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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is in the programme but not in the taxation system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: This is a sort of perverse incentive. One of the recommendations from the assembly was there should be a complete review and analysis of each of the taxation and levy measures. Is that something the Department is prepared to undertake?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: On this year's budget, a €3 billion climate fund was established. When I initially heard of that, I thought it was a very positive step. However, I was disappointed to learn it would not kick in until 2026. I do not know whether the witnesses can speak to the rationale for that decision. My understanding is that, when some people raised the question of why it was not to begin until...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Would it not be better off to use it? That is for capital investment and capital investments take time to get up and running. For example, it took a year and a half to get a single electric vehicle charger into Blessington so we are not particularly fast when it comes to investments for climate action. Would it not make more sense to invest now and build those projects now? That would...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Department of Finance is not responsible for the climate action fund. I understand that is with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications but the Department of Finance has an oversight function with it. Is that right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: The Department of Finance has some interaction on it then. I have been digging into the climate action fund a bit. In 2021 there was €124 million in the fund, which primarily came from the National Oil Reserves Agency, NORA, levy and only €9.5 million was spent. Similarly, in 2022 an extra €92 million was put in and only €17 million was spent. That means that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Citizens Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: Data centres, housing.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a copy of annual accounts of the Climate Action Fund, as submitted to the Comptroller and Auditor General for audit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46615/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 140. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the details of the source of the revenues paid into the Climate Action Fund, on an annual basis from 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46612/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 141. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail, on an annual basis, the specific projects and associated funding allocated through the Climate Action Fund; whether the project is categorised as a climate or biodiversity one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46614/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 156. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of international ballast water management certificates issued by Ireland from the commencement of the statutory instrument that gave effect to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46282/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 157. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of type approval certificates of ballast water mandate system issued by Ireland from the commencement of the Statutory Instrument that gave effect to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46283/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 158. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of ballast water management systems which have been installed on or after 28 October 2020, certified by Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46284/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 159. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of inspections under section 12(4) of the statutory instrument that gave effect to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46285/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 160. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to the ratification of the Hong Kong International Convention for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships, 2009, in the coming legislative term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46286/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: International Agreements (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will commit to the ratification of the protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co-operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances, 2000 (OPRC-HNS Protocol); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46287/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 194. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to review Ireland’s financial services tax regime, as encouraged by the Commission on Taxation and Welfare; if he plans to review the deemed disposal tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46264/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Data (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 213. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the amount of funding set aside, from windfall taxes, for the Climate Action Fund for 2024-2026, as referenced in the Summer Economic Statement 2023, including the amount ring-fenced for nature restoration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46611/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Air Quality (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 227. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality, in accordance with section 60 of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (No. 10 of 2005) introduced in May 2023, applies to the offices/workplaces of the civil and public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46265/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Air Quality (24 Oct 2023)

Jennifer Whitmore: 228. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many civil and public sector employers for which the Code of Practice for Indoor Air Quality is relevant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46273/23]