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Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I must interrupt Deputy Devlin at this point. These questions are on transport matters.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Again, they are all in the area of transport.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: They were. I cannot recall whether Deputy O'Rourke put the question to them at that point.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: We can certainly look at that.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Estimates for Public Services 2022 (Supplementary)
Vote 29 - Environment, Climate and Communications (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and Deputy Whitmore. As it is almost 2 p.m. and there are no other questions, we will bring the meeting to an end. That concludes the consideration of the Supplementary Estimate for Vote 29. I thank the Minister and his officials for assisting the committee today with our consideration of the Supplementary Estimate.

Select Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Message to Dáil (18 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: In accordance with Standing Order 101 the following message will be sent to the Dáil: The Select Committee on Environment and Climate Action has completed its consideration of the Supplementary Estimates for public services for the year ending 31 December 2022: Vote 29 - Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.

Finance Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I welcome the Bill. Last week, we had the very welcome news that the bike-to-work scheme is to be extended to €3,000 to enable people to purchase cargo bikes. There is empirical evidence that cargo bikes give at least some families the option to get rid of their car or second car. Many short trips that would be taken by car can and will be taken by bike or cargo bike with this...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Impact Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 74. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his views on whether the current environmental impact assessment, EIA, regulations are fit for purpose as a deterrent against the removal of hedgerows and other on-farm vegetation; if he will revise the regulations to provide for greater environmental protections for rural landholdings; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Impact Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: Will the Minister outline whether the current EIA regulations are fit for purpose as a deterrent against the removal of hedgerows and other on-farm vegetation? Does he intend to revise the regulations to provide for greater environmental protections for rural landholdings?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Impact Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: While I welcome the reviews the Minister referenced, will he indicate the timeline for their completion? I also welcome his comments on the changes in the CAP, which have been well flagged. Under the EIA regulations that are in place, if one is removing a hedgerow with a length of 500 m or more or removing a field boundary, one must apply for screening, but there is otherwise no...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Environmental Impact Assessments (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I agree with the Minister's thoughts. There is a completely new thinking, but we need to go a lot further. It is the case that all applicants, as the Minister said, receive an on-site inspection, but it is also the case that 95% of landowners who seek approval do get full permission. All that adds up to 2,000 km of hedgerows being removed every year, which is a conservative estimate made...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (25 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 82. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that a livestock vessel (details supplied) did not dock at Alexandria port on 13 October 2022 as was authorised by him, but instead docked the following day at Damietta port; if he was advised of this change in destination during the journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53244/22]

Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (26 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: The Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action decided to waive pre-legislative scrutiny for this Bill. It was appropriate to do so. It was certainly not a unanimous decision but given that it is emergency legislation, when we were asked, I think that was the right thing to do. However, I must agree with Deputy Bacik that the committee should not have been in the position where it...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 199. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will adopt recommendations by the veterinary official who accompanied a livestock shipment and the recommendations highlighted in the recently published scientific opinion of the European Food Safety Authority and will not authorise future shipments of livestock when sea temperatures of 25 degrees or above are predicted in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Live Exports (26 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 200. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps that he is taking to ensure that cattle are not subjected to temperatures and humidity levels that cause severe heat stress to the animals for a large part of the journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53784/22]

Energy Security: Statements (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I would have been happy to give Deputy Bruton more time to expand on that point, if he needed it. I am glad he referred to data centres and the simplistic narratives we hear about them. I heard many of them while following the debate in my office, although they were not made by anybody in the Chamber now. On the idea that we have failed to develop offshore wind, while I agree we have...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: It seems to me that we are on the cusp of changing how we do transport in this country. For 60 years, the rail system has been starved of investment. Unlike other countries, Ireland did not see a future for rail. It perceived that the future would involve a transport system based on private cars and, to some extent, city and intercity buses. In recent years, the Government has invested...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Rail Network (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister for the answer. I am happy to hear him expand on the vision for rail freight and for rail in general. It is a very coherent and important vision for us to follow. It chimes incredibly well with the policy agenda and ambition of the Government. It is generally shared these days across the political spectrum. I was happy to hear the Minister mention the potential of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Transport Policy (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 36. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that his Department is taking to complement the local government provision of local infrastructure and connectivity enabling sustainable travel, such as public transport, cycling and walking with sustainable travel infrastructure on IDA land banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53875/22]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Schemes (27 Oct 2022)

Brian Leddin: 92. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she will report on the progress of establishing town teams under the Town Centres First Initiative; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53868/22]