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

On the embodied carbon in existing buildings, notwithstanding what is being done at the national level, there is scope to look at this at the local level. Larger buildings in particular involve a lot of concrete and there is a carbon value associated with that. If we had a sense of that value for a number of buildings, it would inform us. It would also inform planning as we go forward. For example, we could say a given number of kilotons would be saved if we did not knock a particular building. With Limerick City and County Council being such a trailblazer in the context of vacant and derelict sites, perhaps it might take a look at that and see whether its staff could be tasked with it. Any work it does will inform that national piece. It is happening and it is going to happen. Ireland is a little bit behind. We are waiting for European regulation. Other countries are getting ahead of it. I do not see why Ireland cannot do so as well.