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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for the work they are doing in the Department and the support they have given to clubs throughout the country in the past number of years. I expect that will continue. This is about more than sport and competition because every one of these clubs are so knitted into the fabric of our communities. They are so important in the co-benefits they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I agree with the previous speaker on the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. There is a question on that fund coming up and I would like to contribute on that as well, if I may. I reiterate the importance of the sports capital programme for our communities. If we were not investing as we are and have been over a number of years, that counterfactual scenario would not be very...

Citizens' Assembly Report on Biodiversity Loss: Motion (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I move: That Dáil Éireann, in accordance with a Resolution of the Dáil of 22nd February, 2022, and the Order of the Dáil of 20th June, 2023, shall take note of the Report of the Joint Committee on Environment and Climate Action entitled "Report on the examination of recommendations of the Citizens' Assembly report on biodiversity loss", copies of which were laid before...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Olympic Games (18 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: 48. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what supports have been made available in relation to Irish participation in the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16692/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: The purpose of the meeting is to have a discussion on a very important piece of work, Ireland's climate change assessment report. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the witnesses, all of whom are authors of the report. I think we have broken the record for the number of witnesses before the committee today. We have eight witnesses here in person and we are very grateful they have come...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Professor Daly and all who contributed to the opening statement. As agreed, members will have five minutes for their questions. I will allow latitude if I think it is an important line of questioning. Members might indicate if they wish to ask questions, and the clerk will take a list. To begin, I might ask a straightforward question to any and all of the witnesses. It is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Tormey. Now we will hear from Professor Brian Ó Gallachóir.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Dr. Quinn wishes to contribute.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: What was the name of the survey?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: It reminds me of the National Transport Authority. Perhaps Professor Caulfield will speak to it later. It recently did a survey of the regional cities and in my home city of Limerick, it found 76% of people agreed with reallocating road space in favour of active travel, which is completely contrary to what the media, and certainly social media, would tell us. This kind of research is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Deane. I will not use any more of the committee's time but the idea has been suggested to the committee before - I do not know whether the witnesses worked on it - of a future generations commission, which other countries have established to look at the long-term benefits, how we shape our society in a few decades' time and the necessary action to tackle climate change. If anyone...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Deputy Whitmore. Did Professor Daly indicate that she wishes to speak?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Yes, of course.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I wish to come in on this idea that we need to provide the public transport before we apply the stick. Is that not a very dangerous message? There is public transport that people can use but they are not using. If we say that we are not going to do all these really hard things until we have these ideal public transport systems, we are never going to get there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: That is a very important point; the idealised system, or even a better system, cannot actually be provided unless the stick is applied. It is simply not possible to get this excellent public transport because of limited street space for the different modes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I counter that the buses are unreliable because they are stuck in the traffic and the lanes are not allocated for the buses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Of course, there is a reliability issue. The principal point I am making is that these excellent systems cannot be produced unless some really difficult policies are applied. It is an either-or. It is about, certainly in the urban areas, how we allocate the limited space that we have. Anyway, we will have this debate outside of here, for sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: We would certainly appreciate it. What is the name of the researcher?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Torney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Ireland's Climate Change Assessment Report: Discussion (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Just before I bring in Dr. Heaphy on the question of shared cars, if one shared vehicle displaces ten privately-owned vehicles, does it also have a similar impact on the number of kilometres driven and, therefore, the emissions associated with the ten vehicles?