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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: National Development Plan (29 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 1580. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the biodiversity cross-Border projects that have been identified by his Department as part of the National Development Plan review 2025; the timeline for the completion of said projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42879/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 2075. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prisoners currently in Mountjoy Prison; the number of those in Mountjoy Prison from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; if the current number of inmates constitutes overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42876/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 2076. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the current condition of visiting areas for those who visit Mountjoy prison; the last time said visitor areas were upgraded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42877/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (29 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 2077. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if an ombudsman will be appointed to observe the current state of prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42878/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Community Development Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 3430. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for a breakdown of community infrastructure projects identified by his Department, such as town halls, community centres, men’s sheds, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42885/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (17 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 218. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if any assistance is given for people who have limited reading and writing capacity for CPC tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: 563. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is currently considering stopping the practice of insourcing in a hospital (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40593/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I have a question for Wind Energy Ireland first. It has identified roughly 1,300 sq. km on which new wind farms could be built. Where precisely are they? With the CRU's draft PR6 decision that said households and SMEs will see an increase in network charges while large energy users like data centres will see a reduction of up to 18% in prices, could it explain to us - to the public, really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Has public consultation started?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: In his statement, Mr. Tarrant outlines that 6,474 MW of renewable energy has been connected to the grid. Does he know approximately what percentage of that is going towards data centres?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I have a very quick question. Four or five years ago we were looking at the possibility of rolling blackouts. I have not heard as much talk about that lately. Is the grid in a stronger place at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I want to go back to the question I asked earlier on large energy users. Given that ordinary consumers and small and medium businesses face an increase of 21% in the price of electricity and data centres are getting reduction, and when we take into account the 29% of families and households experiencing energy poverty, I want to look at the sustainability of this situation. Is Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Climate Change Targets 2026-2030: Electricity Sector (16 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: Decoupling gas.

Commission of Investigation (Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools) Order 2025: Motion (15 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the establishment of a commission of investigation into historical sexual abuse in schools. I am thinking first and foremost of the survivors, some of whom are here in the Public Gallery today, and those who were abused as children in the very places they should have been safe, namely, our schools and our State institutions. This has been a long time coming. The findings of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: St. Farnan's Post Primary School in Prosperous has been oversubscribed-----

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: St. Farnan's Post Primary School in Prosperous. It has been oversubscribed for three years, putting serious pressure on the delivery of secondary school education in Prosperous and the surrounding area. Temporary accommodation, including a science lab, woodwork room, two classrooms, toilets and an office were coming up from a school in Monasterevin but that is only going to meet the needs...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (15 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: There was delays on the Department's end.

Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important debate. Cases of domestic, sexual and gender-based violence are at a crisis point. Women's Aid was founded in 1974 and it has been instrumental in responding to the needs of women over the past 50 years. Having begun as a small service, it has grown into a national organisation that directly supports thousands of women throughout the...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Judicial Review and Appeals Process: Engagement with Courts Service (9 Jul 2025)

Réada Cronin: I thank Ms Denning for her opening statement. There is a certain kind of negative, false narration around judicial reviews that they are blocking necessary infrastructure and that. Where would I find a breakdown of the people or groups that take judicial reviews? I believe it is members of the public, developers, landowners, local authorities and public authorities. Where would I find a...