Results 101-120 of 21,188 for speaker:Denis Naughten

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (20 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 465. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement to date with schools in general regarding amalgamation and the provision of a co-educational offering; if she will review the options for 2nd level facilities in the catchment, in the interest of pupils, their subject choices, and the maximisation in the use of educational facilities funded by the local community and the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (20 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 627. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total capital investment in the construction of social housing units in 2023; the average spend per unit under the deep retrofit scheme for 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11913/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Energy Conservation (20 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 628. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the monies allocated to the Local Authority Retrofit Programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11914/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: In the first ten months of 2023, 724 GWh of wind energy were wasted due to curtailment. That is set to increase by about 15% over the coming years because of the way our grid is structured. The charity EnergyCloud has 75,000 households across the country that have signed up and are willing to have EnergyCloud's technology installed in their homes. This technology would provide them with a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 81. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of homes that had their retrofitting applications refused in 2022 and 2023, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10135/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: In the past two years, for every four homes that have been retrofitted under the warmer homes scheme for those in fuel poverty, one application has been cancelled. The majority of these cancellations have occurred because the SEAI has said that no works are possible or that works are not technically possible. These people have sat in cold houses for two winters after applying for their...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: The Minister has on his desk academic research showing that these people are more likely to end up on a hospital trolley due to inaction on the retrofitting of their homes. The SEAI tells us that small actions can make every home warmer and yet these people, the people most vulnerable to fuel poverty in this country, are being ignored. Will the Minister explain why those attics cannot be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Schemes (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: Each of the measures I have outlined can be carried out without any risk to the householder or the home. These measures, the low-hanging fruit, are not being carried out in those homes. The reality is that there are people in this country who are choosing between eating and heating. They have waited for two winters for works to be carried out on their homes only for the State to tell them...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address fuel poverty in homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10134/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Fuel Poverty (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: As I have said, people in this country are choosing between eating and heating and the Government's policy on addressing fuel poverty through retrofitting homes is either whole duck or no dinner, that is, to either do a deep retrofit or do nothing. That is not good enough. The ESRI report on energy poverty shows that 550,000 households, the equivalent of 1.3 million people, are in crisis as...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: It is a pity the Minister did not actually respond to the question I put to him. Hopefully he will do that in his supplementary response. HVO is both relatively cheap and easy to switch. Some 90% of HVO could be blended with a 10% kerosene mix in existing oil-fired central heating systems with the cost of converting the boiler at about €300. This compares with a cost of conversion...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: Even based on the current projections, by 2030 the demand for oil-fired central heating will be about 4,000 GW hours. Some 1,500 GW hours could be provided through the available HVO. That is based on conservative figures. However, the big problem here is that to date there has been an absence of any clear demand for energy crops that would attract farmers to move away from cattle, dairy...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 78. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps which he is taking to enhance the domestic sourcing and production of HVO as a replacement for diesel and kerosene; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11325/24]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Policy (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: Hydrotreated vegetable oil is a simple replacement for both diesel and kerosene. As a renewable fuel it is a relatively cheap alternative, but because of its limited availability both here and within the EU we are not prepared to consider it as a cheap, renewable alternative to kerosene to tackle the huge challenge of converting our large number of oil-fired central heating systems.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking to address curtailment of renewable energy on the grid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10137/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her timeline for the revision and expansion of the school transport service; if she will amend the distance travelled to the nearest pick up point as an interim measure, in light of the fact that this would not increase demand on capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11420/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Consultations (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 308. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of childminders that have responded to the public consultation on the draft childminding regulations; if he will list where this consultation has been advertised; the budget spent on public awareness to date; if he will outline the engagement to date in the drafting of the consultation document; and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 386. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will be called for an appointment with a paediatrician (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11355/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 387. To ask the Minister for Health when a child will be called for an appointment to UHG paediatric Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11356/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes (7 Mar 2024)

Denis Naughten: 388. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a response to her appeal of the fair deal nursing home means assessment; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11357/24]