Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

That is a very interesting point.

It is a broader debate about how we reduce emissions, both operational and embodied, and achieving net zero. It has previously been suggested at the committee that the Department of the Taoiseach should be the lead body overseeing much of this. Otherwise Departments of equal status and Ministers will vie with each other and then there will not be joined-up thinking. That is certainly something we have come across before at the committee but the point is well made that this is a serious issue in this sector as well.

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