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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: So there was direct contact from an early stage between the promoter-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: Was it the communication aspect or what was it that was more successful there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the witnesses for coming in. In our office in Tralee, we get a lot of people who are seeking more access to the greenway and we also have people who want to build higher fences to stop access, even from their own properties, onto the greenway. There is a mixed view. I know there are many people who just do not want a greenway coming near them. My experience of the Tralee to Fenit...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: Yes, but given the difficulties with CPOs that we all accept, should TII maybe have more input to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: So, does Mr. O'Connor feel the code of practice needs to be updated in any way or that it just needs to be enforced the way it is? Are there plans to amend it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Active Travel and Greenways: Discussion (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: Will the INHFA, the hill farmers group, also be invited in for consultation?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: 277. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to improve road safety in County Kerry; if he is aware that there have been eight fatalities this year to date which is equal to the total number of fatalities in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: 278. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the impact of the transfer of staff regarding the roll out of BusConnects Phase 7; the impact this has had on staffing in other depots; if there has been a knock on effect on other routes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Correspondence (12 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: 343. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of a taxi company (details supplied) ‘taxi fixed price’ model; if there has been any review of the introduction of this system in terms of driver income, transparency and oversight and the regulated meter system; if he is satisfied that it complies with Taxi regulation Act 2013 and the Taxi Regulation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I thank the Minister of State for that part of the reply, but the question about what happens to the Re-Turn money and the money made from the scheme requires a bit more clarity. The unredeemed deposits are worth over €100 million. Income generated from producer fees and recycled material is €50 million and although the report mentions unreturned deposits of €66...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I am standing in for Deputy Carthy. I ask the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his proposals to increase the amount of polyethylene terephthalate, PET, plastic recycled in Ireland. The EU is discussing collating data. We have to export a huge proportion of it. Since the deposit return scheme was introduced, the recycling rate has risen from 49% to 91%, 76% of which is from...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Recycling Policy (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: What measures are being taken to ensure a greater proportion of the plastic is recycled? When will they be put in place? Schemes like the deposit return scheme can only be successful with public support. Of course it is, in effect, based on taxpayers' money via the rebate. With the most households already stretched, every additional cent has to be justified. We need transparency. I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: 83. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the engagements he has had with the regulator and energy suppliers to ensure that the determination of PR6 and the renewable heat obligation do not place upward pressure on household energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60288/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: The amount that can be raised through network charges to fund grid upgrades and the renewable heat obligation will come up soon. The Minister mentioned he has spoken to energy suppliers, but has he spoken to them as well as the regulator on the pressures these will put on household energy bills? While we accept that investment in the grid and transition to renewable heat are essential, what...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: Most people will know, and the people in the Gallery will know, that the need for the grid upgrades is driven in part by the growing energy demands of data centres, whose usage has increased by 400% since 2015. Therefore, all the extra energy we are creating in renewables is being gobbled up by the data centres. The Government's own officials last November, in a memo issued by the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Prices (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I think we all agree that the equity investment we were discussing last night is necessary. Unfortunately, however, there does not seem to be anything there to safeguard against repeating past mistakes to ensure that the investment is directed towards the social good and to prioritising energy affordability. One company, Energia, justified its recent price hikes based on the network charge...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: 79. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure the 2026 to 2030 retrofitting and heat pump targets are reached; if he anticipates capital allocation for 2026 will be sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60267/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: In the last question the Minister mentioned the retrofitting and heat pump targets but the target to retrofit 500,000 homes to B2 standard and install 400,000 heat pumps by 2030 seems to be far behind. The Government has delivered just 12% and 3% of those targets. The Government has often said that investment and delivery will rapidly increase year on year, but the budget for 2026 tells a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I am not sure the priority has been proven to be those who are most in need. It is not just me questioning the Minister of State’s statement that significant progress has been made. Social Justice Ireland has said the retrofitting scheme constitutes little more than a wealth transfer. The programme for Government made a number of promises to focus on lower income homes to have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Energy Conservation (6 Nov 2025)

Pa Daly: I accept there is a need to simplify the process because it seems to me there was a lack of planning in that some news reports said householders were told to roll back or change their retrofitting efforts on the basis that they were in breach of planning permission. Only 355 loans have been approved over the last year. If the average loan is about €48,000 that is only €17...