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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I cannot imagine such a system being brought in here but it seems like a good idea for the building to be tested post occupancy and it to be ascertained whether the BER has been attained. Such a system puts it up to the builders. Currently is it all done pre-occupancy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes, the London energy transformation initiative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: The predicted rating.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: South Dublin County Council was quite proud to report to us that it was pulling down its buildings' operation energy when I was on the council. There was a building on Baggot Street that was famous for its energy per square metre. As architects, we were told to have a look at the rating because it was massive. It was 600 kWh or 700 kWh per sq. m. It was through the roof. The rating was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (5 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: It has been a constructive meeting. The committee stands adjourned until 1.30 p.m. on Thursday, 7 April 2022. I thank our guests.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the national charging infrastructure strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20093/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (26 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 378. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when it is envisaged that local authorities will avail of the new residential charging scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20094/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassadors of Moldova and Romania (27 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the ambassadors for their briefings, which have been informative so far. Like everyone else, I have been following the invasion and looking at it geographically. Palanca, which my colleagues visited, is close to the sea and not far from the southern tip of Transnistria. In the context of Transnistria, what are Mrs. Miculet's concerns if the invasion continues? Transnistria goes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassadors of Moldova and Romania (27 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I understand.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Russia's Invasion of Ukraine: Engagement with Ambassadors of Moldova and Romania (27 Apr 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: In the context of that corridor, Odessa will be cut off because there is no bridge. If that bridge at Palanca comes down, Odessa is cut off.

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage (4 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the Minister for his work on this Bill, which I am fully behind. Sick pay should be there for workers but I have been contacted by small family businesses with a number of employees, and as was mentioned by the previous Deputy, it is very difficult to meet that expense. Is there any format or way within the Bill through which they can be provided with some form of rebate?

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (4 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 90. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if consideration will be given to rewarding SEAI retrofitting grants where works have already commenced but meet the SEAI grant criteria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22012/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (4 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: 194. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if consideration has been given to allowing persons on a housing list in one local authority to move to another local authority housing list without losing their place on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22013/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I thank the witnesses for their time and briefings which are most welcome. I also thank them for their wisdom, this discourse and the energy all of them bring to the subject of embodied carbon. I have been inspired in my career by the work of Mr. Ciarán O'Connor and Mr. Pat Barry in their respective professional exemplary projects in policy agendas that are truly sustainable and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have another question which is for Mr. Kerrigan. It is in respect of the establishment of an Irish cross-laminated timber, CLT, plant considering the research being undertaken by Professor Annette Harte in NUIG. My understanding is we are getting towards the supply-capacity space and that it adds value to our natural home-grown product. Will Mr. Kerrigan speak to that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: I have a question for Mr. Barry. Mr. O'Connor has already answered about when we start. I know from the architectural space that we work off standards and regulations. If it is there, we have to work to and are stuck to it. On the basis of what Mr. O'Connor said, would Mr. Barry agree that 2023 would be a good place to start to have such measurement, which is the main element? Is that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Excellent. I thank Mr. Barry for that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Carbon and Energy within the Construction Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2022)

Francis Noel Duffy: No. I am good.