Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 26 April 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

New Retrofitting Plan and the Built Environment: Discussion

Photo of Darren O'RourkeDarren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will come back in to raise the issue of hemp. What are the barriers with respect to hemp? What opportunities are there in that area? We have already talked about some of these matters. In realistic terms, is there any indication of the scale of the opportunity in the Irish context?

What sort of contribution might an Irish industry make to our building needs, whether with respect to new builds or retrofitting? What level of displacement could it achieve for more carbon-intensive alternatives? Has there been any indication or assessment of that? Perhaps our guests could give some sense of what might be the useful next steps in terms of beginning to realise or explore that opportunity.

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