarded and that, if continued, their efforts will be of benefit.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Minister of State for his reply. I am also thinking that in order to succeed in any such situation there needs to be evidence available to support the concept. We have, for example, for want of a better word, flashpoints around the country where severe flooding takes place and has taken place again and again. We call it a hundred year flood or whatever it is. The fact is that...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: Some years ago, Maynooth, County Kildare was scheduled to have a brand new swimming pool and various contributions were raised between the local authority, the local community and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. Recently, I heard voices in the long grass to the extent that the proposal was not as warm as it had been in the past. The town has a population of 20,000 with approximately 20,000...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I thank the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to indicate if and when passports will be approved in the case of persons (details supplied), who applied for renewal six weeks ago and where the witness made an error on the form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21201/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 131. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he can take to speed up the provision of broadband services through the medium of fibre-optics throughout County Kildare, with particular reference to known blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21831/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which each sector in the economy can contribute to greenhouse gas reduction over the next five years without negatively impacting on economic output; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21832/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Environmental Policy (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 133. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department has examined the fullest possible extent to which all measures to offset the impact of meeting such targets on industry, sector by sector, with particular reference to the need to avoid permanent damage to the economy while at the same time meeting carbon reduction targets; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 134. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which his Department continues to explore electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by way of wind, wave or solar; the full extent of the investment to date in each element of the sector; the degree to which he expects such investment to materialise in each of the next five years; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 138. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the degree to which investment in wind turbines that are capable of producing electricity in the short term can be funded as a matter of urgency, with particular reference to the dependency of Ireland and Europe on imported fuels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21839/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Services (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 135. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which mobile telephone services remain good when compared with other European Union or adjoining countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21836/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 136. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the provision of broadband continues to meet targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21837/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Management (14 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: 137. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the extent to which the national waste management plan continues to address the relevant issues, with particular reference to reduction, reuse and recycle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21838/24]