Results 261-280 of 1,029,577 for in 'Dáil debates' OR in 'Committee meetings' (speaker:Tom Kitt OR speaker:Paul Murphy OR speaker:Martin Heydon OR speaker:Neale Richmond)

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

Richard Bruton: I appreciate what is happening, but when we passed that circular economy Act it was enshrined that we would have the second circular economy strategy within six months. The Government has not activated that section, so as a result the six months did not start. That is a sleight of hand. In countries that have been successful in this field, they had voluntary compacts developed before the...

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

Ossian Smyth: As the Deputy has said, we are within the law. The six months starts from the time that section is commenced. I understand the Deputy's frustration. It is taking longer than expected. The problem is more complex than we thought. It will be delivered by the end of this year. Part of what we needed to do was commission a national circularity assessment and material flow analysis to...

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

Richard Bruton: There were loads of things that could be done. Some 60% of what we discard goes into the wrong place where it cannot be recovered. There is no question of recovery, recycling or reuse. That was an early win. We do not have to wait for statutory obligations to come in to get the sectors around the table eliminating things like that. That is where my frustration comes from. It is a lot of...

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

Bernard Durkan: It is important to remember that we need progress in this area. We also need co-ordinated progress. We need to have regard to the extent to which we address the issues in a meaningful way without impacting negatively on another community. The danger is having a Dublin solution to a nationwide problem. It does not work that way. It has to be a case of bringing all the people of the...

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

Ossian Smyth: It is not the case that I am waiting for these reports before I can do anything in the sectors. We are really trying to make progress already. I have, for example, proposed mandatory segregation of waste on commercial operators, which was never there. People in their homes have to segregate their waste but there was no obligation for businesses to do that. I am also changing the rules on...

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

Environmental Policy

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

Paul Murphy: 75. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he has been consulted by An Taoiseach in relation to the possibility of a ban on fossil fuel advertising; if so, what his advice was; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27538/24]

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

Paul Murphy: I am sure the Minister has seen the comments by the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising. He correctly calls the fossil fuel companies the godfathers of climate chaos, who rake in record profits while the most vulnerable are left stranded. I asked the Taoiseach about this a couple of weeks ago and he said he would speak to the Minister,...

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

Eamon Ryan: I have not yet been consulted by the Taoiseach with regard to fossil fuel advertising. While I would, in principle, support such a ban, advertising standards do not fall within the remit of my Department. However, much has been done to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels, which I believe answers the call of Secretary General Guterres. Our Department no longer accepts new applications for...

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

Paul Murphy: It is interesting that the Minister states his Department is not responsible. I got a letter from the Ceann Comhairle disallowing one of the questions I put asking if the Minister would support such a ban. It was disallowed on the basis that the Minister has no official responsibility to Dáil Éireann and that the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland is a self-regulatory...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Just Transition

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: 73. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will provide a detailed breakdown of where the EU just transition funding is to go; the reason it is being focused solely on the midlands instead of including areas like County Clare that are also losing our fossil fuel power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27583/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I ask the Minister to provide a detailed breakdown of where the EU just transition funding is to go; the reason it is being focused solely on the midlands instead of including areas like County Clare which are also losing fossil fuel power stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The EU Just Transition Fund is a new fund created under the 2021-27 EU budget period, operating within the framework of the EU cohesion policy. The fund’s single specific objective is to support the regions in the European Union that are most negatively affected by the transition to climate neutrality. In essence, the fund aims to address employment, economic, social and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: As the Minister has outlined, I understand that significant funding is being made available for Ireland to assist the regions and communities that are most negatively impacted by the transition to climate neutrality and to promote socioeconomic transition. Ireland is assessed to receive €84.5 million up to 2027 and the Government plans to match this funding with Exchequer resources....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: The Deputy is right in saying that County Clare is not included. In conjunction with European Commission, it was decided that it would involve counties Offaly, Laois, Longford, Westmeath and Roscommon as well as five additional municipal districts: Ballinasloe in County Galway; Athy and Clane-Maynooth in County Kildare; and Carrick-on-Suir and Thurles in County Tipperary. That is because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Violet-Anne Wynne: I appreciate that the midlands needs that extra assistance and I appreciate what the Minister said in respect of Moneypoint, but I have outlined the employment opportunities for the community. Responses to parliamentary questions have shown that when it comes to the construction of the offshore wind farms at Moneypoint, there may be employment of up to 600 positions but outside that,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Just Transition (27 Jun 2024)

Eamon Ryan: I take the Deputy's point about Kilrush. There are other towns across the country where we have particular difficulties. I believe this green energy revolution will benefit such towns. It will not always be the big projects. The Moneypoint development for offshore wind is a really large-scale project and it will take some time. However, there are immediate opportunities. Earlier in...

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

Environmental Policy

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

Richard Bruton: 74. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if discussions with the various sectors have commenced on the expectations of stakeholders to deliver circular economy strategies; if he will outline the greatest barriers which the Government is encountering in delivering climate targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27581/24]