I will have to check with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and come back to the Deputy. I know the pyrite scheme has worked very well in other parts of the country, including Dublin and Meath. I am not sure exactly what the delay is in extending it to Clare or whether that is linked to the mica scheme. I am not sure and do not want to give the Deputy an answer that may be incorrect. I will ask the Minister to get back to the Deputy directly in the next few days.

I am afraid I have not seen the plan but I certainly look forward to taking a look at it. I have visited the hospital on many occasions. Obviously, we will consider positively any plans that a hospital has to expand its services. One of the difficulties we often run into when we allocate additional resources for staffing is that hospitals often struggle to find those staff, given the international shortage of health skills. As the Deputy knows, we have expansion plans to provide more beds. Around 1,000 more have al…

I certainly will speak to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage about the matter. There will be a meeting of the Cabinet subcommittee on housing next week, so we will have a chance to discuss it then. There may be a risk of a knock-on effect on other schemes. We just have to bear that in mind but the Deputy makes a very valid and fair point.

I absolutely accept that there is a very serious problem here. The number of referrals made to CAMHS has increased and our ability to provide appointments is challenged by the real difficulty we have in recruiting staff to work in this area. That is not unique to this jurisdiction. It is a problem in Northern Ireland as well, and it is a problem in Britain and across the developed world. There is a real shortage of people with these skills. I do not think a plan that is costed is enough. It is more than that; it is…

I thank Deputy Browne. A distinction has to be made between public servants whose only income is from the salary they are paid from the State and pharmacists, GPs, dentists and others who have various sources of income, one of which is the State. This distinction has to be made. When it came to GPs there was a negotiation and there was a partial phased reduction in the reversal of fee cuts in return for additional work, changes in practice and so on. I believe it is the intention of the Minister to engage with the …

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 to 9, inclusive, together. The Climate Action Plan 2023 sets out how Ireland will accelerate the action required to respond to the climate crisis, putting climate solutions at the core of Ireland's social and economic development. The plan includes actions across all sectors that will transform and improve life in Ireland. It will help us to break free from our reliance on imported fossil fuels and tap into our abundant resources of renewable energy. It will allow us to improve ou…

I thank Deputies for their questions. Deputy Hourigan asked about progress on geothermal energy. I am familiar with one or two proposals in the south west of Dublin, which have been around for a long time, about 15 or 20 years. They are interesting and exciting. I do not know enough about the technology to know to what extent they are viable but the Deputy is correct in saying that we need to have a policy framework. I am not sure what the timeline for that is but I will check with the Minister, Deputy Ryan, and ge…

On the EPA issue, the latest greenhouse gas emissions figures from the EPA highlight the challenge that Ireland faces in meeting its climate objectives.

The EPA has projected that Ireland is on course to reduce emissions by 29% by 2030. However, if all the unmodelled actions and as yet unallocated emission savings in the climate action plan are included, then the EPA's projected emissions reduction would be 42%. While projections show that emissions are expected to decrease in almost all sectors, it is clear that Ireland has work to do to meet our challenges and legally binding emissions targets. Change is now under way across our economy and society to realign our…

I will get a reply from the Minister for the Deputy. I have run out of time.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 to 21, inclusive, together. The Cabinet committee on the economy and investment was re-established in January 2023 and met on 25 May. The next meeting of the committee is not yet scheduled. The committee has a function similar to that of the Cabinet committee on economic recovery and investment, which met six times during the course of 2022. The membership of the committee comprises me, the Tánaiste, the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and for Transport, …

I thank Deputies for their questions. Unfortunately, almost all the matters raised have not been considered by the Cabinet committee on economy and investment. That is fair enough. Notwithstanding that, I will do my best to answer the questions but I may have to come back to Deputies in writing with some replies because they do not relate directly to the work of the committee. Deputy Dillon highlighted that Ireland is now ranked second in the world for competitiveness, just behind Denmark, which means we have gone …

That is the point I am making.

There is an inconsistency in the Deputy’s approach to intellectual property. He wants to protect some people’s property but not others.

It makes no sense to me because I want to protect everyone’s property.

On section 481, I will ask the Minister for Finance to reply on that. On the copyright directive, there is an official and a team in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Their names escape me but the Minister, Deputy Coveney, would be the main person to engage with on that.

Yes.

On Deputy Bríd Smith’s question, I do not have an update on the security ERO, but we will defend it. That is our intention. That decision was made by the then Minister of State, Deputy English, with my support a year ago. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Richmond, to provide the Deputy with an update. On what is happening with Iceland, I do not know all the facts and want to be careful in what I say. On the face of it, it seems the workers are being very shabbily treated by the new owners. They have legal r…

I do not but will ask the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, to come back to the Deputy.

I propose to take Questions Nos. 22 to 34, inclusive, together. I attended the meeting of the European Political Community, EPC, in Chiinu, Moldova on 31 May and 1 June. The EPC is an informal forum which brings together leaders from across the continent of Europe to discuss issues of shared concern. It first met in Prague last October and will meet again in October of this year in Granada, Spain, during the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Nearly 50 leaders participated, including from 27 E…