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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for their attendance. Some of them were present for the earlier session when a number of points were raised. In the first instance, these included the terms and conditions of employment in the waste management or collection sector, the lack of collective bargaining and the relationship with the unions. What have our guests to say in response to that? Obviously a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: How many of the 25 companies that collect household waste in Ireland are unionised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Is it a significant minority?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: Would five of the companies be unionised?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: In the earlier session a point was made about transparency. Of course the charge was made that those represented by the IWMA are motivated by profit and there is no transparency in their profits. In the part of the world in which I live, that sector is well represented. We know that at least a small number of people have accrued incredible personal wealth on the back of the waste industry....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: The State is eventually opting out of the energy charter treaty, which was where you could guarantee the incomes of companies into the future regardless of policy changes. The State has made a decision about the model. You can continue to argue the case in terms of the model of a deposit return scheme. Is it not perverse that the sector would lobby the Department to allow for a guaranteed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: As far as Mr. Crinion is concerned, the sector has a guarantee from the Government.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the witnesses to furnish us with a written note. It is a reasonable question to ask. If Mr. Crinion wants to push back on the unions then it would be helpful to know the detail.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: I will stick with that theme, and I raise it because it is relevant to the issue of the circular economy because of the issue of the profit motive versus sustainability and delivering on outcomes in terms of the circular economy. On the lobbying done by the industry to maintain profits with the introduction of the deposit return scheme, do the witnesses see the contradiction in that from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy as it relates to the Waste Sector: Discussion. (9 Jul 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: That is not the point I made.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Emer Higgins: I am taking this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister for Health. I thank the Deputy for his support for this Government initiative. The development of a CAST, a multiagency initiative proposed for Limerick city, was a recommendation of the final report of the high-level task force, HLTF, on mental health and addiction challenges of those who come into contact with the criminal justice...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank the Minister of State. I appreciate her response, but it seems that we do not have a cast-iron guarantee about when the unit will launch. She will excuse me for having concerns about the date of quarter 4 of 2024, because we have been told different dates on numerous occasions, but we will wait. I do understand that progress has been made. For the first time, there are definite...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Emer Higgins: The Deputy referenced 2022 in his opening contribution and the report of the high-level task force was published in 2022. Progress is happening. Posts have been approved. Additional progress happened just yesterday. That underscores this Government's commitment to make this pilot happen. I have given him the target date of the fourth quarter of 2024. From a HSE mid-west perspective,...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services (9 Jul 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 11.29 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 10 Iúil 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 11.29 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 10 July 2024.

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Jackie Cahill: I sincerely thank the Minister for taking on board the request from the Oireachtas joint committee, which I am privileged to chair. I really appreciate him doing so. Our report is entitled Environmental Impact of Local Industrial Emissions in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny, and I welcome the fact that we will have a review of what happened there. I will not go back over what I said earlier in...

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 5.31 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Máirt, an 9 Iúil 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 5.31 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, 9 July 2024.

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Malcolm Noonan: I welcome Dan Brennan, Francie Gorman, Denis Drennan and representatives of the farm organisations to the House. I am sure Dan's family are watching at home as well. This is an important day for Dan and his family. I know Dan. He is a responsible and good farmer. I visited his farm with former Deputies Mary White and John Gormley during the depths of that crisis and saw at first hand...

Report of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Motion (4 Jul 2024)

Charlie McConalogue: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, the committee Chairman, Deputy Cahill, and all of the members of the committee for their report and the work they did on this. I acknowledge again the presence of Dan Brennan and his family members, as well as farm organisation representatives and supporters in the House today. As I said in my earlier contribution, there has been significant...