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Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: Some of these amendments are mine, some are Deputy Wallace's and some are Deputy Murphy's. I will formally move it, though.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: What?

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I see.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 25:In page 12, to delete lines 11 to 15 and substitute the following:“(2) There shall stand established, on the establishment day, a body which shall be known, in the Irish language, as An Chomhairle Chomhairleach um Athrú Aeráide or, in the English language, as the Climate Change Advisory Council (in this Act referred to as the “Advisory...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I get it now.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is a change of name. It should be changed to the climate change advisory council for the purposes of clarity and simplicity and maybe because the word "expert" jars a little in these matters. Experts have led us into a great deal of trouble in the past. It is a very subjective notion in any event.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is saying he is open to the idea.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: We will withdraw the amendment for now in the hope the Minister might-----

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 28:In page 12, between lines 15 and 16, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or of any other enactment, the members of the Advisory Council shall be independent in the performance of their functions under this Act.”. I appreciate that the Minister has taken on board our concerns, but, to add to what has been said,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 34:In page 17, line 26, to delete “Expert”.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 35:In page 17, line 29, to delete “18 months” and substitute “6 months”. The expert advisory council is supposed to conduct a review every 18 months to monitor progress in meeting objectives and securing the transition to a low carbon economy. The amendment proposes that 18 months after its establishment is too long a period before that...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: When we were discussing the period during which the Government would produce the mitigation plan, the Minister acknowledged that two years was a little long, but he made the argument that a period of six months would not allow enough time and that perhaps we might meet somewhere in the middle. I acknowledge that there is a lot of work involved, but 18 months seems to be a long time. I,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 36:In page 18, to delete lines 7 to 10 and substitute the following: "(i) progress towards achievement of-(I) annual targets, (II) the interim target, (III) the 2050 target, (ii) whether the annual targets, the interim target or the 2050 target are likely to be achieved, (iii) any further effort which may be necessary to achieve annual targets, the interim target...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 37:In page 19, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: "(f) when providing advice under subsection (1)(a), the Advisory Council shall express a view as to- (i) the respective contributions towards meeting the annual targets and the domestic effort target that should be made- (I) by the traded sector of the economy, (II) by the other sectors of the economy,...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 38:In page 19, to delete lines 10 to 12 and substitute the following:"(8) Not more than 10 days after submitting a periodic review report to the Minister in accordance with this section, the Advisory Council shall publish the report by such means as the Agency may advise.". This amendment is self-explanatory. A periodic review report should be published not more than ten...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: If the council has already prepared its report and given it to the Minister what is the problem about publishing it? The reason I mentioned the fiscal advisory council is that it has those reports and they come before the finance committee two or three times a year. If the Minister has already got the report it is possible to publish it soon afterwards. I do not see where the difficulty is.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 40:In page 21, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: "Guidance to Advisory Council 15.(1) The Advisory Council shall have regard to any guidance given by the Minister to it in relation to the exercise of its functions under this Act. (2) The Minister may not give the Advisory Council guidance as to the content of any advice or report. (3) The power to guide...

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: It is great when the Government helps the Opposition be the Opposition.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The Minister is absolutely right. We should switch seats.

Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Select Sub-Committee on the Environment, Community and Local Government: Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Committee Stage (9 Jun 2015)

Richard Boyd Barrett: I move amendment No. 41:In page 22, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Reports on annual targets16.(1) The Minister shall lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas a report in respect of each year in the period 2015-2050 for which an annual target has been set (a “target year”). (2) The report shall state whether the annual target for the target year has...