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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: I alert Deputy O'Rourke that his amendments Nos. 8 to 12, inclusive, are in this group, which the Minister of State is proposing not to accept at this stage but to reconsider on Report Stage. Deputy Alan Farrell has offered but I will bring in Deputy O'Rourke first, in fairness, and then I will bring in Deputy Farrell.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: The Deputy can certainly press it but the Minister of State has indicated his opposition.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: Is Deputy O'Rourke proposing to amend this Bill or a different Bill? One of his amendments refers to "the Commission". Is that the CRU?

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: Amendments Nos. 5 and 6 are related and will be discussed together.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: Deputy Leddin has indicated that he is withdrawing his amendment.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Gas (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee Stage (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: Amendment No. 14 has been ruled out of order as it is deemed to be outside the scope of the Bill.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan (6 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 39. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will outline the procedure through which an area in the blue commercial area can be transferred to the NBI area; and if he will indicate whether any such transfers have taken place. [53978/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Media Sector (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 60. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her Department has assessed the future patterns of media consumption and the implications this has for public policy. [53640/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the unspent moneys for Covid in a DEIS school can be reallocated to meet other pressing needs, such as in a case (details supplied). [53758/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Defective Building Materials (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 311. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if an application has been received by Fingal County Council for inclusion in the Defective Concrete Blocks Scheme; if he can provide a timeline for the inclusion of local authorities in the scheme once applications are made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53389/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (5 Dec 2023)

Richard Bruton: 545. To ask the Minister for Health if he will indicate the categories of post which are being exempted from the freeze on recruitment, such as in the area of disability, and whether he can extend this to other areas of acute need; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53447/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: 11. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the difficulties with the access and the underground car park at Clongriffin, which is a vital hub in the new public transport strategy for Dublin, and if he will convene the key stakeholders to seek to broker a solution. [52816/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: The Clongriffin station is to be a strategic transport hub serving a very rapidly growing area. Indeed, it is an area where the Land Development Agency plans to develop more than 2,000 homes. At present, it has no park-and-ride facility, the underground car park is shut, the access to the Dart station from the Fingal side is in private hands, the lift is not working and the area is not in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: The Minister will understand the sense of abandonment by people in this rapidly growing area where this has been designated a strategic hub. As the Minister has fairly outlined, two of the key strategic assets to enable it are in private hands and are not working. If we want to go ahead with these higher-density, more sustainable developments, which we do, we need to put some money on the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I warmly welcome the Minister's commitment. This really needs to move on. The success of BusConnects and so on all hangs in the balance of getting a hub like this working properly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: One question I would like to ask is in terms of the first climate budget. How is the Department on track in terms of being able to deliver the first climate budget? How much of the Department's allocation is used up and is what the Minister has outlined on track to deliver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: Based on his expectation from the measures he outlined, which are interesting, can the Minister track the impact in 2024, 2025 and 2026? Will the Minister exhaust his budget early and, therefore, have to have additional measures or how are we stacked up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I do not want to repeat anything. The whole issue in farming seems to be getting the take-up in sufficient numbers, for both the new techniques and taking up forestry and all these elements. There are some programmes, like the forestry one, that look very impressive but yet are not achieving the take-up we would hope for. Is there any sense in looking at geographic areas and specific...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: Let us say there was a Meath strategy. Two of us at least know a little about the county. Could that mobilise more commercial players, farmers, local authorities and the wildlife service if we set some targets for Meath to see if we could deliver them together?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan Review: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Nov 2023)

Richard Bruton: I share the Minister's positive approach. It is good that we are on track to deliver our effort-sharing commitment to the 42% reduction, taking into account a lower level of offsets. That is a significant milestone. It is short of what we set out in our legislation but it is a significant step forward and there are very positive trends there. There is huge potential for Ireland to...