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

Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose 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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