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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Climate Action Plan 2023: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and his officials for coming before the committee. I note that it is the second time because wearing his other hat as Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, he appeared before us before Christmas, so I thank him for his engagement. We hope to really bed in the process set out in the climate Act whereby this committee holds the relevant Ministers...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (28 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I will go to a subject the Minister knows very well and has been very positively engaged in, which is the huge retrofitting plan we have. He and his Department are playing a very important role in upskilling our workforce such that we have the capacity to retrofit up to 500,000 homes to B2 standard by 2030. As he knows, Limerick is at the forefront of this with the centre of excellence at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: The purpose of today's meeting is to conduct pre-legislative scrutiny of the general scheme of the gas safety (amendment) Bill 2023. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following witnesses from the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Mr. Jim Gannon, chair; Ms Loretta Joyce, director of energy safety; and Mr. Daniel Ward, gas safety regulatory manager. I remind the witnesses of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Gannon for his opening statement. I am mindful that the committee is here to undertake prelegislative scrutiny of the legislation that is before the committee. However, this legislation is about a serious safety risk as it deals with an explosive fuel, as Mr. Gannon rightly pointed out in his statement. We must take this seriously. I will digress from the conversation around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: Part of my question is around the timelines. If something of serious concern was identified in 2016, has any particular incident led to an elevation of this to being priority legislation? I am concerned that the timelines are quite slow. I do not know anything around investigations that are ongoing, such as the investigation around Creeslough, for example. Did that incident or other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Gannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: General Scheme of the Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Senator Dooley. As no other members have indicated they wish to ask questions, that brings us to the end of the session. I thank the witnesses from the CRU; Mr. Gannon; Ms Joyce; and Mr. Ward for coming before the committee this morning and engaging with us. It has been a useful engagement and will help the committee in the preparation of our prelegislative scrutiny report, which...

Local Government (Mayor of Limerick) and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2023: From the Seanad (28 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: This is a very historic occasion. I commend the Minister of State, Deputy O'Donnell, for his stewardship of the legislation in his tenure in this Department and also commend his predecessors, the Ministers of State, Deputy Peter Burke and, before him, Deputy John Paul Phelan, who I think was the real instigator of this legislation. This truly is a historic day in that Limerick alone decided...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Flood Relief Schemes (27 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: 100. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 14 February 2024, if he intends to reconvene the meetings of the steering group on the flood mitigation at Ballycar; if the group will report to the relevant Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8748/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Feb 2024)

Brian Leddin: 113. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount by which investment in early years has increased year-on-year in percentage terms in the past eight years; if he will indicate the domestic and/or international indicators which demonstrate this improvement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9183/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: We will commence now in public session. I have received apologies from Deputy Devlin and Senator Higgins. The purpose of this morning's meeting is to have our second public session discussion on fish migration and barriers to fish migration. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following witnesses to the meeting: Mr. Jim Casey, head of flood risk management in the Office of Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Casey for his opening statement. Members might indicate if they wish to ask questions. I might start by asking about the challenge of the OPW remit. I accept it is not for Mr. Casey to say what the remit should be. His job is to carry out the functions of the OPW as set out in legislation. I am trying to explore the potential for nature-based solutions to flooding that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: I might interject before Mr. Ó Dónaill contributes. It is positive that, according to what I just heard, there has been a move towards understanding and assessing flood mitigation and flood risk through the lens of nature-based solutions. It was heartening to hear that. I expect that, in the rivers where these solutions are employed, we will see multiple co-benefits. Will Mr....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Mr. Casey. The other question was on the individual projects. Do they go through the gamut of assessments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: Next is Deputy Whitmore, whom I believe is joining us from her office.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: I think Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan will be disappointed not to be here to talk about the Clonakilty scheme. I am sure he would relish that opportunity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: He is probably listening. No doubt, he is but I am sure we can talk about it again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: I think that is all the members’ questions. We are at the end of the session. We allocated an hour for it, so our timing is okay. I thank both Mr. Casey and Mr. Ó Dónaill for coming in. It was a short but very worthwhile session. I learned a lot from it and I am sure colleagues did as well. It will be very helpful for us in the production of our report on fish...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Fish Migration and Barriers to Migration: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Mar 2024)

Brian Leddin: We will go into private session to consider some housekeeping matters before adjourning.