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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I thank Deputy Stanton. An Post is a commercial State body with a mandate to act commercially. It has statutory responsibility for the State's postal service and the post office network. The Government is committed to a sustainable An Post and post office network, as a key component of the economic and social infrastructure throughout Ireland. In line with this commitment, my Department...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. I am sure he will agree with me that An Post is a very important institution or organisation in the State. It does great work, especially what it did over Covid. The work the postmen and postwomen who went out and linked with people who were isolated at that time did was hugely important. I draw the Minister's attention to the publicity post An Post...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: Coincidentally, I was only talking to one of my team earlier and we were raising a similar issue. My understanding is that the delivery of publicity post or direct mail cannot or does not operate within electoral boundaries in many instances. We were asking ourselves the question as to why that is the case because when it comes to An Coimisiún Toghcháin communications, it can. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: We have to work very closely with the company to help them towards a prosperous future.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his response. Certainly, it did come from small businesses. I am also aware of the electoral and boundary issues to which the Minister alluded. It seems that some of these publicity post zones were designed at the time the stagecoach was in vogue. They are quite unwieldy. I am not sure if other colleagues in the House would agree with me but they do not seem to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Martin Kenny: There is one comment I want to make about An Post in the context of its parcel service. The Minister mentioned it as well. Every road in the country we go down, we see nothing but couriers delivering all kinds of stuff. They are all private businesses and they are all obviously able to compete and make money. It seems very strange to me that An Post cannot be in that field and cannot be...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: First, direct mail is a very good, profitable and important business for An Post and a very good marketing mechanism. Therefore, I agree with the Deputy. That should be an area in which we hopefully will see further expansion. Regarding the route networks, I do not think they go back to the stagecoach but I remember when we were establishing the Eircode system that this network is based...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh: Go raibh maith agat, a Aire. We are over time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Postal Services (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: -----An Post's parcel business is very successful. It is very active, very competitive and one of the largest, if not the largest, players in that market. The company is expanding that business quite successfully and quite rapidly. The challenge for the company is how it can manage that at scale as well as other diverse income streams to cope with the natural decline in its former core...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Pauline Tully: It is all right to talk about public consultation processes but if those processes are not accessible to everybody then they are not much use. We have to ensure that everybody is included, that they are easy to read and that there are accessible forms of consultation to ensure that everyone’s voices are heard. The scheme in Demark, for example, has been operating for 20 years. It...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Ossian Smyth: In the case of those who cannot leave their homes and have food delivered, I understand Re-Turn is working with meals on wheels to see if it can come up with a solution. It is also working with community groups, GAA clubs and so on to see whether it can be addressed that way. Re-Turn has dealt with people who have contacted it and has found solutions for them. On the machines requiring...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (27 Jun 2024)

Questions Nos. 68 and 69 taken with Written Questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Climate Action Plan

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: 70. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 14 May 2024, the status of the development by his Department of a monitoring and reporting system for the local authority climate action plans; the details of any engagement he or his Department has had to date with Galway City Council or Galway County Council with regard to...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: My question relates to the climate action plans, the preparation of which is mandatory for all the 31 local authorities. My question specifically relates to Galway city and county and, more particularly, the Minister’s Department and what progress has been made on a monitoring and reporting system because that is essential.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: In March 2023, I published statutory guidelines to assist local authorities in preparing their local authority climate action plans. Those guidelines include a requirement for ongoing monitoring and progress reporting. Each local authority must provide reporting arrangements which demonstrate accountability for the delivery of actions at various levels, including: reporting within the local...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: I welcome the Minister’s reply and what he set out, but I think he will agree that a monitoring and reporting system is absolutely essential. Galway City Council is in trouble when it comes to housing. It has many priorities on its hands, including traffic congestion. It seems that climate action is not getting the attention it deserves. I can understand that to a certain extent....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I was very pleased that every one of the 31 local authorities and their councillors approved their local climate action plans in the timeframe we requested, namely by March. We have to be up front and honest that the level of engagement varies between counties but there was a very real effort to make sure that happened. I agree with the Deputy. We need to go forward and really focus on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Climate Action Plan (27 Jun 2024)

Catherine Connolly: Galway is a particularly good example of a bottom-up approach. I was there back during the period 2000 to 2003 when there was a bottom-up campaign against incineration - it was not in a NIMBY fashion but one of zero waste – and we were laughed at. We developed a plan for the county and what happened? The Government removed the power to make plans. The Minister is aware of all that....