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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I feel there will be an issue with Coillte's very adventurous strategy programme, as the Chairman described it. Securing land for both Coillte and the private sector will be a challenge. As a State company which will be in competition with private companies, Coillte will have a lot of money to throw at this. How will Coillte be different from the private forester?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: As Mr. Carlin knows, getting qualified foresters is a major challenge. Will Coillte take on additional staff if this goes according to plan? From where does Mr. Carlin envisage getting additional foresters given the scarcity of qualified foresters?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: When does Mr. Carlin envisage Coillte will unveil or launch this joint venture or when will it get it over the line?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: Will Coillte come before the committee to update it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: What percentage of Coillte's forestry land holding has gone towards preservation and biodiversity for tourism and such uses?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I commend Coillte on the forest trails, recreation and biodiversity part of it. Praise is 100% due because the organisation has put significant investment into it. On the felling of trees, Coillte supplies the retail sector for woodchip, timber cutting and so on. Will it continue sales to both large and small providers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I am referring to timber Coillte has felled in the forestries. Some of it is sent to timber milling companies, more to woodchip companies and other companies that turn it into fire logs for burning fuel for domestic use in residential houses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I understand that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: In the past Coillte sold off some of the small forestry land holdings of less than 5 or 10 acres. Is Coillte selling sites at the moment or holding on to them? What is the general policy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Strategic Vision: Coillte (13 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: On the recreation side and with respect to trails, are there any counties where Coillte is not happy with the percentage of forest trails that are in place? I presume it depends on the population of the forestry land in a county. Is Coillte targeting specific counties to increase the percentage of forest trails?

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I am delighted the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy O’Gorman, is present. I have previously raised in the Dáil with the Taoiseach the issue of moneys outstanding to hotels, bed and breakfasts and guesthouses who are accommodating Ukrainians and refugees. There are a number of them in my own constituency and these people are in serious...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: I ask the Minister to talk to the Secretary General at his Department on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 211. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the route identification for the N3 to N4 link road; if traffic in Lucan, the sensitivities of the routes in terms of protected lands, and public parks will be taken into consideration; if new routes will be examined outside the previous scoping inquiry published in May 2019; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of progress on a building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61567/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (7 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 18. To ask the Minister for Finance the statutory duty of the Central Bank in the event of a consumer experiencing, and informing the Central Bank of, two breaches of Part IX, subsection 129(2) of the Consumer Credit Act 1995, as amended, and SI 128/1996, by a lending institution in the context of a housing loan, with supporting evidence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Special Areas of Conservation (7 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 27. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the compensation that is available to persons (details supplied) as a result of lands being in a special area of conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61327/22]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (6 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 75. To ask the Taoiseach the contracts that have been granted without having to go to public tender; the companies that were granted these contracts and the nature of work involved; the qualifying criteria that was applied to any company awarded such a contract in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 [60092/22]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Primary Medical Certificates (6 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the recruitment of the Primary Medical Certificates Appeals Board since the Boards resignation in 2021; the proposals that are being made to address the backlog in appeals made to the Primary Medical Certificates Appeals Board by people with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60439/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (6 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 354. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the contributory pension application for a person (details supplied); when will a decision be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60445/22]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Citizens Information Services (6 Dec 2022)

Paul Kehoe: 365. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she intends to reopen an in-person Citizens Information Board office in a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60677/22]