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Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Carbon Budget: Climate Change Advisory Council (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank the witnesses for coming in. As they have said, this is a transition which will be disruptive and expensive. Based on our journey so far towards carbon neutrality, what has been the biggest learning from an initiative that was proposed, discussed and rolled out but did not succeed? How have we taken that on board in terms of where we are now in this exercise? I fully agree with...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: I will pick up on that point. There were a number of requests made by the committee for formal documents, reports or actions. The Chair spoke about the urgency that is needed of the committee. As a symbol of what the committee means in terms of our intentions and urgency, we should set a deadline of a week, that if we meet on Wednesday, we meet on the following Wednesday. Here we are now...

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: Absolutely.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: We find ourselves in a situation where perfection is getting in the way of progress and, as a result, we are delivering nothing.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: Business of Joint Committee (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: The lack of urgency is seriously telling.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank the witnesses for the presentation. In the interest of time, we might have a back-and-forth. Does the timeline for delivery – 294 days, which is at the bottom of the league table – have an impact on private infrastructure development? How is it being perceived in international markets in terms of investment funds?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: Just public.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: Reference has been made to mainland Europe but Ireland is a small island. If we have five or six projects of a similar scale around the country, should we put them out to tender as a bundle? If we bundled half a dozen projects, would we achieve more efficiency?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: I am sorry to interrupt but I am conscious of time. Should we be considering more the concept of town development plans? If there is a need for new school, a new primary care centre and a new library, should we put the three projects together and opt for one tender? Is that the road we should be going down?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: Those in the concrete industry recently referred to quarry materials shortfalls. Other speakers have mentioned building resources and capacity, but have the witnesses any thoughts on raw materials in general?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: It was stated there is capacity to build additional housing at present. If we know where we need to get to, which is fine, and considering we are in the depths of a housing crisis, what is the one reason we are not at full capacity now? Maybe I am oversimplifying it.

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: It was said that we need to return to big motorway projects. If the witnesses had a silver bullet to eliminate many of the obstacles, what would it be?

Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery: IBEC Report on Infrastructure Ambition for a Competitive, Productive and Resilient Economy: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: I thank our guests.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 32. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when Tullamore might receive a bus service akin to that recently established in the town of Portlaoise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the safer routes to schools programme will be opened for new applications, if so, when; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34787/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 34. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to outline how schools might benefit from the active travel funding in the absence of access to the safer routes to schools programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34788/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 35. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport of those schools that expressed an interest in the safer routes to school programme when it was introduced in 2021, the number that are yet to receive funding through the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34789/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: School Transport (25 Jun 2025)

John Clendennen: 36. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for the breakdown of schools that have benefited from the safer routes to schools programme since its inception in 2021, by round of funding allocated and by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34790/25]