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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: The meeting is only five minutes over time which is not bad going by our usual standards.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Youth Perspectives on Climate Challenges: Discussion with Foróige and Comhairle na nÓg (3 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: We will leave out Deputy Farrell but he inspired us. I thank everyone again. I look forward to the next engagement that we have.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: Apologies have been received from Deputy Cronin. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the position Ireland will take at the UN Biodiversity Conference, COP15, which will be held on 1 October 2022 in Kunming, China. On behalf of the committee, I welcome Dr. Deirdre Lynn, who is a scientific officer at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. She is very welcome to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: Deputy Farrell-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: There is quite a lot for Dr. Lynn in that but I am sure she will do her best.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Lynn and Senator Higgins. Senator Higgins is on mute and I will keep her on mute and go to Deputy Devlin, who is next. Senator Higgins will have a chance to come back in.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I raise something in the context of COP15 in Kunming in October. What is Dr. Lynn's sense of the appetite that is there to review very long-standing national legislation? I am thinking of the Arterial Drainage Act 1945, which I looked at recently, and I found a paper written by a young researcher in the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, named Richard Bruton who explored the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I accept Dr. Lynn has said it is probably appropriate under the land use review but is there any discussion or thinking going on in the Department or the NPWS specifically on the Arterial Drainage Act and whether it is really what we need in this day and age?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I must admit I did not read the ESRI paper from 1982.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I will do it. It will be my homework for the week. It is on our work programme to look at sequestration, how to incentivise it and rewetting. We might have Deputy Bruton as a special guest for that. Dr. Lynn is welcome to comment further or otherwise I will move on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: We will proceed to a second round of questions, if that is okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: There was plenty there for you, Dr. Lynn.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Biodiversity: Engagement with Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (14 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Lynn and Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan. We seldom have sessions where we have just one guest before us. I admire Dr. Lynn for withstanding two hours of varied and intense questioning. We certainly appreciate her time and expertise. This has been a thorough and useful session. We had some sessions last year and decided to hold off on publishing our report until we had an extra...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am sharing time with Deputy Christopher O’Sullivan. I welcome the debate. I might begin by addressing Deputy Connolly’s concluding point. She indicated we should stop what we are doing, but I am not sure whether she was suggesting we should stop the expansion of the European project. I think that if she spoke to the citizens of Ukraine, Georgia or Moldova, whose very...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Industry (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 51. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she is taking to support small and medium tourism business in the tourism sector to decarbonise, with clear targets and deliverables; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32188/22]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Policy (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 61. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the steps she will take to ensure Fáilte Ireland and tourism projects which seek State funding are prioritising reduction in their own carbon emissions including across transport, food miles and energy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32189/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 720. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in registering dentists from other EU member states, from Britain and others who have trained in Ireland and are now seeking to relocate back to Ireland; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31847/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 721. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the delays in registering dentists from Ukraine; if he will ensure that sufficient resources are put in place to rectify this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31848/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 722. To ask the Minister for Health the number of dentists who have applied and have been registered, respectively, with the Dental Council from 2021 to date in 2022; the average amount of time that it takes to be registered in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31849/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (21 Jun 2022)

Brian Leddin: 723. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Ukranian dentists in Ireland who have applied for or inquired about registration with the Dental Council; the number who have registered to date in 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31850/22]