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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 72. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the initiatives that he has facilitated, or plans to facilitate, to encourage the engagement of IDA Ireland with Irish Rail and the National Transport Agency to provide public transport services to IDA Ireland parks, such as Raheen industrial estate, Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62128/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I ask the Minister if he will report on the initiatives he has facilitated or plans to facilitate to encourage the engagement of IDA Ireland with Irish Rail and the National Transport Authority to provide public transport services to IDA Ireland parks, such as Raheen industrial estate in my constituency of Limerick city, and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer. He will be pleased to know that the draft strategy is no longer a draft but has been across the line as of last week. It is a very good strategy. As the Tánaiste will know, there is a very ambitious plan for development of bus and rail networks in Limerick city as well as active travel networks. He will also know that the Government is...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Transport (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I agree and a train station in Raheen is in phase 2 of the plan. The question is when phase 2 will happen. We can make a case for it to begin sooner rather than later. There is a role for IDA Ireland to be proactive and work with the NTA and the local authority to make that happen. It is genuinely a very exciting plan for Limerick and the whole mid-west region. It will also help...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 681. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of dogs in the greyhound racing pool for each of the months January to December 2020 and each of the months January to December 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62233/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 682. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has knowledge of the circumstances in which an organisation (details supplied) recently cancelled its contract with Curraheen Park for its Friday evening fixture; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62234/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 683. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a feasibility study of the proposed development works at Kilkenny Greyhound Stadium has been carried out; if so, the results of this study; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62235/22]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Greyhound Industry (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: 684. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a representative of Rásaíocht Con Éireann accompanies consignments of dogs transported to the US as part of the Irish greyhounds to America programme; if so, the amount for each journey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62236/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I have received apologies from Deputy Alan Farrell. The purpose of today's meeting is to discuss media. This is the third meeting in our series of sessions on media and communications in the effort to bring about effective climate action. Today's session will be split in two. In the first session, we will hear from representatives from RTÉ and in the second session, we have the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Ms Peterman for her opening statement. I now invite members to indicate if they want to ask questions. We have limited time today so I propose that we take just five minutes for questions and answers. I ask members and our witnesses to be as succinct as possible in their questions and answers. If I may go first, Ms Peterman, my committee colleague, Deputy O'Rourke mentioned last...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am not talking about false equivalence; I think we agree that generally one does not see false equivalence so much. What one does see is polarisation and division. If the interrogation of issues is not fair and thorough and the outcome is a resistance to climate action, then that is ultimately a failure. RTE may say it is a success because it has given the topic a platform, but it is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Will Mr. Woods comment on the tension between chasing ratings and listenership or viewership and a positive output in terms of informing the public?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: Sticking with the same topic, do the witnesses analyse the programming and the editorial approach on an annual basis and the effect of the editorial approach when it comes to such a serious issue as climate action?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Woods for his answer. I call Deputy Whitmore.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I call Deputy O'Sullivan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: I am sorry for cutting across the witness but we have limited time. If we have time we will hopefully have a second round.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: The Role of the Media and Communications in Actioning Climate Change: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Dec 2022)

Brian Leddin: We will all put in our CVs.