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

Brian Leddin: Yes.

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

Brian Leddin: It might, therefore, be an idea for us to speak with the EPA directly to ask it what it sees as being the next steps in this area. Okay, we will finish on that point. I thank all the witnesses, including those who have joined us remotely and all those who have come to Leinster House this afternoon to share with us their expertise and the detail, as best they could in the time we had, of...

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

Brian Leddin: I thank Dr. Torney. I have a few more questions and we might be here for a while but I am conscious of the time. I will be brief. I am conscious everybody is probably hungry. We have not really talked about the industry piece today. One of the big elephants in the room is cement. Perhaps Professor Ó Gallachóir or Professor Daly might speak on that issue as it is a big chunk...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development (23 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: 705. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the members of the Steering Group, Implementation Forum and Advisory Forum of Impact 2030: Ireland’s Research and Innovation Strategy; and whether minutes of the meeting of each body are published online. [17636/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I have received apologies from Senator Higgins. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the current state of play in regard to the circular economy following on from the signing into law of the Circular Economy and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, and his officials to the meeting. Before we begin I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State. I congratulate him and the Department on the efforts they have made in recent years, not only in getting the circular economy Act across the line nearly two years ago but also in the subsequent plans and strategies that have emerged, which are very significant and are a credit to their dedication to this issue. People of my age and older will agree the level...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: That is reassuring. I thank the Minister of State for his comprehensive answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: The Deputy might allow the Minister of State to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: The Deputy has to give him a chance to answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: The Deputy has had nearly 15 minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: To follow on from Deputy O'Rourke's contribution on food waste, is there potential for a co-operative model in communities to handle food waste from enterprises such as restaurants, hotels, schools and hospitals, which generate a lot of food waste? Is there allowance in our legislative framework in respect of the circular economy provisions, plus the potential for energy production through...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Essentially, yes, in that different elements of the community could feed into it and perhaps then get a dividend from the sale of biomethane or electricity.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: We will look to the Department of agriculture for progress there. I am also thinking about urban anaerobic digestion which I think is possible in Germany. I expect that we might see that kind of development over here also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Circular Economy: Discussion (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: I thank the Minister of State for that. As there are no more questions, we are at the point where I thank the Minister of State and his officials for their engagement this afternoon. It has been very interesting and this is the first of a series of engagements we will have in the area of the circular economy in the next few weeks. I acknowledge the work of Deputy Bruton in elevating this...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: Most people in this House know that a very historic election is taking place in Limerick on 7 June. I must declare I am a candidate in that election, but I assure you, a Ceann Comhairle, that it is not the reason I am raising this particular issue. I refer to the election for a directly elected mayor, the first in Ireland's history, which will happen in Limerick. The Taoiseach and I...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Departmental Funding (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: 85. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the funding streams available under his Department to assist with migrant integration; how much has been allocated under these funding streams this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19219/24]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Parental Leave (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: 114. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a plan to expand to all employees the entitlements to flexible working and remote working contained in the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19218/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (30 Apr 2024)

Brian Leddin: 365. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a project (details supplied) under the School Building Programme; the reason for delay; the expected timeframe for the next stages of the capital project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19464/24]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Draft National Energy and Climate Plan: Discussion (14 May 2024)

Brian Leddin: I have received apologies from Deputy Paul Murphy. The purpose of the meeting today is to discuss the finalisation of the draft national energy and climate action plan, NECP, and national long-term strategy, NLTS. On behalf of the committee, I welcome the following stakeholders to the meeting: Mr. Oisín Coghlan of the Environmental Pillar, Ms Sadhbh O'Neill of Friends of the Earth and...