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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I might come in in the third round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I will finally get the answer to one of my questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Absolutely. We will come back to it in the third round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: Or a threat.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank the witnesses for their answers to all the questions. It is helpful for us in the committee to get our heads around this. It is important we are clear that we are talking about different types of technologies. It took me a fair amount of time to understand the difference between a timber frame versus a modular versus a cross-laminated timber, CLT, and some of the variants. Once we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I have a general comment and then a final question on concrete. I am saying this more for the benefit of the record and the work we will do after this, but we have a particular problem in our urban centres. Building apartments, of which we need lots, is slow, expensive, dirty for the people who are working on-site, inefficient because of disruptions caused by rain and the natural...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: In that context, why is it not the case that all public bodies involved in construction are using lower carbon cement but also that public policy determines that we get to a point where, say, 80% of all cement used in the State is low carbon? That is a figure off the top of my head. If it we are in the good location and it is already doable, as the OPW has shown it is, should we not make...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If, as Mr. O’Connor has said he would favour, we set a higher standard for the product that is sold into and used in the Irish market, there is nothing stopping a company located in Ireland from meeting that standard. If it then also opts to export to meet the standards in another jurisdiction, that is its business. Is that not right?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We can only set laws for ourselves. Does the Irish Green Building Council have thoughts on these issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If it is very doable, is there a conversation to be had about it, beyond organisations such as the Irish Green Building Council?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: We make the homes affordable. If they are affordable, people will buy them. I am sorry to cut across but the single biggest determinant in people choosing to purchase a home is the cost. If the home is affordable, they are more likely to buy it. I know it sounds like a facile thing to say but it is a fact. We often have these discussions in Ireland about home ownership versus renting and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: If it is done correctly.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 214. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an issue (details supplied) in relation to some applications for the passport card; the number of applications that were impacted by the issue; and if applicants impacted are being advised to submit a new application while waiting to be refunded. [21572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 280. To ask the Minister for Health if he will remove the current age restriction for Freestyle Libre device with immediate effect following the recent survey by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21573/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: 281. To ask the Minister for Health if he will investigate the current impasse that seems to be preventing the undertaking of a health technology assessment for the Freestyle Libre device; if not, if he will offer a different process to enable this to take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21574/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I thank all the witnesses for their presentations. In the first round I will stick to the recast issue and I have specific questions for Mr. Armstrong on his Department's observations from last December. I will ask more general questions if there is a second round of questions. One of my concerns about the observations made by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I ask Mr. Armstrong to return to the three questions we did not have time for in the previous round. To recap quickly, one of the questions related to the Department's observation on Article 2(23). Was there more of a focus on the operational rather than embodied carbon, if I understood it right? If so, was that a weakness? My second question was in respect of the Department's comments...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: The Department is not suggesting carving out some of the manufactured related emissions separately. Those will still be fully calculated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Energy Performance of Buildings Directive: Discussion (28 Apr 2022)

Eoin Ó Broin: I am asking about the view of the Department.