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

Brian Leddin: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current expenditure of each local authority for liquid transport fuels, solid fossil heating fuels, liquid fossil heating fuels, fossil gas heating fuels, renewable heating fuels and electricity. [53717/23]

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

Brian Leddin: 340. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current direct income (other than rates income) of each local authority from renewable energy installations. [53718/23]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Tree Remediation (5 Dec 2023)

Brian Leddin: 443. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the financial supports that will be provided to farmers for the safe removal of diseased ash trees on road-fronting farmland in circumstances where farmers are not trained to remove such trees safely and cannot afford to pay a contractor to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53666/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Action Plan (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 52. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the specific actions that are being undertaken to achieve the climate action plan target of reducing vehicle kilometres on Irish roads by 20% by 2030; to outline the key milestones in achieving this target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52861/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Climate Action Plan (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline the projected increase or reduction in the number of private vehicles on Irish roads between 2024 and 2030; the policies to support the growth or reduction in the number of private vehicles and kilometres driven; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 79. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to ensure that the development of new schools supports the national planning framework objectives of compact growth and reducing urban sprawl; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52871/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the targets for reducing scope 3 emissions in Irish schools; the actions required to achieve these targets; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52870/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Offences (30 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 282. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if consideration will be given to review the road safety strategy to improve enforcement of road traffic offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43917/23]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (28 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 71. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress which has been made by the steering group to advance the flood mitigation works at Ballycar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52303/23]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Strategies (23 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 22. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress of the National Industrial Strategy for Offshore Wind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51532/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (23 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 85. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will request that his Department undertake a vehicle taxation report considering the introduction of weight and size-based taxes on private vehicles in Ireland to incentivise a switch to smaller and lighter vehicles, similar to the weight tax in other jurisdictions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51579/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Housing Schemes (21 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 171. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the disparity with the help-to-buy scheme (details supplied); if the scheme will be reviewed to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50789/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 23. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Climate Change Policy (16 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50192/23]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (16 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 41. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide an update on the works undertaken within his Department to fulfil the obligation on member states to carry out an assessment of the existing barriers and potential of development of renewable energy communities in Ireland, as directed in the Renewable Energy Directive II, Article 22, paragraph 3; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (9 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 103. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 October 2023, if he will report on the progress of the TOD Working Group in producing the report on transport-oriented development opportunities in limerick; the timetable of the assessment process and publication of the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (9 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 113. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will report on the progress of developing sustainable and compact settlements guidelines for planning authorities; whether these will support high density and high-quality transit-oriented development; the impact these guidelines will have on the current local authority development plans; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Promotion (7 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 51. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will provide details on the healthy eating policy and practice in early learning and care services; how will it ensure the promotion of healthy eating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48525/23]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (7 Nov 2023)

Brian Leddin: 66. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will point to independent economic indicators that childcare fees have fallen in recent years; how much will have been saved by an NCS-registered family using full-time childcare by the time the recently announced cuts in childcare take effect in September 2024; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (26 Oct 2023)

Brian Leddin: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the basis on which the areas of natural constraint scheme is considered by his Department to be an agri-environmental scheme; the environmental benefits that derive from the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46999/23]