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Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
334. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from energy storage infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53710/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
335. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from fossil-fuelled electricity generation infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53711/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
336. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from electricity distribution infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53712/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
337. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from electricity transmission infrastructure, broken down by local authority. [53713/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
338. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current rates of income to local government from petrol/diesel filling stations, broken down, by local authority. [53714/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
339. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Local Authorities
Brian Leddin
340. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current direct income (other than rates income) of each local authority from renewable energy installations. [53718/23]
Tue, 5 Dec 2023
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Tree Remediation
Brian Leddin
443. Deputy Brian Leddin asked 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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Brian Leddin
52. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport 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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Climate Action Plan
Brian Leddin
65. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport 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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Schools Building Projects
Brian Leddin
79. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education 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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Brian Leddin
92. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Education 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]
Thu, 30 Nov 2023
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Road Traffic Offences
Brian Leddin
282. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Transport 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]
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
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Flood Risk Management
Brian Leddin
71. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery 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]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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Departmental Strategies
Brian Leddin
22. Deputy Brian Leddin asked 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]
Thu, 23 Nov 2023
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Tax Code
Brian Leddin
85. Deputy Brian Leddin asked 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]
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
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Housing Schemes
Brian Leddin
171. Deputy Brian Leddin asked 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]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Brian Leddin
23. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50251/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Renewable Energy Generation
Brian Leddin
41. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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 will make a statement on the matter. [50252/23]
Thu, 16 Nov 2023
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Climate Change Policy
Brian Leddin
46. Deputy Brian Leddin asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the progress of the local authorities’ climate action plans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50192/23]