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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artificial Intelligence (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 4. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress being made by his Department on creating an operational AI regulatory sandbox by 2 August 2026, in line with the EU AI Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62583/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 241. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the anticipated engagement and support mechanisms his Department intends to provide for Irish enterprises and innovators participating in the forthcoming AI regulatory sandbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Data (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 330. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide a breakdown of homelessness figures by nationality, including Irish, EU, and non-EU citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 382. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of individuals currently availing of the higher daily expense allowance; the number of those who have been offered accommodation and declined it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 383. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether individuals who decline offers of accommodation continue to retain eligibility for the higher daily expense allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62651/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (13 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: 384. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average processing time for applications for international protection at each stage of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62652/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank the witnesses for joining us. I will pick up from where Deputy Heneghan left off on district heating. How do the witnesses envisage potential eligibility or the criteria there? For cities and towns, will the criteria include population size or land mass size? Who will be eligible? Where would be best suited to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: I know there is already a policy in respect of the roll-out of biomethane. Is there a risk or concern that could be a cluster resulting in oversupply in particular areas? Do we need almost to strategically identify locations with a radius of protection around them to ensure we are not ending up with clusters and that becoming problematic?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: Would it be the case that if one gets approval, a second application would be declined? No competition between the two would be allowed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: There would be greater demand for the raw material so the price would probably go up. Even though we are trying to create independence domestically, if a competition was generated within a close radius, it could lead to an increase in price.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: And the raw material to generate the power.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: Farmers want the best price as well. That is something of which we need to be mindful. I come from Offaly, where there is a large dependency on solid fuel, liquid fuels and so on. Over 700,000 households in the country are relying on kerosene or home heating oil to heat their homes. In terms of the blend, do the witnesses feel we have not gone far enough? From the engagement they have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: You can or you cannot?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: Should we be differentiating further?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: There is cost, comfort, fuel poverty and so on. There is also a level of disruption in terms of the initial barrier to entry, both financially and if someone is at a later stage of life. Should we almost be looking at this on the basis of age profile and considering different obligations and percentages?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: It is my understanding from engagement with the sector that going as high as 30% is fine but if they are talking about 30% and the Department is currently at 1.5%, surely there is somewhere in the middle that we can meet to create a smoother transition and ensures less disruption, and which equates to what we would do with heat pumps. Has any study been done in that area to see what that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: When will that be ready?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: Will the Department engage with the sector or will we have to engage with the sector to correlate with the Department's findings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: Based on that review, is there a possibility that before this Bill is concluded that there could be a change in that percentage rate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: General Scheme of the Renewable Heat Obligation Bill 2025: Discussion (6 Nov 2025)

John Clendennen: If the Department's position right now is between 1.5% and 3%, what would Ms Hamill envisage by the end of this deliberation the percentages are going to be?