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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator Higgins. There are quite a few questions for Mr. O'Rourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I was very happy to hear Mr. O'Rourke mention the Ardnacrusha visitor centre. It is just a few kilometres upriver from my home. I have been to the centre, which is fantastic, and I congratulate the ESB on embracing its own industrial heritage. Indeed the ESB was born in Ardnacrusha and it is something of which people in Limerick and Clare are very proud. I know Mr. O'Rourke's father was at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: Both. Will Mr. O'Rourke give me the local as well as the global?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. O'Rourke for his answer. We are out of time. We are up to 3 p.m. and need to be out of this room. I see Senator Higgins is indicating that Mr. O'Rourke might consider responding in writing to the questions he did not get to answer. It was a very rushed session and we would certainly be very happy to have him back.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Engagement with Chairperson Designate of the ESB (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: We would very much appreciate that. I thank Mr. O'Rourke for attending today and engaging with the committee. I also thank the members for their engagement. It was a very good, enlightening and helpful session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Distribution of Covid-19 Vaccines to Developing Countries: Discussion (9 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Harkin, Dr. McMahon and Ms Byanyima for their contributions, which were very insightful and enlightening. My Green Party colleague has written to the Department of Foreign Affairs, which provides the lion's share of Ireland's overseas development assistance, to request that Ireland uses its seat on the UN Security Council to advocate on behalf of the countries worst affected and...

Covid-19 (Transport and Travel): Statements (10 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: Yesterday, the Government agreed to begin work on an overarching well-being framework for Ireland as a way of establishing a better view of how our society is performing beyond the existing economic measurement tools. Quality of life needs to be at the very heart of our policies and transport mobility has a significant part to play in that regard. We must change how we think about transport...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Goat Census (11 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: 351. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of goats reared in Ireland; the number of goat farms and average herd size; the way in which these farms are regulated and inspected; the way in which animal welfare standards are monitored and enforced; the number of male kids killed each year; the age at which they were killed; the locations at which they are killed;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: On a point of order, if the witnesses do not read out their opening statements, then they do not form part of the record of the committee. We should afford witnesses the opportunity to put their statements on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank the witnesses for attending and welcome them. I wish to record my disappointment that they did not have a chance to read their statements into the record. I read them thoroughly and wish that other members did too. They contain some very important information and we have done a disservice to the witnesses by not allowing them to read their statements into the record. I will take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Lucas for appearing before the committee today, for his contribution and for answering our questions. I commend him on his excellent answers to date. I also commend him, the Department and the Minister of State on stepping in to facilitate this cross-departmental and interagency group which is going to seek to resolve this situation in the short and long term. It is an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Impact of Peat Shortages on the Horticulture Industry: Discussion (16 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: Yes.

Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements (17 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I would like to address the use of peat as a growing medium in the horticulture industry. The court case in 2019 which removed the exemption from planning permission for peat extraction is having, and will have, a significant impact on the industry. I thank representatives of the sector for highlighting this issue. Theirs is a very important industry. It provides employment and a safe,...

Covid-19 (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (18 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: The Tánaiste has a deep commitment to entrepreneurship. We share a hope that once we have finally brought the pandemic under control, we will see a new generation of entrepreneurs come forward with innovative ideas to strengthen our economy. Entrepreneurs and small businesses played an important role in the previous economic recovery and they will play an equally important role in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I welcome Dr. Tadhg O'Mahony, an independent consultant in sustainability transformations, Mr. Niall Cussen, the Planning Regulator, and Mr. Andrew Murphy of the NGO Transport & Environment. I thank them for appearing before us to share their expertise. I remind witnesses of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not criticise or make charges...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. O'Mahony and now invite Mr. Cussen to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Cussen for that presentation and call on Mr. Murphy to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Decarbonising Transport: Discussion (23 Feb 2021)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Murphy and the other witnesses for their opening statements and for attending today's session to inform the committee about the issues at play when considering how best to reduce our national transport emissions, which are the fourth highest per capitain Europe and which comprise 20% of our overall national emissions. This meeting is confined to a maximum of two hours. I propose...