Results 141-160 of 8,515 for speaker:Mattie McGrath in 'Written Answers'

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 16. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide details of all cost-benefit analysis studies that have been carried out on the total cost of implementing all actions set out in the 2021 climate action plan to achieve net-zero targets by 2030, and also targets between 2030 and 2050, incorporating the impact on living standards and on inflation, and to...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Action Plan (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 17. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the ground transport, heat and electrical sector generation, transmission, and distribution have been fully factored into both the 2030 and 2050 climate action targets; if so, to provide detailed financial assumptions for each, including how they will be funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52676/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Grid (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 18. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline in detail the projected size requirement of the Irish electricity grid to power all the heating required for buildings, both domestic and commercial, as set out in the climate action plan using joule heat (heat pumps), in comparison to today's grid size; the financial costs of doing so; how this investment...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electricity Transmission Network (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 19. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to outline the expected number of homes in Ireland that will have to be rewired (details supplied) including with a bigger mains fuse, other necessary rewiring, etc., to meet the needs of the new electrical distribution system (as set out in the climate action plan) being proposed to power EVs, heat pumps, and other...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 20. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the analysis that has been carried out by his Department to determine if the Irish vehicle fleet were to go electric tomorrow, how many tonnes of cobalt, lithium carbonate and copper would be required; whether he agrees that this increase in metal mining via open-cast mining is unsustainable from an ecological...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Electric Vehicles (29 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he agrees with detailed scientific analysis on metal mining requirements for EVs carried out by scientists at the UK National History Museum (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52683/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 124. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a comprehensive list of energy-generating stations in Ireland that are scheduled for closure; their closure timeline; including stations, if any, that have already closed or decommissioned; the fuel source serving each respective station; their respective energy-generating capacity; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 126. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the entire infrastructure present at energy stations that are current, decommissioned and scheduled for closure; the types of facilities, equipment, and technologies employed in energy generation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52279/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide the mapped locations and acreage around power stations scheduled for closure, decommissioned, and active; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52278/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Personal Debt (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 196. To ask the Minister for Finance how a person who fell into personal difficulty and fell behind on their loan repayments due to personal circumstances can have their credit report amended (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52131/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 601. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the provision of a Parkinson’s nurse specialist for Waterford and Tipperary University Hospitals, following a funding allocation under Budget 2023 for the provision of 22 neurologist speciality nurses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52110/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50730/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ukraine War (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 120. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide details of the total military aid given by the EU to Ukraine since the beginning of the Ukrainian war; the amount promised but not yet given; if he will provide information on the contribution given by Ireland to date; how it is spent; the contribution promised in the future by Ireland; whether Ireland supported the giving of such...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Union (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 169. To ask the Minister for Finance the annual contribution to the EU by the Exchequer in each of the past ten years; the estimated contribution forecast for the whole of 2023; the income from the EU to the Exchequer in each of these years; the estimate for this year; Ireland's expected net contribution to the EU over the next ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50783/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the total number of grant applications and the number issued, by county, under the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme through the croí cónaithe (towns) for 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50780/23]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he acknowledges that the two-year vacancy condition attached to the vacant property refurbishment grant scheme through the Croí Cónaithe (towns) is having a negative impact on uptake, deterring many people from availing of the grant aid; if this condition will be amended; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Expenditure (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 299. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an overview of the total capital allocation announced for investment in housing in 2024; the amount of this funding allocated to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50782/23]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 368. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be made on an application for Irish citizenship (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (21 Nov 2023)

Mattie McGrath: 461. To ask the Minister for Health if he will urgently commence a recruitment drive to fill the six vacancies within the south Tipperary service which remain unfilled, in view of the 45km rule, and that national recruitment drives have not resulted in recruitment within the south Tipperary service; when the vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50593/23]