Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action

Irish Experience of Community-led Climate Action: Public Participation Networks

Mr. Charles Stanley-Smith:

I would add one thing about resources. I am the human resources person responsible for our staff in the Tipperary PPN and I keep a very close watch on the amount of work that they do, because they do a huge amount of work, and the amount of work that they are expected to do.

As Ms Clancy said earlier, we have a work plan that we work to. If we are going to do climate change, water, LECPs and this, that and the other then we do not have the resources. I cannot allow our staff to get involved in all of that as it would just be against all HR principles. So we do need more resources and PPNs to do this work.