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
Brian Leddin (Limerick City, Green Party)
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Other countries plan. They have populations in villages, towns and cities. That is the cost-optimal way of providing the service. They have good networks and provide an every village, every hour level of service. There is considerable resistance to that model of settlement in Ireland. The State is trying to take the lead by saying we cannot have one-off houses all over the place.