Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

It is fortuitous that this is following the discussion on our just transition Bill. The officials made clear that the backup secretariat for the new commissioner will be in the Department. I expressed a fear that given the Department's massive challenges in so many areas, including broadcasting, communications, energy and climate change in its own right, even if it is a stopgap measure while the NESC report is awaited, the Department does not really have the necessary resources for the broad suite of work that will have to be done to get the just transition in the midlands right. Has the Minister sought additional staff for the climate change section to help?