Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
General Scheme of the Industrial Development (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Discussion
2:00 am
Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
I think the legislation is necessary, but I have several questions about it. The ESRI research indicated that climate and energy efficiency-related investments fell in 2023 in terms of the amount of expenditure and the number of firms. There was also a fall in the proportion of SMEs indicating that climate change adaptation is important for their businesses. This fell across all sectors and in SMEs of all sizes too. Will this legislation fix that? Will these changes address what has come out of the ESRI report?
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