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Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Well, would the Minister set money aside in-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: If solar grants were included in the warmer homes scheme, I think that would be a game-changer for people who are at risk of poverty, including energy poverty. The closer we get to winter, I think this will become more of an issue, so I welcome the fact that the Minister will look at this when he is looking at the scheme in the round. As regards this subhead, energy transformation, is...

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: No, subhead B, energy transformation. Is that the part of the budget that would-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: So, potentially, it would be a new subhead.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: When does the Minister expect that that will begin construction? Well, it is not construction, is it, because it is a-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was the last time the Minister was before the committee that he had just received the letter from the board.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Has the Minister written back to the board?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is C5. I am getting the hang of this. I have a comment to make initially. Obviously, the purpose of Inland Fisheries Ireland is to conserve and protect the resource. I am looking at the public policy impact and the outcomes. The Department is measuring the number of rivers assessed and the number of salmon licence sales. Would it consider looking at the number of salmon returning?...

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: What about the rivers trusts? I am sure I asked-----

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: They are voluntary organisations. It is an all-Ireland programme. They are in the UK as well. They bring in local stakeholders, including local experts. I was on one. That is why I am especially interested in it. They are a brilliant resource and they do an incredible amount of work, but unfortunately there is no funding being provided to them for administrative purposes and it is very...

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay, so maybe it is.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Okay.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It was more of a comment about the document and the Department's metrics. The output should be the number of salmon returning.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Subhead C10 is marine spatial planning.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: It is more about the timeline. Does the Minister know when it is coming over or going over?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: What about the MPA legislation and stuff? Is there any timeline, because there was a decision to be made?

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I am sorry, I was just using that as the headline and trying to squeeze it in there.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: Yes.

Select Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 29 - Climate, Energy and the Environment (Revised) (16 Jul 2025)

Jennifer Whitmore: I assume that will be in the autumn.