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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank Mr. Foley for his opening statement. Like other members, I thank him for the guidance on policy, as well as the work EirGrid is doing. He pointed to a fairly sharp issue relating to the failure of the capacity markets and stated they are not being framed correctly. Dermot McCarthy prepared a report on what went wrong in the past. He stated that the risks in the scale of transition...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: I ask Mr. Foley to explain in layman's terms what restructuring of the market might be. The McCarthy report stated that there were issues of architecture and framework. I do not know what that means.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: Is that the only issue with the architecture?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: In simple terms, will Mr. Foley describe what was wrong with the auction?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: It was the scale they were bidding on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: Which parameters need to change? That is what I am trying to understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: It is just the price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Oversight of EirGrid: Discussion (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: Mr. Foley also said the policy framework for shaping what is appropriate demand is flawed, missing or inadequate. Will he elaborate on the flaw?

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 100. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she would consider embodying initiatives to promote positive ageing within all the programmes of her Department, wherever practically possible; and if she will outline the specific areas of greatest potential. [4015/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 108. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether the Town Centre First initiative has succeeded in the pilot stage of one per county; if she will indicate the main areas of transformation; and if she will outline her plans over the next five years to extend the initiative. [4014/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the procedure through which the temporary mortgage relief on the increase in interest payments in 2023 can be applied for, and if Revenue have issued guidelines on the matter. [3866/24]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Data (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 219. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayer units who earn under €40,000 in the most recent year for which statistics are available; and if he will distinguish the number of them who have children; the number who claim as caring for a child alone; and the number who are assessed as married and jointly assessed. [4064/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered the submission seeking the restoration of the premium for teachers teaching through the medium of Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3643/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 529. To ask the Minister for Health whether the pandemic bonus scheme has been completed; and whether a payment is due in the circumstances of a person (details supplied). [3930/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 597. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential to grow both commercial and social enterprises in developing networks to support the circular economy transformation; and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [50445/23]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Policies (30 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: 598. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Department has carried out an assessment of the potential of remote delivery in health and community development; and if new initiatives are planned in this arena. [4243/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: To listen to the climate council, it points to other countries which have taken a more robust approach. I know we value the consultative process and the protections we have enshrined in planning law, albeit we are now trying to rationalise some of the excessive delays that occur in it. Has the Minister looked to other legal reforms which would make it easier to reach these decisions...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: I congratulate Deputy Murphy on his good luck on getting three questions in a row. I calculate the probability of that is one in 1,300. Paul is extremely lucky, unlike me, whose questions are relegated to the bottom of the paper. However, I am very fortunate that Deputy Alan Farrell has allowed me to ask this question. Will the Minister outline his views on the expansion of wind energy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Production (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Minister for his reply. Representatives of the climate council appeared before the committee recently. I have to say there was a note of exasperation about some of the obstacles to expanding our renewables. They included guidelines for onshore wind which seemed to be inordinately held up, spatial planning guidelines, planning delays, the regulatory treatment of battery storage...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: EU Enlargement (25 Jan 2024)

Richard Bruton: I thank the Tánaiste and I welcome the Government's position on this. On a matter of clarification, when the Tánaiste mentioned the conventional requirements of membership will apply is it expected that in a wartime society, which is the reality in Ukraine, the same standards will apply or will the system make some allowance for the challenges of that environment? Where is it...

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